Coal ash is disposed of either as a liquid that goes into large surface impoundments or as a solid that is placed into landfills.
"The new material is a liquid-infused elastic porous surface, which is what allows for the fine control over so many adaptive responses above and beyond its ability to repel a wide range of substances, " Prof Aizenberg explained.
How often the Universe has planets truly like the earth - true earth twins, planets the size of the earth, rocky planets with a surface that supports liquid water - well, we don't have that number yet, but I'm optimistic we'll figure it out.
For a liquid piston to work, its surface must be stable in the face of rapidly changing pressures.
According to a new computer model, liquid methane in contact with a partially hydrogen-terminated diamond surface at extremely high pressures and temperatures spontaneously forms longer hydrocarbons, and hence the material of crude oil could be formed deep in the earth.
The reason why that's exciting, is one of the properties we'd like to have on a habitable planet is liquid water on the surface.
The scientists turned lithium-ion battery materials, such as copper, into a sprayable liquid form, which can be applied to any surface and turn it into an energy storage device.
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The finding upends previous studies, which had estimated that the Red Planet's internal water stores were scanty at best something of a surprise, given that liquid water apparently flowed on the Martian surface long ago.
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Yet in order to have liquid water on the surface, Mars had to have a much thicker atmosphere.
Finally the glass surface onto which the apparatus was attached was immersed into a liquid heated to 300C (572F).
When a team of Harvard researchers wanted to create the ultimate liquid- and solid-repelling surface, they looked toward the Nepenthes pitcher plant, where curious insects check in and never check out, thanks to slippery walls that lead to their tiny, horrific fate.
The habitable zone is the region of a planetary system which is neither too hot nor too cold - such that water on the surface of a planet will neither evaporate nor freeze, but instead can stay liquid.
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When these charged droplets come into contact with the surface of the print they collect any substances deposited on it, creating a thin liquid film.
Melting on the ice sheet's surface acts as a feedback mechanism, Dr van den Broeke explained, because the liquid water absorbs more and reflects less of the incoming solar radiation - resulting in a heating of the ice.
If the planet does harbor liquid water today, it would have to be deep below the surface, perhaps peeking out in a few special places, but not likely to be seen by Curiosity, Squyres said.
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