Water – Page 8
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Research
Puzzle of why very similar sugars can taste much sweeter than others solved
The sweetest saccharides form the strongest and shortest hydrogen bonds
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Unexpected appearance of water makes a big difference to supramolecules
Self-assembly subtly altered by trace amount of water in solvents
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Hippo dung is a serious matter for river ecosystems
Large amounts of organic material transferred into river systems by the animals can change entire ecosystems
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Careers
An Antarctic researcher's field diary
Karen Assmann records her latest expedition to the world’s southern continent
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Iron-rich rock helps oceans sink atmospheric carbon
Pouring powdered peridotites into the sea could be another way to combat climate change
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Glimpse of water's superionic state may explain icy giants' oddities
Bizarre state of water with solid and liquid properties offers answer to Neptune and Uranus’ magnetic field mystery
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Precision approach may have spotted coldest liquid water droplets ever made
Supercooled droplets come in at chilly -43ºC with highly accurate temperature measurements
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Solvation caught in the act
Water molecules observed arranging themselves into solvation shell around azo dye
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Taking the heat off ice under pressure
New understanding of how pressure can cause ice to melt independent of heat
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Foam to recover spilt oil from water column
Rather than skim the surface, this new clean-up technique jumps in at the deep end
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News
The Mpemba effect: fact or fiction?
Why freezing ice cream 50 years ago put science in hot water
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Research
Looking to the past offers an explanation for Mpemba effect
Theoretical study points towards hidden property as possible reason for controversial Mpemba effect
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Ancient Egyptian uprisings triggered by volcanic eruptions
New evidence that changes in atmospheric chemistry caused social stresses and uprisings against the ruling elite
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Methane-led climate change explains early Mars’ wet spells
Red planet’s wobbles could have led to melting of methane clathrates and warming