Water can't touch this sanded, powdered surface
Want a surface that won't get wet? Grab some sandpaper.
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How do nanoparticles grow? Atomic-scale movie upends 100-year-old theory
For decades, a textbook process known as "Ostwald ripening," named for the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Wilhelm Ostwald, has guided the design of new materials including nanoparticles—tiny materials so small they are invisible ...
Nanophysics
Jul 26, 2022
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Chemists unlock secrets of molten salts
A chemist at the University of Cincinnati has come up with a novel way to study the thermodynamic properties of molten salts, which are used in many nuclear and solar energy applications.
Materials Science
Jul 22, 2022
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Dissolving the problem: Organic vapor induces dissolution of molecular salts
It has long been known that when salt is kept in a humid environment, it absorbs water, dissolving some of the salt and making it clump. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered that water vapor isn't the only agent that ...
Materials Science
Jun 28, 2022
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VY Canis Majoris is dying, and astronomers are watching
Three-dimensional models of astronomical objects can be ridiculously complex. They can range from black holes that light doesn't even escape to the literal size of the universe and everything in between. But not every object ...
Astronomy
Jun 27, 2022
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Modeling electrolyte transport in water-rich exoplanets
Oceans on water-rich exoplanets may be enriched with electrolytes, including salts such as sodium chloride, suggests a modeling study published in Nature Communications. The research proposes electrolytes can be transported ...
Planetary Sciences
Jun 22, 2022
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Light-induced changes in shape power a pump in a marine bacterium
RIKEN biochemists have discovered how a miniscule pump in a marine microbe shuttles negative ions into the cell by changing shape when activated by light. As well as providing insights into how these ion pumps work, the findings ...
Biochemistry
Jun 9, 2022
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The physicochemical nature of colloidal motion waves among silver colloids
Traveling waves are commonly observed in biological and synthetic systems, and recent discoveries have shown how silver colloids form traveling motion waves in hydrogen peroxide under UV light. In a new report now published ...
Oil and gas brine 'no better' at controlling dust than rainwater, researchers find
Spreading wastewater, or brine, from conventional oil and gas wells on unpaved roads is a longstanding practice for suppressing dust, which can become a breathing and visibility hazard during warmer months. Common in several ...
Environment
May 27, 2022
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How one of the X chromosomes in female embryonic stem cells is silenced
In most mammals, females have two X chromosomes and males have one X and one Y chromosome in each of their cells. To avoid a double dose of X-linked genes in females, one of the Xs is silenced early in the developmental process. ...
Biotechnology
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