Biological particles like pollen, bacteria, spores and plant matter floating in the air are particularly good at promoting ice formation in clouds, and EPFL climate scientists show that these ...

Biological particles may be crucial for inducing heavy rain Date: May 5, 2025 Source: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Summary: Atmospheric and climate scientists show that biological ...

The system consists of only a single millimeter-scale photonic chip without any moving parts.

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Chip-based tractor beam Integrated optical tweezers use an intensely focused beam of light to capture and manipulate biological particles without damaging the cells. (Courtesy: CC BY-ND/Sampson Wilcox ...

Clouds form when water vapor—an invisible gas in the atmosphere—sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals.In a newly published study ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Clouds form when water vapor—an invisible gas in the atmosphere—sticks to tiny floating particles, such as ...

Biological particles may be crucial for inducing heavy rain. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. DOI 10.1038/s41612-024-00817-9 ...