The unfamiliar face of a most familiar substance: Extraordinary activity of interfacial water on oil droplets
The behavior of water at hydrophobic interfaces has perplexed scientists for over a century, spanning chemistry, biology, ...
Study Finds on MSN2d
Why do glass bottles break in the freezer? It’s not what you think
Glass bottles don't break in the freezer just because water expands when it freezes. (Bermek/Shutterstock) Glass bottles ...
First images capture cholesterol crystal formation in the body
A pair of University of Houston professors, known for their contributions to crystal engineering with specific breakthroughs ...
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Our Brain Loves Bubbles: CO2 Stimulates All Five Senses
Bubbles do more than just provide a captivating sight and sound.
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Nanoparticle production – How nanoparticles are made
usually water and oil along with at least one tenside (substance that reduces the surface tension of liquids). In certain solvents this gives rise to small reactors in which nucleation and controlled ...
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The Simple Trick That Stops A Shaken Soda From Exploding
Have you ever been paranoid about opening a soda can after you've droppedi it? Here's why it happens and a simple trick to ...
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Visualizing In Situ Nucleation and Growth Dynamics of CdSe-Based Heterostructures Regulated by the Water/Oil-Phase Microenvironment
elemental characterization of the heterostructures under oil/water-phase conditions, high-resolution imaging of the interfacial structures, and calculation of the e-beam-induced increase in ...
Why Can’t We Predict Earthquakes?
How Do They Work?For centuries, people wondered what caused the Earth to shake. In the 1960s, scientists finally settled on the theory of plate tectonics, which posits that the Earth’s surface is ...