How surface texture can help or hinder formation of ice crystals

19-May-2017 - A new study examining how ice forms from pure water found that the geometry of the surface that water is on can have an effect on whether or not it freezes, suggesting that surface geometry plays an important role in ice formation. Greater understanding of how ice forms could have implications ...

Novel technique enables air-stable water droplet networks

15-May-2014 - A simple new technique to form interlocking beads of water in ambient conditions could prove valuable for applications in biological sensing, membrane research and harvesting water from fog. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method to create ...

Noble way to low-cost fuel cells, halogenated graphene may replace expensive platinum

10-Jun-2013 - The research team of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Case Western Reserve University and University of North Texas have paved a new way for affordable commercialization of fuel cells with efficient metal-free electrocatalysts using edge-halogenated graphene ...

Supercomputer provides new insights into the vibrations of water

Biomolecular solutes perturb choreography

25-Jun-2010 - Using Terahertz spectroscopy, RUB-chemists recently detected the surprisingly long-ranged influence of solvated biomolecules on the “dance” of surrounding water molecules. With extensive simulations on a supercomputer, they now succeeded in describing this choreography in detail. In the virtual ...

This idea doesn't stink: New tech cuts industrial odors, pollutants

28-Aug-2009 - A North Carolina State University researcher has devised a new technology that really does not stink. In fact, it could be the key to eliminating foul odors and air pollutants emitted by industrial chicken rendering facilities and – ultimately – large-scale swine feedlots. Dr. Praveen Kolar, ...

A safe approach to nanotechnology

Boiling up zinc oxide nanorods without toxic solvents

21-Aug-2009 - A non-toxic and environmentally friendly way to make tiny nanorods of zinc oxide has been developed for the first time by researchers in Saudi Arabia. The approach, described in the current issue of the International Journal of Nanoparticles, could allow the nanorods to be used safely in medical ...

Water acts as catalyst in explosives

24-Mar-2009 - The most abundant material on Earth exhibits some unusual chemical properties when placed under extreme conditions. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have shown that water, in hot dense environments, plays an unexpected role in catalyzing complex explosive reactions. A catalyst ...

Dow Signs Exclusive Licensing Agreement to Commercialize ZDD Desalination Process Technology

02-Aug-2006 - The Dow Chemical Company announced that it has signed a licensing option and evaluation agreement with South Carolina-based ZDD, Incorporated, giving Dow exclusive rights to elect an exclusive license to ZDD, Incorporated's Zero Discharge Desalination (ZDD) process technology for desalination of ...