Tiny sacs of lipids long thought to merely act as floating cellular pantries have an unexpected function, according to a new study (Science 2020, DOI: 10.1126/science.aay8085). The lipid droplets can ...

Olive oil and water do not naturally mix. Water molecules are polar, having a net electric dipole moment due to the bend ...

For the first time, researchers in France and Israel have observed how an emulsified liquid droplet can transform from a hexagon into a six-pointed star shape in response to rising temperature.

It is easier to get infected in winter than in summer - this is true for the Corona pandemic, for influenza and for other viral diseases. Relative humidity plays an important role in this. Outdoors, ...

A joint research team from KAIST and Seoul National University has successfully observed ‘nano-droplets,’ which are far smaller than the width of a human hair, for the first time in the world.