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Physicists Capture the Sound of a Perfect Fluid

Dec. 3, 2020 — Physicists have observed sound waves moving through a 'perfect' fluid. The results should help scientists study the viscosity in neutron stars, the plasma of the early universe, and other strongly ...

New Microscope Technique Reveals Details of Droplet Nucleation

Dec. 2, 2020 — A new microscopy technique allows researchers to directly observe the process of nucleation, which leads to the formation of droplets and bubbles on surfaces. The advance may facilitate the design of ...

How Does the Spider Spin Its Self-Assembled Silk?

Nov. 30, 2020 — Researchers report on a new model for spider silk assembly. The key to spider silk 'spinning' is a combination of acidification and a process known as liquid-liquid phase separation, or ...

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Two Distinctly Different Liquid States of Water

Nov. 19, 2020 — Using X-ray lasers, researchers have been able to follow the transformation between two distinct different liquid states of water. At around minus 63 Celsius, the two liquids ...

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Ultrasensitive Transistor for Herbicide Detection in Water

Dec. 1, 2020 — Researchers have fabricated a tiny electronic sensor that can detect very low levels of a commonly used weed killer in drinking ...

Transportation of Water Into the Deep Earth by Al-Phase D

Dec. 1, 2020 — Researchers have recently measured the propagation speed of ultrasonic waves in an aluminum-rich hydrous mineral called Al-phase D at pressure conditions relevant to the Earth's deep mantle. Their ...

Microfluidic System With Cell-Separating Powers May Unravel How Novel Pathogens Attack

Nov. 30, 2020 — To develop effective therapeutics against pathogens, scientists need to first uncover how they attack host cells. An efficient way to conduct these ...

An Escape Route for Seafloor Methane

Nov. 30, 2020 — A study has solved the mystery of how and why columns of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, can stream out of solid sea-floor formations known as methane ...

Math Enables Custom Arrangements of Liquid 'Nesting Dolls'

Nov. 30, 2020 — Researchers have developed a new way to examine, predict and engineer interactions between multiple liquid phases, including arrangements of mixtures with an arbitrary number of separated ...

COVID-19 Virus Survives on Surfaces Within Thin Film

Nov. 24, 2020 — To find out how the COVID-19 virus survives on surfaces, researchers are exploring the drying times of thin liquid films that persist after most respiratory droplets evaporate. While the drying time ...

A Filter for Environmental Remediation

Nov. 19, 2020 — Scientists have discovered a new method for producing sodium titanate mats nanostructured in a seaweed-like morphology for filtering heavy metal ions and radioactive materials from water. This work ...

New Material 'Mines' Copper from Toxic Wastewater

Nov. 24, 2020 — A team of scientists has designed a new material -- called ZIOS (zinc imidazole salicylaldoxime) -- that targets and traps copper ions from wastewater with unprecedented precision and speed. The ...

Highly Efficient, Long-Lasting Electrocatalyst to Boost Hydrogen Fuel Production

Nov. 20, 2020 — Researchers have developed a highly efficient and long-lasting electrocatalyst for water oxidation using cobalt, iron, and a minimal amount of ...

Stable Catalysts for New Energy

Nov. 24, 2020 — Looking for the perfect catalyst is not only about finding the right material, but also about its orientation. Depending on the direction in which a crystal is cut and which of its atoms it thus ...