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  MAVEN Spectrometer Opens Window to Red Planet’s Past

  July 18, 2013 — When NASA's MAVEN mission begins its journey to the Red Planet later this year, it will be equipped with a special instrument to take the planet back in ... > full story
• Nature of Water
  Chemistry
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  Thermodynamics
  Graphene
  Inorganic Chemistry
   
  

  Evaporation: Tiny Temperature Differences Are Primary Driving Force in Droplet Evaporation

  July 18, 2013 — Evaporation is so common that everybody thinks it's a well understood phenomenon. Appearances can be, however, deceptive. Recently, a new, earlier not predicted mechanism of evaporation was ... > full story
• Water
  Pollution
  Recycling and Waste
  Drought
  Drought Research
  Environmental Issues
   

  World's First Water Treatment Techniques Using Apple and Tomato Peels

  July 18, 2013 — Scientists experimented with water treatment techniques using materials that are easily available, and came up with novel ways to purify water using the peels of apples and ... > full story
• Nature of Water
  Petroleum
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  Fluid Dynamics: Resolving Shockwaves More Accurately

  July 18, 2013 — A new computational scheme enables more stable simulations of shockwaves in fluids and may be scalable for large engineering ... > full story
• Materials Science
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  Nature of Water
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  'Impossible' Material Made With Record-Breaking Surface Area and Water Adsorption Abilities

  July 17, 2013 — A novel material with world record-breaking surface area and water adsorption abilities has been synthesized by researchers in Sweden. The magnesium carbonate material that has been given the name ... > full story
• Quantum Physics
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  Nature of Water
  Information Technology
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  Ghost Particles: New Limits on Extremely Rare Decay

  July 17, 2013 — Neutrinos are the most elusive particles having extremely weak interactions with all other particles. They have rather unusual properties and are even expected to be identical with their own ... > full story
• Nature of Water
  Ultrasound
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  Albert Einstein
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  Levitation: Droplets Surfing on Sound Waves

  July 16, 2013 — Researchers are able to make objects such as particles and liquid droplets fly in mid-air by letting them ride on acoustic waves. For the first time, they have been able to also control the movement ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Water
  Ice Ages
  Snow and Avalanches
  Oceanography
  Climate
   
  

  Researchers Shed New Light on Supraglacial Lake Drainage

  July 16, 2013 — Supraglacial lakes -- bodies of water that collect on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet -- lubricate the bottom of the sheet when they drain, causing it to flow faster. Differences in how the ... > full story
• Thermodynamics
  Nature of Water
  Nuclear Energy
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  Finding the Keys to Boiling Heat Transfer

  July 16, 2013 — Understanding the properties that control surface dissipation of heat could lead to improved power plants and electronics with high heat-transfer ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Thermodynamics
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  Environmental Science
  Energy and Resources
   
  

  New Thermocell Could Harvest 'Waste Heat' from Power Stations and Even Vehicle Exhaust Pipes

  July 16, 2013 — Harvesting waste heat from power stations and even vehicle exhaust pipes could soon provide a valuable supply of ... > full story

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