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Traces of nanobubbles determine nano-boiling
03-30-2007 · EurekAlert!Using a microscope and photography with shutter speeds only a few nanoseconds long, researchers from NIST and Cornell University have uncovered the traces of ephemeral "nanobubbles" formed in boiling water on a microheater. Their observations suggest an added complexity to the everyday phenomenon of boiling, and may affect technologies as diverse as inkjet printers and some proposed cancer therapies.
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