Flying beetles, stinging nettles and jellyfish
10 October 2018
Last update: 11/12/18 11:44
Tracking the invasive Rhinoceros Beetle in Hawai’i, studying how stinging nettles inject their toxin, and investigating the mechanism used by jellyfish to attack their prey – step inside the latest in Fluid Mechanics research.
This video is part of a collaboration between FYFD and the Journal of Fluid Mechanics featuring a series of interviews with researchers from the APS-DFD 2017 conference.
Sponsored by FYFD, the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and the UK Fluids Network. Produced by Tom Crawford and Nicole Sharp with assistance from A.J. Fillo.
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