Voltage?, Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news110191847.html

http://www.physorg.com/news110191847.html

Do we know how much voltage was applied?

Three football stadium's worth.

Since the distance was 25mm, the voltage couldn't have been that high or it would have arced (20-30kV?)

According to the paper,

"One electrode was charged with 15 kV, the other was set to ground potential."

Building a bridge to nowhere....

So thats three stadiums to the inch gradient? you would have thought it would have arced at that humidity level.

In addition to being very cool and expanding our knowledge of the world, this discovery hold great potential to provide transportation infrastructure for teenie-weenie electrically charged people. Electric Seamonkeys for example.

there should be a youtube video link for this one. a single image?? bad

... a water pump with no moving parts and no pipes needed.

Can it move water mixtures - beer for example? or does just the water move out of a mixture - like evaporation.

with the heating and a spray. hey -a new chocolate fountain.

does the bridge only support itself? can the bridge carry any weight?

Perhaps they can try to freeze the structure for closer examination of the water molecule structure.
Very fascinating!

Isnt it the electromagnetic force that forces this???

On one side you have a bunch of extra eletrons building up on the other you would have a bunch of protons building up and then as the magnetic force over came the force of gravity they would pull on each other till they connected. Takeing the path of least resistance that would be water climbing up the beaker and forming its water bridge..

I would surmise that in theory you could do this with any liquid given the right set up. We do it all the time with solids (standard magnets anyone?). I've seen many demonstrations where they show that water has magnetic properties (levitating frogs in magneto chambers if thats the right name for them..).

I dont know tho.... but the possibilities from this if it could be made and used efficiently sound good.. (noiseless water pumps or something..)

this may seem stupid, but is it pure water or have they just gone and used tap water?

nice..I usually burn my bridges.. maybe this is what I've been looking for.

Did anybody see The Abyss?

Millions of years of evolution and we STILL haven't figured out how water works.