New research shows that these fields speed up water dissociation not by lowering energy costs, but by increasing molecular disorder once ions form. The reaction becomes entropy-driven—exactly the ...

Seed of the Sacred Fig' director Mohammad Rasoulof’s new work 'Sense of Water' has been acquired by Films Boutique ...

By combining two fundamentally different microscopy techniques, researchers can now measure the optical properties of a ...

On cold, sunny days, tiny ice crystals in the atmosphere can create breathtaking displays like halos, sundogs, and light pillars.

That’s what scientists are studying, currently, at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier – aka the “Doomsday Glacier – which can ...

The cycling of water within Earth's interior regulates plate tectonics, volcanism, ocean volume, and climate stability, ...

In this quick science demo, I show how a simple glass of water can make arrows appear to change direction. As I pour water ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

Did you notice the stunning, colorful sight in the sky Monday morning? It wasn’t a rainbow. It’s called a sundog, a weather phenomenon that only happens when the conditions are just right. But what ...

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care, Medical Technology Research Centre, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom Introduction: The eye lens is a sophisticated optical element that ...

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Each time you ask an AI chatbot to summarize a lengthy legal document or conjure up a cartoon squirrel wearing glasses, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: ...