News articles tagged with 'liquid'
Earth's core deprived of oxygen
— 23 Nov 2011 19:46 | Geology and palaeontologyThe composition of the Earth's core remains a mystery. Scientists know that the liquid outer core consists mainly of iron, but it is believed that small amounts of some other elements…
Mechanism of wine swirling explained
— 21 Nov 2011 19:16 | PhysicsWine drinkers know that swirling a good vintage around in a glass aerates the wine and releases its bouquet. Just how the process - known as 'orbital shaking' - works, however, has…
Frozen comet had a watery past, University of Arizona scientists find
— 6 Apr 2011 15:46 | AstronomyFor the first time, scientists have found convincing evidence for the presence of liquid water in a comet, shattering the current paradigm that comets never get warm enough to melt…
Expanding the degrees of surface freezing
— 1 Apr 2011 15:45 | TechnologyAs part of the quest to form perfectly smooth single-molecule layers of materials for advanced energy, electronic, and medical devices, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's…
New method could improve economics of sweetening natural gas
— 11 Mar 2011 15:55 | ChemistryNatural gas extracted from the nation's coal beds and methane-rich geologic features must first be purged of hydrogen sulphide before it can be used as fuel. Until now, processing methods…
Supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton Cycle turbines promise giant leap
— 5 Mar 2011 13:09 | TechnologySandia National Laboratories researchers are moving into the demonstration phase of a novel gas turbine system for power generation, with the promise that thermal-to-electric conversion…
Liquid metal key to simpler creation of electrodes for microfluidic devices
— 22 Feb 2011 23:36 | TechnologyResearchers from North Carolina State University have developed a faster, easier way to create microelectrodes, for use in microfluidic devices, by using liquid metal. Microfluidic…
A new high-resolution method for imaging below the skin using a liquid lens
— 20 Feb 2011 16:33 | HealthUniversity of Rochester optics professor Jannick Rolland has developed an optical technology that provides unprecedented images under the skin's surface. The aim of the technology is…
When worms stick together and swim on thin water, what happens and why does it matter?
— 8 Feb 2011 18:39 | BiologyNematodes, microscopic worms, are making engineers look twice at their ability to exhibit the 'Cheerios effect' when they move in a collective motion…
Care home error rate of liquid medicine doses 4 times higher than pills
— 8 Feb 2011 16:27 | HealthCare home residents are more than four times as likely to get the wrong dose of medicine when it is in liquid form as they are when given pills/capsules provided in a dispenser, indicates…