Hydrodynamic Instabilities and Laminar-turbulent Transition in Mechanical Heart Valves ResearchInsightsCommentarysiam.org FeedsLife Sciences Hadi Zolfaghari and Dominik Obrist apply the rich toolbox of hydrodynamic stability theory to a bileaflet mechanical heart valve.
Seasonal Marine Phytoplankton Blooms: Understanding the Phenomenon’s Dynamics ResearchInsightsCommentaryBlogsiam.org FeedsDynamical Systems, Nonlinear WavesGeosciences and Math of Planet EarthLife Sciences Understanding the timing of seasonal phytoplankton blooms is important for both marine ecology and atmospheric science.
Dandelion Seeds as Brilliant Parachutes ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet EarthLife Sciences Models of the airflow around a dandelion's pappus (which keeps seeds aloft) reveal that a dandelion seed is optimized for steady cruising.
How Zebrafish Get Their Stripes... or Spots ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsDynamical Systems, Nonlinear WavesLife Sciences Zebrafish skin patterning is a rich math problem because it involves cell interactions at short and long range.
In Silico Medicine Advances the Development of Sickle Cell Disease Therapies ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsLife Sciences Particle-based microscopic and mesoscopic models can simulate biological problems in sickle cell disease.