News tagged with water condensation

Understanding patterns of dew formation

Researchers have delved into the dynamics of vapour condensation on surfaces. Project outcomes have potential commercial applications to a variety of fields.

Chemistry / Other

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists predict an out-of-this-world kind of ice

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell scientists are boldly going where no water molecule has gone before -- that is, when it comes to pressures found nowhere on Earth.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Tree frogs chill out to collect precious water

Research published in the October issue of The American Naturalist shows that Australian green tree frogs survive the dry season with the help of the same phenomenon that fogs up eyeglasses in the winter.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Water evaporated from trees cools global climate

Scientists have long debated about the impact on global climate of water evaporated from vegetation. New research from Carnegie's Global Ecology department concludes that evaporated water helps cool the earth as a whole, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 14

Capillary condensation technology produces drinkable water from diesel exhaust

(PhysOrg.com) -- Every person in the US military needs about 7 gallons of water per day for drinking, cooking, and cleaning. Supplying and transporting all that water takes a great deal of time and effort ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Artificially controlling water condensation leads to 'room-temperature ice'

Earth's climate is strongly influenced by the presence of particles of different shapes and origins -- in the form of dust, ice and pollutants -- that find their way into the lowest portion of the atmosphere, the troposphere. ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 7 | with audio podcast