News articles tagged with 'solid'
Formaldehyde: Poison could have set the stage for the origins of life
— 6 Apr 2011 17:22 | ChemistryFormaldehyde, a poison and a common molecule throughout the universe, is likely the source of the solar system's organic carbon solids - abundant in both comets and asteroids. Scientists…
University of Minnesota engineering researcher finds new way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria
— 23 Nov 2010 17:14 | HealthNew findings by civil engineering researchers in the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering shows that treating municipal wastewater solids at higher temperatures…
Sandia effort images the sea monster of nuclear fusion: The Rayleigh-Taylor instability
— 13 Nov 2010 09:35 | TechnologyA new X-ray imaging capability has taken pictures of a critical instability at the heart of Sandia's huge Z accelerator. The effort may help remove a major impediment in the worldwide,…
NYU researchers find corn starch solution can help shape solid materials
— 5 Nov 2010 14:00 | TechnologyNew York University researchers have developed a method to shape solid materials using a corn starch solution. The process, devised by researchers in NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical…
Cell membranes behave like cornstarch and water
— 4 Nov 2010 14:12 | BiologyMix two parts cornstarch and one part water. Swirl your fingers in it slowly and the mixture is a smoothly flowing liquid. Punch it quickly with your fist and you meet a rubbery solid…
Queen's University discovery could impact how the body receives medicine
— 8 Oct 2010 13:27 | HealthResearchers at Queen's University have discovered how molecules in glass or plastic are able to move when exposed to light from a laser. The findings could one day be used to facilitate…
Physicists cross hurdle in quantum manipulation of matter
— 18 Sep 2010 08:49 | PhysicsFinding ways to control matter at the level of single atoms and electrons fascinates many scientists and engineers because the ability to manipulate single charges and single magnetic…
Caltech mineral physicists find new scenery at Earth's core-mantle boundary
— 3 Sep 2010 12:28 | Geology and palaeontologyUsing a diamond-anvil cell to recreate the high pressures deep within the earth, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found unusual properties in an…
MIT researchers show silicon can be made to melt in reverse
— 3 Aug 2010 13:27 | TechnologyLike an ice cube on a warm day, most materials melt - that is, change from a solid to a liquid state - as they get warmer. But a few oddball materials do the reverse: They melt as they…
Physicists' findings about helium could lead to more accurate temperature
— 18 May 2010 19:45 | PhysicsIn the May 7 edition of Physical Review Letters, a journal of the American Physical Society, an international team led by University of Delaware researchers reports new findings about…