Icebergs float on water because the underlying liquid water has a higher density than the iceberg. Liquid water itself has ...

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Watch this! A video shows water in a bottle freezing instantly just by hitting it on a surface. Why does this happen? It is because the water in the bottle is supercooled. A ...

Consider the nearest water surface: a half-full glass on your desk, a puddle outside your window, or a lake across town. All of these surfaces represent liquid-vapor interfaces, where liquid meets air ...

Scientists have discovered some unexpected forms of liquid crystals of ultrashort DNA molecules immersed in water, providing a new scenario for a key step in the emergence of life on Earth. A team led ...

And even though liquids easily change shape, they do resist this change due to the friction between the liquid molecules as ...

A team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Yuki Arakawa, Toyohashi University of Technology, has successfully liquid crystallized π-conjugated 2 rod-like molecules with alkylthio groups ...

A team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Milan has discovered some unexpected forms of liquid crystals of ultrashort DNA molecules immersed in water, providing a new ...