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24h vélo : Congratulations !

Well done to the brave riders who braved the difficult weather conditions! The iMMC team took second place in the humanitarian bike category, as well as first place in the number of laps for the folk bikes. The 2 humanitarian bikes rode this year for the Debra Asbl, which supports families...
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Unveiling the tempestuous mixing above a heated porous...

This image illustrates vertical temperature gradients during turbulent convection within a mixed pure-fluid/porous domain. The porous region, shown as a white parallelepiped at the base of the image, contains a heated solid matrix that warms the nearby fluid and initiates thermal...
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The swirl of air behind a wind turbine

This image depicts the vorticity magnitude in the wake of a large wind turbine operating in realistic turbulent wind conditions. Each blade produces a vortex tube that is shed from its tip, giving rise to a near wake characterized by a helicoidal configuration. Further downstream, the vortex...
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Atomic Dumbbells

We often use dumbbells to strengthen our muscles. Mg2Si particles composed of dumbbells can also significantly strengthen metallic alloys. The image shows beautiful arrangement of Mg and Si atoms in the form of dumbbells in a Mg2Si particle in additively manufactured Al-Mg-Si alloy. Yellow and...
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No Plan(et) B

The main objective of this study was to create an innovative iron-based material for bioresorbable stent implants. What you see here is an SEM image of a meticulously polished pure iron sample prior to immersion testing. The underlying goal of these immersion experiments is to establish the...
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