Artificial intelligence and high-performance computing are driving up the demand for massive sources of energy. But ...

This phenomenon, known as "microlightning," occurs when oppositely charged water droplets come into close contact, releasing a small but powerful electric discharge. Scientists at Stanford ...

Squeezing out sparks Small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals Charges cause water droplets in an early-Earth atmosphere to build up pre-life chemicals.

Second of all, the tiny water droplets and ice crystals are so small, measuring about 1 million times smaller than a drop of rain, that gravity doesn't exert enough force to cause them to fall.

This process, which occurs constantly in the atmosphere, is called nucleation. Clouds in the atmosphere can be made up of liquid water droplets, ice particles, or a mixture of the two.

We suspended the microplastics in small water droplets and slowly cooled the droplets to observe when they froze. We also analyzed the plastic fragments’ surfaces to determine their molecular ...

Clouds form when water vapor – an invisible gas in the atmosphere – sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published ...

Then, once ice forms, it draws water vapor from the liquid droplets around it, and the crystals grow heavy enough to fall. If ice doesn’t develop, clouds tend to evaporate rather than causing ...

When you sweat, small water droplets collect on your skin. As those droplets evaporate, they take energy from your body, cooling you, and from the air directly above your skin, keeping you more ...

This process, which occurs constantly in the atmosphere, is called nucleation. Clouds in the atmosphere can be made up of liquid water droplets, ice particles or a mixture of the two.