Atmospheric rivers carry unfathomable amounts of water across the sky, bringing moisture to drought-stricken regions like the ...

Roughly 270 years ago, Dr. Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost from Germany observed a peculiar behavior of water droplets on heated metal surfaces. In his manuscript, "A Tract About Some Qualities of Common ...

They can leap from a surface on their own. This can happen for a variety of reasons, such as when a surface repels water or when heat is involved, such as a water or oil droplet skittering across a ...

In an era of population growth, extreme weather events and innovative but thirsty industries, how can Australia hope to stay ...