Surfactants play an important role in every day life, for instance as major components in soaps. Since they feature hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts in their structure, they accumulate at water ...

Pulmonary surfactants are a complex assembly of lipids and proteins that play a critical role in maintaining the stability of the alveolar air–liquid interface during breathing. Their primary function ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Synthesized carbon nanotubes, especially single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), are in the form of bundles with other impurities such as catalyst particles and amorphous carbon ...

(Nanowerk News) The reluctance of oil and water to mix together and stay that way is so well-known that it has become a cliché for describing any two things that do not go together well. Now, a new ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — After several years of research, the results are in on the difference in turfgrass soil surfactants that are marketed as “penetrants” and “retainers.” Mike Richardson, professor ...

Focusing a narrowband laser beam into a birefringent crystal causes spectral broadening due to nonlinear optical processes, which results in the so-called ‘white light continuum’. The purple spot on ...

A droplet of oil has been made to continuously orbit a glass petri dish by Japanese researchers who say their experiment will inspire work on molecular motors. They say this is a unique case of ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 13 (UPI) --Researchers at Stanford University have found a way to halt the kaleidoscopic swirl of colors on the surface of a soap bubble -- a first. A soap bubble's rainbow ...

The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to approve a Pennsylvania biotechnology company's proposal to conduct an experiment that would leave hundreds of sick, premature infants in Latin ...

A droplet of oil has been made to continuously orbit a glass petri dish by Japanese researchers who say their experiment will inspire work on molecular motors. They say this is a unique case of ...