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Researchers: Champagne's aroma comes from bubbles
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Don Ho was right. It is the tiny bubbles. A team of researchers - in Europe not surprisingly - found that Champagne's bursting bubbles not only tickle the nose, they create a mist that wafts the aroma to the drinker.
Blowing bubbles on a nanoscale
Oct 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are puzzled by the nanobubbles that can develop on surfaces under water. It should be impossible for them to exist but nevertheless they remain intact for hours. They are something ...
Making realistic sounds for computer animation (w/Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Splash, splatter, babble, sploosh, drip, drop, bloop and ploop!
Bird Feathers Produce Color Through Structure Similar to Beer Foam
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the brightest colors in nature are created by tiny nanostructures with a structure similar to beer foam or a sponge, according to Yale University researchers.
Old growth giants limited by water-pulling ability
Biology /
Aug 11, 2008 |
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The Douglas-fir, state tree of Oregon, towering king of old-growth forests and one of the tallest tree species on Earth, finally stops growing taller because it just can't pull water any higher, a new study concludes.
Research removes major obstacle from mass production of tiny circuits
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 17, 2007 |
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As they eliminate tiny air bubbles that form when liquid droplets are molded into intricate circuits, a Princeton-led team is dissolving a sizable obstacle to the mass production of smaller, cheaper microchips.
A new process for making much-sought iron nanospheres
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Using a process that creates bubbles as hot as the surface of the sun, chemists are reporting development of a new method for making hollow hematite (iron oxide) nanospheres. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's ...
Adding simehicone to sodium phosphate bowel preparation benefits colonscopy?
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Bowel preparation has been reported inadequate in 10%-75% of colonoscopic examinations. None of the preparations reached all the requirements of safety, acceptance to patients with negligible discomfort, and rapid cleansing. ...
Highly stable foams by the attachment of silica nanoparticles to bubble surfaces
Jun 20, 2005 |
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What do a glass of beer, whipped cream, dish-washing detergent, shampoo and foam sealant have in common? They should foam properly. Foams are gas bubbles confined by fluid or solid boundaries. Whereas solid foams are quite ...
Research shows how insects use trapped oxygen to breathe underwater
Jul 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hundreds of insect species spend much of their time underwater, where food may be more plentiful. MIT mathematicians have now figured out exactly how those insects breathe underwater.
Bubble machine studies chaotic behavior
Physics /
Dec 12, 2005 |
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Harvard University scientists say they've produced an example of self-organized complexity in a rudimentary microfluidic bubble generator.
Improved foam for varicose veins found to be safe in preliminary results from phase II trial
Mar 17, 2008 |
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A small group of patients with a common heart defect who were treated for varicose veins with an injectable microfoam experienced no neurological, visual or cardiac changes as a result of the treatment, according to preliminary ...
Physicists make an effervescent discovery
Jun 20, 2006 |
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Space is fizzing. Above our heads, where the Earth’s magnetic field meets the constant stream of gas from the Sun, thousands of bubbles of superheated gas are constantly growing and popping. Their discovery ...
'Air shower' set to cut water use by 30 percent
Nov 09, 2006 |
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As Australians become increasingly alert to the importance of using water wisely in the home, CSIRO researchers have found a way to use a third less water when you shower – by adding air.
New nano technique significantly boosts boiling efficiency
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Whoever penned the old adage "a watched pot never boils" surely never tried to heat up water in a pot lined with copper nanorods.
