Spider scientists creep up on elusive prey
The summer sun is in full force, yet these scavengers are clutching flashlights.
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2011
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News tagged with raindrops
The pirouette effect in the chaos of turbulence
(PhysOrg.com) -- The quick mixing of coffee and milk after stirring or the formation of raindrops in clouds: these are just two of many phenomena in which turbulent flows play a decisive role. Researchers at the Max Planck ...
General Physics
Jun 9, 2011
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Tornado forecasting pushes scientific limits
Ernest Fawbush and Robert Miller made the first ever tornado forecast in March of 1948 using only paper, pencil, and a World War II-era radar -- but tornado forecasting has changed dramatically since that initial forecast ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 8, 2011
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Ancient raindrops reveal a wave of mountains sent south by sinking Farallon plate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Analyzing the isotope ratios of ancient raindrops preserved in soils and lake sediments, Stanford researchers have shown that a wave of mountain building began in British Columbia, Canada about 49 million ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2010
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Air pollution is reducing the amount of rain in China
Air pollution in eastern China during the last 50 years has led to a reduction in the amount of light rainfall of almost a quarter. This is revealed by an international study conducted with support from the University of ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2009
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Raindrops keep falling on your head -- but they burst first
For generations, schoolchildren have been taught that raindrops start as micro-droplets that then gather together in clouds with their neighbours to become bigger droplets.
General Physics
Jul 20, 2009
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Maybe it's raining less than we thought
It's conventional wisdom in atmospheric science circles: large raindrops fall faster than smaller drops, because they're bigger and heavier. And no raindrop can fall faster than its "terminal speed"—its speed when the ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2009
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