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By replacing this flawed model with one that accurately accounts for SANS physics, the team demonstrated that porosity has a negligible effect on reactor physics or criticality safety.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Frizz can be a factor depending on the porosity.
—Talia Gutierrez, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
James agrees that the choice comes down to hair goals and porosity.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 1 Sep. 2025
So the authors created a digital shuttlecock model based on the commercially available Li-Ning D8 feather shuttlecock, treating it as a smooth and rigid object but ignoring surface roughness and feather porosity as variables.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Frizz can be a factor depending on the porosity.
—Talia Gutierrez, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
James agrees that the choice comes down to hair goals and porosity.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 1 Sep. 2025
So the authors created a digital shuttlecock model based on the commercially available Li-Ning D8 feather shuttlecock, treating it as a smooth and rigid object but ignoring surface roughness and feather porosity as variables.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Porosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porosity. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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porosity
noun
po·ros·i·ty
pə-ˈräs-ət-ē 
pōr-ˈäs-,
pȯ-ˈräs-
plural porosities
: the quality or state of being porous
Medical Definition
porosity
noun
po·ros·i·ty
pə-ˈräs-ət-ē, pō-, pȯ-
plural porosities
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