News articles tagged with 'droplet' (Page 2)
New drug could help stop the spread of disease during cough: U of A research
— 22 Sep 2010 18:24 | HealthWhat if there was a drug that could completely eliminate airborne disease transmission that occurs when someone coughs? Researchers at the University of Alberta believe they have found…
Multi-layered images projected onto water droplets with Carnegie Mellon technology
— 7 Jul 2010 12:30 | TechnologyAquaLux 3D, a new projection technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, can target light onto and between individual water droplets, enabling text, video…
Whiter clouds could mean wetter land
— 29 Jun 2010 09:50 | EnvironmentOne proposed emergency fix to halt global warming is to seed clouds over the ocean to make them more reflective, reducing the solar radiation absorbed by the Earth. But the scheme could…
Researchers develop ultra-simple method for creating nanoscale gold coatings
— 17 Jun 2010 13:54 | TechnologyResearchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new, ultra-simple method for making layers of gold that measure only billionths of a metre thick. The process, which…
Aircraft cause precipitation, hole-punch clouds
— 15 Jun 2010 02:26 | EnvironmentAs turboprop and jet aircraft climb or descend under certain atmospheric conditions, they can inadvertently seed mid-level clouds and cause narrow bands of snow or rain to develop and…
Discovery in 'pop' science reveals the elegant, complex way bubbles burst
— 10 Jun 2010 10:51 | PhysicsOn the surface of things, how a bubble bursts may seem to be a simple, unremarkable event. In the June 10th issue of Nature, engineers at Harvard report just the opposite, having uncovered…
UCLA researchers show how world's smallest 'coffee ring' may help biosensors detect disease
— 6 May 2010 13:35 | TechnologyThe field of biosensing has recently found an unlikely partner in the quest for increased sensitivity: coffee rings. The next time you spill your coffee on a table, look at the spot…
Helium rain on Jupiter explains lack of neon in atmosphere
— 23 Mar 2010 13:44 | AstronomyOn Earth, helium is a gas used to float balloons, as in the movie 'Up.' In the interior of Jupiter, however, conditions are so strange that, according to predictions by University of…
New adhesive device could let humans walk on walls
— 2 Feb 2010 15:04 | TechnologyCould humans one day walk on walls, like Spider-Man? A palm-sized device invented at Cornell that uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond just might make it possible…
Can a drop of water cause sunburn or fire?
— 11 Jan 2010 16:52 | BiologyTo the gardening world it may have always been considered a fact, but science has never proved the widely held belief that watering your garden in the midday sun can lead to burnt plants.…