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Tiny lightning bolts discovered in water droplets—and it might explain how life began on Earth
Earth might be creating microscopic lightning bolts—and this electrical phenomenon could have sparked the chemistry of life ...
Ars Technica24d
These hot oil droplets can bounce off any surface
Droplets bouncing off surfaces are an everyday phenomenon, like raindrops bouncing off lotus leaves or water drops sizzling in a hot pan, levitating and sliding around—aka the Leidenfrost effect.
ZME Science on MSN8d
Microlightning in Water Droplets Could Have Sparked Life on Earth
New research suggests tiny electrical charges in water droplets could have fueled the chemical reactions that led to life.
The Independent13d
Tiny ‘microlightning’ flashes inside water droplets may have sparked life on Earth
Life may have first emerged on Earth after crashing waterfalls or breaking waves sparked tiny “microlightning” discharges in water droplets ... that water sprayed into a mixture of gases ...
Nature2mon
Tiny droplets make a big splash
They began working with water droplets dispersed ... a library of mutant PON1 variants into bacteria, which were individually embedded in droplets, along with TBL substrate and a fluorescent ...