Although wettability studies involve the measurement of contact angles as primary data, underlying physicochemical phenomena remain elusive without metrics that more readily refer to molecular structure. In this issue Chem, Kim et al. employ an approach provides new insights into study graphene wettability. Nanometric water films are ubiquitous on surfaces exposed ambient conditions. These film...

Abstract Ocean-island basalts (OIBs) are considered to be messengers from the deep mantle, yet filtering effect of plumbing systems that bring OIB melts surface remains poorly assessed. We investigated volcanic products El Hierro island (Canary Islands) textural and chemical perspectives. The majority geochemical data cluster at relatively fractionated basaltic compositions 5 wt% MgO. Compositi...

The confi guration of subvolcanic magma storage regions exercises a fundamental control on eruptive style and hazard. Such regions can be imaged remotely, using seismic, geodetic, or magnetotelluric methods, although these are far from routine and rarely unambiguous. The textures of erupted volcanic rocks, as quantifi ed through crystal size distributions (CSD), provide spaceand time-integrated...

Corrosion of copper pipes may release high amounts of copper into the water, exceeding the maximum concentration of copper for drinking water standards. Typically, the events with the highest release of copper into drinking water are related to the presence of biofilms. This article reviews this phenomenon, focusing on copper ingestion and its health impacts, the physicochemical mechanisms and ...

There are all sorts of things very poor people living in poor countries don’t have. They lack secondary-school educations, usually, and good medical care. They lack steady work and life insurance, bank accounts and competent legal representation, adequate fertilizer for their crops, adequate protein in their diets, reliable electricity, clean water, indoor plumbing, low-interest loans, incubato...