droplet
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"Essentially, all of this happens because there is a physical relation between the size of a droplet and the size of ice crystals in the clouds and the frequency spectrum," she pointed out.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
In other words, a droplet can pick up electrical charge while moving across a surface.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
"The charge a droplet acquires as it slides depends heavily on the specific surface -- we measured differences of up to a factor of ten," explains Zhongyuan Ni, the study's first author.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
An attractive force pulling the particles together is precisely counteracted by pressure produced by the fermions, keeping the droplet from collapsing.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Five or ten Ebola-virus particles suspended in a droplet of blood could easily slip through a pinhole in a surgical glove, and that might be enough to start an explosive infection.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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Researchers also observed differences in both the amount and distribution of lipid droplets within the kidneys.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
These kidney lipid droplets have puzzled scientists for more than a century.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Runners up in the competition included videos of a roundworm encountering a single-celled organism and microscopic jellyfish larvae suspended in droplets of water.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Using observations of Venus together with radiative-transfer modeling, the scientists estimated how strongly the liquid inside the planet's cloud droplets would need to absorb ultraviolet and blue light to match what spacecraft and telescopes observe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
As Calder absentmindedly watched the droplets forming and re-forming in shape after shape, an idea came to mind.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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