Fast Findings on Fluid Frenzy: Taking turbulence models to a new level

From blood spurting through hearts to winds buffeting cars, fluids swirl and tumble in complex ways that scientists struggle to understand. Now, a new means to efficiently depict fluid turbulence and to calculate its effects promises to influence many branches of science and technology.

PRESSED FOR TIME. A simulated Le Mans race car at 160 kilometers per hour compresses the surrounding air.