News tagged with water droplets
The lotus's clever way of staying dry (w/ Video)
Oct 22, 2009 |
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An ancient Confucian philosopher once said, "I love the lotus because while growing from mud, it is unstained."
Opposites attract -- but they may not stay together
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Opposites may always attract. But they may not remain together long-term. In a counter-intuitive discovery published in the current edition of the journal Nature, researchers from Harvard, the Un ...
Cosmic meddling with the clouds by seven-day magic
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 01, 2009 |
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Billions of tonnes of water droplets vanish from the atmosphere, as if by magic, in events that reveal in detail how the Sun and the stars control our everyday clouds. Researchers of the National Space Institute in the Technical ...
Research gives clues for self-cleaning materials, water-striding robots
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 04, 2009 |
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Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University ...
Two lasers better when attacking cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Two lasers may be better than one when attacking cancer cells, according to a paper by Rice University scientists.
Controlling light with sound: new liquid camera lens as simple as water and vibration
Sep 22, 2008 |
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New miniature image-capturing technology powered by water, sound, and surface tension could lead to smarter and lighter cameras in everything from cell phones and automobiles to autonomous robots and miniature ...
Fingerprints provide clues to more than just identity
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Fingerprints can reveal critical evidence, as well as an identity, with the use of a new technology developed at Purdue University that detects trace amounts of explosives, drugs or other materials left behind ...
