Sentences with phrase «many oil droplets»

An oil droplet in water forms a sphere.

Due to the consistency and size of the microparticles, SIMPLESSE behaves similarly to emulsified oil droplets in terms of mouthfeel and light scattering.

* We think this might be because an oil droplet was trapped inside a food colouring droplet and sank, but as the edges of the food colouring droplet diffused into the water suddenly the drop became lighter than the surrounding water (thanks to the less dense oil at the centre) and floated upwards quickly...

Confocal microscopy allows for the visualization of the movement of oil droplets away from a freezing interface.

His most recent is a cylindrical «submarine,» about the size of a red blood cell and made of gold, nickel, platinum, and a polymer, that can collect oil droplets in water.

But new theories on human intelligence and the brain suggest the simple molecular processes governing the oil droplet's apparently smart behaviour may be fundamentally similar to those that govern how we act.

The team found that frequencies near 200 kilohertz were best for tracking small oil droplets like those in the Deepwater Horizon spill.

A micelle solution is somewhat similar to vinegar and oil after one has shaken it hard to disperse tiny oil droplets throughout the dressing.

«New innovative method for delivering genes into cells: Modification of cell physiological function with novel parallelized electroporation of mammalian cells by using electrostatic manipulation in a water - in - oil droplet.»

In this platform, an aqueous or oil droplet containing gold nanoparticles and captured analytes is allowed to evaporate on a slippery substrate, leading to the formation of a highly compact nanoparticle aggregate for surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection.

He then blasted it with strobe - lit «smoke» created from oil droplets and filmed it as it flapped for its life.

With the assistance of co-authors Piero Gardinali of Florida International University and Ron Atlas of the University of Louisville, a suspension of small, insoluble oil droplets was evenly distributed in bottles, along with the more soluble oil fractions and chemical dispersant to mimic the conditions of the oil plume.

So the oil droplets provided a large surface area for the microbes to chew up the oil.»

«But the oil droplets show up brilliantly in the photos as shiny points on a dark background.»

It brought back samples of oil droplets that already had Vibrios clustered around them.

The fertiliser lodges in the surface of the oil droplets created by the detergents, he says — right where the bacteria can use them.

Two encouraging signs for the wild larvae: They are alive when collected, and they may lose the oil droplets when they molt, Perry says.

Using microscopic video recordings, the team showed that underwater oil droplets flowed continuously along the needles at a rate of 2 millimeters per second, similarly to the way water moves along cactus needles, the team reports online today in Nature Communications.

He envisions that arrays of the needles could be submerged several meters underwater to collect oil droplets, which could then be sucked up by a tanker.

They then submerged them in a mixture of silicone oil and water that they blasted with ultrasonic sound waves to generate micrometer - sized oil droplets.

The oil droplets in the hydrothermal fluids initiated the efficient chemical precipitation of native gold and the formation of very complex - structured gold and uranium ore.»

As he and his collaborators put it, «with at least a boundary layer of water on the diatoms, secreted oil droplets would separate under gravity, rising to the top of a tilted panel forming an unstable emulsion, which should progressively separate.

Martin Hanczyc has previously reported that oil droplets display a life - like moving behavior and may be a simple chemical predecessor to biological life.

«Although surface engineering facilitates effective liquid manipulation and enables water droplet self - transportation on synthetic surfaces, self - transportation of oil droplets posed a major challenge because of their low surface tension,» explains Postdoctoral Researcher Xuelin Tian.

No magic ingredients needed, and we can go freely from oil droplets in water and vice versa.

Jasna Brujic and colleagues experimentally verified both of those claims using a three - dimensional microscope — which examines many horizontal layers of a sample and then stacks those images to create a 3 - D image — to analyze oil droplets tightly packed in water.

FUS proteins can change back and forth from small liquid droplets (resembling oil droplets in water) to small gels (like jelly) inside nerve cells.

Scientists have discovered a completely new type of opal formed by a common seaweed which harnesses natural technology by self - assembling a nanostructure of oil droplets to control how light reflects from its cells to display a shimmering array of colors...

Oil droplets, outer, and inner segments were observed in cells expressing photoreceptor specific markers (Figure 7B and 7C).

The motors developed by researchers of the ICN2 Bioelectronics and Biosensors Group, led by ICREA Prof. Arben Merkoçi, have been used in test conditions to remove oil droplets from water.

Protocells made from oil droplets in water allow soluble chemicals to be exchanged between the drops and their surrounding solution.

In the new study, she and her colleagues have now shown that FUS aggregation results from a liquid - liquid phase separation analogous to the gradual coalescence of oil droplets dispersed in an oil - water emulsion.

This would not be a problem if there is no slow leak, and the oil droplets will eventually burn off.

(PhysOrg.com)-- By rapidly manipulating colored oil droplets stacked on top of each other, a new electrowetting (EW) technique could lead to the development of electronic paper displays that can produce high - resolution color video.

Mapping the long - term effects of the nearly 2 million gallons of dispersant used by BP PLC may well be equally difficult, given the array of unanswered questions that surround the products» rapid breakdown of oil droplets and their chronic toxicity.

The submarines have a cone - shaped front end and are coated with a «superhydrophobic,» or extremely water - repellent and oil - absorbent, coating that helps them to glide through the water but also absorb any oil droplets along the way.

Not exact matches

What's left are more like ponds, or puddles, or even droplets clustered in solid rock, and the capital cost and time frame to extract oil from them have soared.

FATwater is pure, deionized water mixed with micro droplets of Brain Octane oil, B vitamins and natural sweeteners for a hydrating energy boost without stimulants or sugar.

Drizzle very thinly with olive oil and sprinkle with a few, spare droplets of balsamic vinegar.

Heat approximately 1/2 a cup of oil in a large skillet until it spits when a water droplet is flicked at it.

As at the time, the company, which was barely a year old and had no history of producing a droplet of oil, was awarded controlling stakes in two lucrative oil blocks — OML 30 and 34 — for just over $ 50 million each.

Dispersants have been applied to oil slicks on the ocean surface for half a century to break petroleum into smaller droplets that dissipate into waters of the open ocean so that less oil reaches ecologically sensitive coastlines.

If there is enough surfactant, water would retain the shape of droplets in oil, and vice versa.

Once they are dispersed, the tiny droplets of oil are more likely to sink or remain suspended in deep water rather than floating to the surface and collecting in a continuous slick.

When sound hits a droplet of oil, the waves scatter in identifiable patterns.

The procedure, described in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, centers on making droplets, which are a mixture of two or more immiscible, or unmixable, liquids — in this case, oil, water, and alcohol.

In this method, when a liquid droplet suspended between a pair of electrodes in dielectric oil is exposed to a direct current (DC) electric field, the droplet moves between the pair of electrodes periodically and deforms under the intense DC electric field (Fig. 1).

The maze runners, placed at the entrance of the labyrinths, were millimeter - wide droplets of either mineral oil or the organic solvent dichloromethane, both loaded with a weak acid and red dye.

Rafts made from dust - like particles have carried water droplets across a sea of oil, without the water dribbling out.

In 2005, chemical engineer William Ristenpart of the University of California, Davis, was studying the effects of electric charge on droplets of water suspended in oil.