But as soon as the droplets brush something solid such as a tree branch, they freeze instantly.
When fog forms below 0C, its super-cooled water droplets remain liquid, even though the temperature is below freezing.
The soap molecules then gather up into droplets in which all the "water-loving" ends face outward.
Unlike the Storm screen technology, this one is not affected by moisture or water droplets.
SmartGlass involves two panes sandwiching a film containing minuscule liquid droplets of these light-absorbing polyiodide crystals.
When a flu victim sneezes and coughs they send out thousands of droplets of flu-laden fluid.
Only a little way outside the plumes, however, the droplets measured more than 25 microns across.
The bacteria is spread in tiny droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
After a few minutes of this process the droplets are raised by the desired height.
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Thus enriched, the clouds would, in theory, tend to have more, smaller droplets in them.
"The rain will come down in bigger droplets with more intense weather, " the expert warned.
This vapour condenses into a trail of droplets as a charged particle zooms through it.
Flu viruses travel through the air in droplets when someone with the infection coughs, sneezes or talks.
The water droplets themselves can be as small as a nanometre (a billionth of a metre) across.
This should be possible by making seeds that increase the number of water droplets in the clouds.
These are the tiny airborne particles around which water droplets form, thus catalysing the condensation of clouds.
Finally, a discovery: Flavor and consistency came only from the outside of the fat droplets in ice cream.
When these droplets are the right size, they linger in the air for the next person to inhale.
Pines rustle gently in the breeze and droplets of dew sparkle on the fields, reflecting watery sunlight filtering through the clouds.
As the wool is transported up these ramps any droplets of water attached to it will be shaken off.
Measles is caused by a virus spread in droplets and is easy to catch if you haven't been vaccinated.
The researchers have used 150 droplets to produce a few milliwatts of power.
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In the morning, droplets of seawater and precipitation pricked faces, arms, and legs.
Such particles act as nuclei for the condensation of water vapour into the droplets of which clouds are composed.
But the recommended Kobe meat loaf at Sunday brunch was so greasy it left droplets of oil on the plate.
The microscopic whiskers can stop bacteria in a face mask or filter out water droplets in a hospital's air conditioner.
Another: Reduce the size of each droplet by 90% and increase the number of droplets, thus increasing total surface area.
By following the droplets, the scientists in the adjoining cubicle are able to trace the major connections within my brain.
They released tiny droplets containing Staphyloccus aureus, a bacteria related to MRSA, from a heated mannequin simulating the human body.
Most people get chicken pox from exposure to other people with chicken pox -spread through droplets- sneezing, coughing, and breathing.
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