Researchers create morphing crystals powered by water evaporation. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 09 / 200914112237.htm ...

Evaporation, like any form of matter transformation, ... team of researchers recently tried to better understand that energy process by examining the shape-shifting crystals that control it.

NEW YORK, September 14, 2020 -- Water evaporation, as observed when a puddle of water disappears on a summer day, is a remarkably powerful process. If it were harnessed, the process could provide ...

Watch the fascinating industrial process of sugar production, from raw sugarcane or sugar beets to the sweet crystals you use every day. First, the plants are harvested, then crushed to extract ...

Shape-changing crystals could harness evaporation as a source of energy and aid the development of next generation actuators and artificial muscles. This is the claim of an international team, co-led ...

Xudong Zhang, Yiqun Yao, Thomas Horseman, Ruoyu Wang, Yiming Yin, Sizhuo Zhang, Tiezheng Tong, Shihong Lin. Electrodialytic crystallization to enable zero liquid discharge. Nature Water , 2023; 1 ...

Deposited salt crystals on the evaporator’s surface not only drastically reduces sunlight absorption but also obstruct brine supply, ultimately causing a sharp decline in evaporation performance ...