Fiegel and her team examined how exhaled bioaerosols - droplets produced from the lung during breathing, coughing, and sneezing - are produced from lung-like surfaces during a cough. The findings were recently published in Soft Matter.

University of Iowa scholars in engineering and pharmacy are designing polymers to help maintain the effectiveness of drugs once they enter the lungs of patients dealing with infections, cancer, genetic disorders or other conditions.

Riannon Smith isn't a videographer or photographer, per se, but some days she takes 100 pictures or more. Recently, Smith documented the plume of hydrogel spray. Hundreds of times over she pumped the spray bottle and recorded pictures or videos, examining how wide and far the spray traveled.