News tagged with ice crystals
Studying ice crystals to understand the cloud-climate connection
(PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning in mid-December, scientists will undertake a special mission to squeeze the secrets out of ice crystals in cirrus clouds. The SPARTICUS, or Small Particles in Cirrus, campaign will ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Scientists isolate new antifreeze molecule in Alaska beetle
Scientists have identified a novel antifreeze molecule in a freeze-tolerant Alaska beetle able to survive temperatures below minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Unlike all previously described biological antifreezes that contain ...
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Freezing: a phenomenon that 'jumps'
(PhysOrg.com) -- The freezing of suspensions of particles is not always a uniform phenomenon; in certain conditions it leads to a modification of the redistribution of particles and the growth of crystals.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Atmospheric lead causes clouds to form more easily, could change pattern of rain and snow
(PhysOrg.com) -- By sampling clouds -- and making their own -- researchers have shown for the first time a direct relation between lead in the sky and the formation of ice crystals that foster clouds. The ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2009 |
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It's raining pentagons
This week's Nature Materials (09 March 2009) reveals how an international team of scientists led by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL have discovered a novel one dimensional ice ch ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 08, 2009 |
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