An emulsion is a system that has at least one immiscible liquid distributed in another liquid, or solid, in the form of tiny droplets. It is an unstable system that is made more stable by the presence of a surfactant. Emulsions have been used by humans...

Photographically, a suspension of a salt of silver in gelatin or collodion used to coat film. FIGURE E.4 Bullet embolism that occurred when a projectile entered the upper aorta and was carried by blood flow into the iliac artery of the pelvis....

A COLLOIDAL suspension of a liquid in another...

Dispersion of one liquid in...

An emulsion is a mixture of two immiscible (unblendable) substances. One substance (the dispersed phase) is dispersed in the other (the continuous phase). Examples of emulsions include butter and margarine, milk and cream, espresso, mayonnaise, the...

Alto is the most ambitious Italian restaurant to open in New York since San Domenico arrived on the scene 17 years ago. Scott Conant and his partners in Tudor City's L'Impero-Chris Cannon, Jane Epstein and designer Vicente Wolf-have set out, as the chef put it,...

My girlfriend grew up in a family of non-chefs. To her, grilled cheese was best made in a microwave. She survived college thanks to the frozen food section in the grocery store. It's not that she never tasted good food - since her family...

The two men in black loitering outside Richard Meier’s glass tower, hard by the West Side Highway, sprang into action as soon as I reached the end of Perry Street: “The entrance is around the corner!” They weren’t hustlers, but rather doormen directing customers to...

The two men in black loitering outside Richard Meier’s glass tower, hard by the West Side Highway, sprang into action as soon as I reached the end of Perry Street: “The entrance is around the corner!”They weren’t hustlers, but rather doormen directing customers to Jean-Georges...