Molecular traffic jam makes water move faster through nanochannels
Cars inch forward slowly in traffic jams, but molecules, when jammed up, can move extremely fast.
Nanophysics
Feb 6, 2014
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Team develops new tool for studying membrane protein structure using water dynamics on surface of biomolecules
Membrane proteins are responsible for transporting chemicals and messages between a cell and its environment. But determining their structure has proved challenging for scientists. A study by UC Santa Barbara's Han Research ...
Biochemistry
Sep 30, 2013
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Chasing the black holes of the ocean
According to researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Miami, some of the largest ocean eddies on Earth are mathematically equivalent to the mysterious black holes of space. These eddies are so tightly shielded by ...
Soft Matter
Sep 23, 2013
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New computer model of city dynamics could pave way to planning sustainable urban areas
The sustainability of cities is a challenge facing planners across the globe. The numerous complex and wide-ranging interactions between energy consumption, water use, transportation and population dynamics make cities intrinsically ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2013
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Researchers make droplets dance (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) —Researchers from Aalto University and Paris Tech have placed water droplets containing magnetic nanoparticles on strong water repellent surfaces and have made them align in various static and dynamic structures ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 19, 2013
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Size matters for creatures of cold polar waters
Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool, Plymouth, and Radboud, Netherlands, have challenged the view that giant animals are found in polar seas because of a superabundance of oxygen in cold water.
Ecology
Jul 10, 2013
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Fast or superfast water transport?
(Phys.org) —There were high hopes of using carbon nanotubes, particularly for ultra-fast water transport to desalinate seawater. However, a simulation now reveals that these ultra-fast transport rates might have not been ...
Nanophysics
May 28, 2013
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Extreme water: Aggressive behaviour of water in the Earth's interior
Earth is the only known planet that holds water in massive quantities and in all three phase states. But the earthly, omnipresent compound water has very unusual properties that become particularly evident when subjected ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2013
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Researchers analyse interfaces between water and catalyst with computer simulations
(Phys.org)—Why certain catalyst materials work more efficiently when they are surrounded by water instead of a gas phase is unclear. RUB chemists have now gleamed some initial answers from computer simulations. They showed ...
Materials Science
Feb 21, 2013
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Mimicking nature in engineering
Lizards and frogs are about to take up residence in the laboratories of Virginia Tech's College of Engineering.
Engineering
Feb 19, 2013
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