Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun ...

Researchers found that raindrops are remarkably similar across ... cloud droplets evaporate in the atmosphere or make it to the surface as rain." "The humble raindrop is a vital component of ...

While it is known that bioaerosols are generated when bubbles break on the surface of water containing microbes ... formed inside the raindrops disperse micro-droplets containing soil bacteria ...

New research published last month in the journal JGR Planets presents calculations of the sizes and shapes of raindrops on planetary ... stuff than Earth’s water droplets. On Saturn’s moon ...

The drops sitting up here are like little globes of water, nearly round and spherical. Raindrops form into this shape because of the surface tension of water, which is sometimes described as a ...

Introduction Have you ever watched raindrops on your window as they move ... For some purposes, you might want a surface to repel a liquid; just think of your water-repellent jacket as one example.

You know, the one where the raindrops seem to touch down at just ... When a raindrop touches down, imagine it as a “ding” to the water surface. This ding can be idealized as a packet of ...

Ripples, like ones produced by raindrops falling in a puddle ... By creating a synthetic surface inspired by lotus leaves, the interdisciplinary team, led by Assistant Professor Heikki Nieminen ...

It is a small-scale version of hydropower, which uses the kinetic energy of moving water to produce electricity ... of the capacitance. When raindrops fall on the surface of the panel, a process ...

a feat they accomplish through a combination of long legs that distribute their weight across the water’s surface and micro hairs that make these invertebrates extremely water repellent. But what ...