THE first edition of this useful volume was reviewed in the issue of NATURE for July 8, 1915 (vol. xcv., p. 506), when the scope of the book was described. The present edition has been enlarged by the ...

EPFL researchers have discovered that a droplet of liquid can bounce for several minutes—and perhaps indefinitely—over a ...

A water-powered nanogenerator uses droplet formation to convert flowing water into electricity, providing a clean, ...

Demonstrates basic principles of water, including surface tension, pressure, and buoyancy. It shows how water can hold more than its brim due to surface tension, how pressure increases with depth, and ...

Foaming is nature’s way of making beer even more delicious. Yet not all foams are understood because they don’t seem to obey the model that explains most of the rest. Understanding these atypical ...

Most tadpoles have to breathe air to survive but hatchlings are too feeble to break the “skin” on a pond’s surface caused by water tension – so they suck air bubbles instead. While tadpoles have gills ...

The Editors of The Journal of Experimental Biology are pleased to announce that Dr Xavier Noblin from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in the Université de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis is ...

THE appearance of this book, following close on that of a similar work by Michaelis, is a welcome sign of the increasing interest now taken in this subject. The distribution of matter and energy at ...