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A collaboration between the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and the Polytechnic University of Milan has found that when a fluid is pumped through a pipe in an intermittent way, the cost of transport is significantly reduced.
Laminar flows, like the kind you see when you slowly crack a tap open, are smooth, streamlined and energy efficient. Turbulent flows, on the other hand, such as those when a tap runs full blast, are chaotic and waste energy.