Light can evaporate water. At least that seems to be the case, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The new study posits that light can ...

(Nanowerk News) Evaporation is happening all around us all the time, from the sweat cooling our bodies to the dew burning off in the morning sun. But science’s understanding of this ubiquitous process ...

Ice cover on the Great Lakes has often been thought to cap evaporation that can influence water levels and regional weather.

Why do some liquids, like alcohol wiped on your skin, seem to disappear right away, while water lasts much longer? asks a reader. When water in the bottom of a glass does a disappearing act -- no ...

New research on water evaporation could rewrite something we all learned as children. Everyone knows that heat causes water to evaporate, but researchers from MIT have shown that there may be a ...

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We all know that water evaporates when the temperature climbs, but researchers have just shown that there's another factor at play. The breakthrough could solve long-standing atmospheric mysteries and ...

Lake Tahoe, the sixth largest U.S. lake by volume (behind the five Great Lakes), is 12 miles wide and 22 miles long. It is 1,645 feet deep. Measurements of evaporation rates at the lake indicate that ...

At the interface of water and air, light can, in certain conditions, bring about evaporation without the need for heat, according to a new study. Evaporation is happening all around us all the time, ...