Thin Water Acts Like a Solid 138
Roland Piquepaille writes "What happens when you compress water in a nano-sized space? According to Georgia Tech physicists, water starts to behave like a solid. "The confined water film behaves like a solid in the vertical direction by forming layers parallel to the confining surface, while maintaining it's liquidity in the horizontal direction where it can flow out," said one of the researchers. "Water is a wonderful lubricant, but it flows too easily for many applications. At the one nanometer scale, water is a viscous fluid and could be a much better lubricant," added another one."
Nanoscale lubricant? (Score:5, Funny)
Bend over, Roland (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Nanoscale lubricant? (Score:3, Funny)
I keed, I keed...
Not only thin... (Score:5, Funny)
But cold water also acts like a solid at times.
in other news (Score:2, Funny)
more at 6:00
We already know this... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:We already know this... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not only thin... (Score:5, Funny)
Well... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:We already know this... (Score:1, Funny)
Contrary to Popular Belief (Score:4, Funny)
I can't believe the popular notions of water in a nano-sized channel are false! Soon they'll be saying that the attorney general acts like a solid under pressure in a nano-sized tube. If we can't believe the popular notions of nano-tube water behavior, what can we believe? My life is a lie!
Re:Nanoscale lubricant? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:IANASBIPOOTV But, DUH! (Score:5, Funny)
Oh my god I can't believe I actually read that as "I Am Not A Scientist But I Play One On TV". . . .
Be back soon guys . . . I'm gonna go outside for a while.
Re:What happens when you learn (Score:5, Funny)
I think he has hi's possessives right.
rj
Re:Nanoscale lubricant? (Score:5, Funny)
more prior research (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not only thin... (Score:5, Funny)
And when you're trying to stick your tongue to it, then it acts like an adhesive.
Good to know (Score:2, Funny)