Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For the first time ever, researchers have witnessed — in real time and at the molecular-scale — hydrogen and oxygen atoms merge to form tiny, nano-sized bubbles of water. The researchers say it might be "the smallest bubble ever formed that has been viewed directly." A nanocube of palladium catalyzed the reaction.

Credit: Vinayak Dravid
Read more: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/september/watch-water-form-out-of-thin-air/
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