Icebergs float on water because the underlying liquid water has a higher density than the iceberg. Liquid water itself has its highest density at 4°C—one of the so-called anomalies of water, i.e.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba, Osaka University, and Kitasato University developed a novel amide cyclodextrin (cyclic oligosaccharide) that can selectively capture phosphate ions in water. In ...

It’s one of those scientific questions that’s so simple, so fundamental, it’s hard to believe we didn’t have an answer—until now: What does water look like when it’s forming? From oceans to puddles, ...

TL;DR: Researchers from Northwestern University have observed the formation of a water molecule on the nanoscale for the first time. Using palladium to catalyze the reaction, they witnessed hydrogen ...

Textbook models will need to be re-drawn after a team of researchers found that water molecules at the surface of salt water are organised differently than previously thought. Textbook models will ...

Liquid interfaces play central roles in biological and physicochemical processes. Sum-frequency-generation (SFG) spectroscopy is intrinsically interface-specific, but the insight gained from SFG ...

Water, a molecule essential for life, has unusual properties -- known as anomalies -- that define its behavior. However, there are still many enigmas about the molecular mechanisms that would explain ...

For years, scientists have suspected that, at the molecular level, water is two different liquids ‪—‬ a denser one and a less-dense one ‪—‬ that are constantly switching places. Catching real ...

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Water vapour and microscopic clusters of water molecules play a pivotal role in modulating gas‐phase processes that govern air quality, pollutant lifetimes and secondary aerosol formation. By forming ...

Power plants are engineered with precision down to the smallest detail, yet one critical variable is often considered too late in the process: water chemistry. When it’s considered early in design ...