{"id":99508,"date":"2019-12-09T09:23:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T17:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/liquid-flow-is-influenced-by-a-quantum-effect-in-water"},"modified":"2019-12-09T09:23:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T17:23:56","slug":"liquid-flow-is-influenced-by-a-quantum-effect-in-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/liquid-flow-is-influenced-by-a-quantum-effect-in-water","title":{"rendered":"Liquid flow is influenced by a quantum effect in water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/liquid-flow-is-influenced-by-a-quantum-effect-in-water.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at EPFL have discovered that the viscosity of solutions of electrically charged polymers dissolved in water is influenced by a quantum effect. This tiny quantum effect influences the way water molecules interact with one another. Yet, it can lead to drastic changes in large-scale observations. This effect could change the way scientists understand the properties and behavior of solutions of biomolecules in water, and lead to a better understanding of biological systems.<\/p>\n<p>Water is the basis of all life on earth. Its structure is simple\u2014two <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/hydrogen+atoms\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">hydrogen atoms<\/a> bound to one <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/oxygen+atom\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">oxygen atom<\/a>\u2014yet its behavior is unique among liquids, and scientists still do not fully understand the origins of its distinctive properties.<\/p>\n<p>When charged polymers are dissolved in water the aqueous <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/solution\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">solution<\/a> becomes more viscous than expected. This high viscosity is used by nature in the human body. The lubricating and shock-absorbing properties of the synovial fluid\u2014a solution of water and charged biopolymers\u2014is what allows us to bend, stretch and compress our joints over our entire lives without damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at EPFL have discovered that the viscosity of solutions of electrically charged polymers dissolved in water is influenced by a quantum effect. This tiny quantum effect influences the way water molecules interact with one another. Yet, it can lead to drastic changes in large-scale observations. This effect could change the way scientists understand the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}