Droplets bouncing off surfaces are an everyday phenomenon, like raindrops bouncing off lotus leaves or water drops sizzling in a hot pan, levitating and sliding around—aka the Leidenfrost effect ...

By Michael Irving March 17, 2025 Water droplets with different charges could trigger "microlightning" strikes that kickstarted life on Earth Depositphotos View 1 Images ...

The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets. Four billion years ago, Earth was a lifeless world, but a dynamic one. Crashing waves ...

new video loaded: Spinning Water Droplets That Seemingly Defy Physics transcript I bet you’ve never seen water do this: twist and turn like a dancer in flight. It happens when a droplet lands on ...

On a typical solid surface, condensed droplets stick to the surface with minimal motion. “Think of water condensing on a cold soda can,” says Lin.

However, this turns out to be wrong. Droplets of water on a hot plate are self-propelling and choose their own destination. Fast moving water droplets ...

The surface of minuscule water drops with a 100 nm size is surprisingly ordered, new research shows. At room temperature, the surface water molecules of these droplets have much stronger ...

Trampolining water droplets Designing ice repellent materials Date: November 4, 2015 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Materials that actively repel water and ice very strongly are sought after by the ...