Article: The flake's progress; The snow crystal's delicate life is shedding light on crystal formation and global climate - and turning snow research into an avalanche.(FEATURES)(IDEAS)

Article: Water Molecules Star in Action Movies.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  September 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... action movies starring individual water molecules on a metal surface. The ending was ... Celsius) in an ultrahigh vacuum. Water molecules were then introduced onto this surface ... molecules as they moved. "Isolated water molecules moved by hopping from one lattice ...

Article: Dynamics of Water Molecules in the ...
Biophysical Journal;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ABSTRACT Protonated networks of internal water molecules appear to be involved in proton transfer ... residues. The question arises as to how water molecules behave inside and on the surface of ... anisotropic distribution of internal water molecules. In the whole protein two larger ...

Article: Water Molecules and Hydrogen-Bonded Networks in ...
Biophysical Journal;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... bacteriorhodopsin (bR) involving water molecules. The spatial distribution of water molecules and their corresponding hydrogen ... much higher average number of internal water molecules per monomer (28 in the G and 36 in ...

Article: Findings on water molecules offer different spin on ...
Science Letter;  November 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... water only interact with two other water molecules, as opposed to the traditional picture ... molecule interacts with four other water molecules. "Our results certainly do not disprove ... kinds of chemical bonds with other water molecules. A single water molecule is V-shaped ...

Article: Balance of Power: Water Molecules, Energy, and the ...
Weatherwise;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... where, each second, many millions of water molecules come crashing in from the sky at more ... unpredictable timing, additional millions of water molecules break free from the surface and rocket ... were solar energy is plentiful and water molecules evaporate to be herded by the global ...

Article: Protein reorientation and bound water molecules ...
Biophysical Journal;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... lattice relaxation, the number of water molecules that bind to the protein for a time ... between the number of long-lived water molecules and the predictions based on available ... However, the average lifetime of water molecules at the protein interface is far too ...

Article: NASA Instruments Reveal Water Molecules on Lunar ...
U.S. Newswire;  September 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... NASA scientists have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon ... three separate spacecraft revealed water molecules in amounts that are greater than predicted ... before. The confirmation of elevated water molecules and hydroxyl at these concentrations ...