A flexible tail allows swimming bacteria to thin the surrounding liquid and to free themselves when trapped along walls or obstacles. This finding could influence how bacterial growth on medical, industrial, and agricultural ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 28, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Japan and Germany has found evidence that suggests the middle of Earth's mantle holds as much water as the planet's oceans. In their paper published ...
To make "clean" fossil fuel burning a reality, researchers have to pull carbon dioxide out of the exhaust gases that rise from coal or natural gas power plants and store or reuse it. For the capturing feat, researchers are ...
Materials Science
May 17, 2016
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The Mexican Oil Institute (IMP) has developed biosurfactants that reduce oil viscosity and lower operating costs. The technology allows for operational flexibility in the transport of crude oil through ducts from the production ...
Materials Science
Apr 15, 2016
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Inside mammalian cells, kinesin plays the same role as do trucks and locomotives within our countries: It is the main driving force behind the transport of manufactured goods. No wheels are involved, but there are 'legs' ...
General Physics
Nov 5, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Université Paris-Sud and Université P.M. Curie/Université Paris-Diderot, both in France, has discovered that putting certain types of bacteria into an ordinary fluid, can cause it ...
The universe can be a very sticky place, but just how sticky is a matter of debate.
General Physics
Jun 30, 2015
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Researchers have shown that a strong electric field applied to a section of the Keystone pipeline can smooth oil flow and yield significant pump energy savings.
Environment
Feb 27, 2015
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Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the MATGAS research centre, the Universitá di Roma "La Sapienza" and the Politecnico di Milano have designed a method which indirectly measures the viscosity of ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 16, 2015
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Cilia—short, hair-like fibers—are widely present in nature. Single-celled paramecia use one set of cilia for locomotion and another set to sweep nutrients into their oral grooves. Researchers at Brown have discovered ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2014
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