Science news articles about 'liquid surface'

Scientists have confirmed that at least one body in our solar system, other than Earth, has a surface liquid lake. Using an instrument on NASA's Cassini orbiter, they discovered that a lake-like ...

... a dish with water and drop a small amount of flour onto the surface. The flour particles disperse rapidly, like a tiny starburst, and spread out over the liquid surface. [More]

... research. Singh says that when small particles, such as flour or pollen, come in contact with a liquid surface, they immediately disperse and form a monolayer. The dispersion occurs so quickly that ...

... (NIST) report the first direct observation of the rotational dynamics of a molecule bouncing off a liquid surface. Perkins and Nesbitt directed a beam of carbon dioxide molecules at a pool of ...