There may be tiny bubbles in the wine, but not at the interface between water and a waxy coating on glass, a new study shows. The behavior of water when placed in contact with hydrophobic (water-repellent) surfaces, such as raincoats and freshly waxed cars, has puzzled scientists for a long time. According to a controversial theoretical prediction, water near a hydrophobic surface will pull away ...
NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2007 -- Improving occupancy levels, rising rental rates and a stable economy continue to buoy the U.S. commercial real estate marketplace, but the actual number of completed transactions has begun to tail off markedly, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Fourth Quarter 2006 Korpacz Real Estate Investor Survey.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Continuing big plans for California's future, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last night added a new $43 billion public-works bond package to an “ambitious agenda” that includes health insurance for everyone and cleaner auto fuel to ease global warming.
Thirty more dancers were named semi-finalists in the race to earn a spot in Beyoncé's world tour. An SUV painted "Jay-Z Blue" — a reflective cobalt hue — was unveiled in Detroit on Saturday. Rihanna wins top prizes at the Barbados Music A
An investigative trail littered with gold-colored AK-47s, documents labeled "CLASSIFIED" and pistols purported to have been given as gifts to Saddam Hussein led federal investigators here: a Manassas storage center.
By BusinessWire LAS VEGAS , BUSINESS WIRE -- The 2007 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) takes place Jan. 8 - 11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas Hilton, and The Sands Expo and Convention Center/The Venetian in Las Vegas , Nevada.
An international team of physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers has joined forces to set new records for sustained data transfer between storage systems during the SuperComputing 2006 (SC06) Bandwidth Challenge (BWC).
