News articles tagged with 'liquid'
Materials scientists find better model for glass creation
— 5 Nov 2009 12:11 | TechnologyHarvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common window glass... — full story
Magnetic mixing creates quite a stir
— 28 Oct 2009 12:45 | TechnologySandia researchers have developed a process that can mix tiny volumes of liquid, even in complicated spaces... — full story
Caltech scientists solve decade-long mystery of nanopillar formations
— 23 Oct 2009 13:24 | TechnologyScientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered the physical mechanism by which arrays of nanoscale (billionths-of-a-metre) pillars can be grown on polymer... — full story
Researchers make key step towards turning methane gas into liquid fuel
— 23 Oct 2009 11:35 | ChemistryResearchers at the University of Washington and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have taken an important step in converting methane gas to a liquid, potentially making... — full story
0.2 second test for explosive liquids
— 21 Oct 2009 10:59 | TechnologySince a failed terrorist attack in 2006, plane passengers have not been able to carry bottles of liquid through security at airports, leaving some parched at the airport and others... — full story
Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery
— 9 Oct 2009 12:13 | TechnologyBatteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries... — full story
Licence to go where no chemist has gone before
— 29 Sep 2009 18:16 | ChemistryScientists at The University of Nottingham have overcome one of the significant research challenges facing electrochemists. For the first time they have found a way of probing right... — full story
University lab demonstrates 3-D printing in glass
— 26 Sep 2009 14:47 | TechnologyA team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects using a conventional 3-D... — full story
New findings could help hybrid, electric cars keep their cool
— 23 Sep 2009 10:38 | TechnologyUnderstanding precisely how fluid boils in tiny 'microchannels' has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and... — full story
Exotic life beyond Earth? Looking for life as we don't know it
— 19 Sep 2009 12:00 | AstronomyScientists at a new interdisciplinary research institute in Austria are working to uncover how life might evolve with 'exotic' biochemistry and solvents, such as sulphuric acid instead... — full story