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AI, defense spending fuel the rush to mine minerals, report says
Ian Lange, the Viola Vestal Coulter Chair of Mineral Economics, said the militaries of the world are not big consumers of critical minerals when compared to other sectors.
July 14, 2026
Physicists have argued over this problem since 1883. It may now be solved.
Brennan Sprinkle, assistant professor of applied mathematics and statistics, was co-author on a study that examined how a submerged lawn sprinkler would rotate if run in reverse, with the water flowing in through the sprinkler arms.
July 14, 2026
Solution to Feynman’s reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to “silly sprinklers”
Brennan Sprinkle, assistant professor of applied mathematics and statistics, co-authored the "silly sprinklers" article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with Leif Ristroph, associate professor of mathematics at NYU.
July 13, 2026