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Nucleation in Agitated Solutions

MECHANICAL disturbances are known to speed the onset of nucleation in supersaturated solutions. Early workers 1 demonstrated that severe mechanical shock could induce nucleation in metastable ... read more

PepsiCo gets grant for beverage nucleation device using ultrasonic energy for supercooled beverages

PepsiCo has been granted a patent for a beverage nucleation device that uses ultrasonic energy to cause nucleation of supercooled beverages. The device includes a housing, support for the beverage ... read more

AI Integration in Two-Phase Heat Transfer Research

Researchers explored the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in two-phase heat transfer research, focusing on boiling and condensation phenomena. AI was utilized for ... read more

Research group achieves major breakthrough with new EV battery tech: 'Significantly improved quality'

If the concept can be scaled and rolled out across worldwide battery manufacturing centers, the result could be lower-cost, safer power packs and electric vehicles. Research group achieves major ... read more

New model clarifies why water freezes at a range of temperatures

Water's freezing point is generally accepted to be 32 degrees Fahrenheit. But that is due to ice nucleation—impurities in everyday water raise its freezing point to this temperature. Now ... read more

Blykalla closes latest funding round to support its lead-cooled SMRs

Swedish company Blykalla, formerly called Leadcold, has announced the closure of its latest funding round to support its lead-cooled SMRs, raising a total of SEK80m ($7.3m). The round was led by ... read more

Crystallization in Nanospaces: Consequences for Nucleation and Polymorphism

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The Culture of Freshwater Pearls

A great irony of pearl history is that the least expensive cultured pearl product in the market today rivals the quality of the most expensive natural pearls ever found. The price-value anomaly is ... read more