News tagged with ice crystals
Atmospheric lead causes clouds to form more easily, could change pattern of rain and snow
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By sampling clouds -- and making their own -- researchers have shown for the first time a direct relation between lead in the sky and the formation of ice crystals that foster clouds. The ...
It's raining pentagons
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 08, 2009 |
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This week's Nature Materials (09 March 2009) reveals how an international team of scientists led by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL have discovered a novel one dimensional ice ch ...
Better antifreezes to preserve donor organs for transplantation
Dec 22, 2008 |
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Chemists in Canada have developed a new approach for producing more effective medical antifreeze fluids for preserving kidneys, hearts, and other organs donated for transplantation. These next-generation antifreezes ...
Scientists demonstrate the sharpest measurement of ice crystals in clouds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Scientists have created an instrument designed to help determine the shapes and sizes of tiny ice crystals typical of those found in high-altitude clouds, down to the micron level (comparable to the tiniest cells in the human ...
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Edible 'antifreeze' prevents unwanted ice crystals in ice cream and frozen foods
Jan 14, 2008 |
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A scientist in Wisconsin reports development of an edible and tasteless “antifreeze” that prevents the formation of ice crystals that can spoil the smooth, silky texture of ice cream and interfere with the ...
Fluorescence microscopy reveals why some antifreeze proteins inhibit ice growth better than others
Mar 06, 2007 |
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Antifreeze or “ice structuring” proteins – found in some fish, insects, plants, fungi and bacteria – attach to the surface of ice crystals to inhibit their growth and keep the host organism from freezing to ...
Scientists Discover Pentagonal Ice
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a five-sided ice chain structure that could be used to modify future weather patterns.
Unravelling the 'inconvenient truth' of glacier movement
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Predicting climate change depends on many factors not properly included in current forecasting models, such as how the major polar ice caps will move in the event of melting around their edges. This in turn requires greater ...
Ice creamier: 'Edible antifreeze' puts the smooth in smoothie
Jul 01, 2008 |
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It's Friday night, and the movie's already spinning in the DVD player. You run to the kitchen to grab a gallon of ice cream and a spoon, but you find the tub nearly empty.
Freezing: a phenomenon that 'jumps'
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The freezing of suspensions of particles is not always a uniform phenomenon; in certain conditions it leads to a modification of the redistribution of particles and the growth of crystals.
Cousin of the 'ice that burns' emerges as greener new way to fight fires
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Japan are reporting development of a new type of ice that may provide a more efficient, environmentally-friendly method for putting out fires, including out-of control blazes ...
Animated Movie of Ice
Jan 07, 2008 |
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An animated movie shows an ordered structure dissolving little by little into a disordered mess after a light pulse: Swedish researchers from the University of Uppsala have used a computer to simulate ice melting after it ...
Physicist's Snowflake Images Get Stuck
Oct 15, 2006 |
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Physicist Kenneth Libbrecht’s snowflake images have gotten stuck--on a stamp. Last week the United States Postal Service issued four new 39-cent commemorative postage stamps based on Libbrecht’s high-resolution ...
Aircraft emissions could influence climate change through cloud formation
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Aircraft emissions can affect the properties of cirrus clouds, contributing to climate change. This was a key finding from PNNL scientist Dr. Xiaohong Liu and his colleagues from a recent ...
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