News tagged with ballistic trajectory
Magnetic Tornadoes Could Liberate Mercury's Tenuous Atmosphere
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the closest planet to the sun, Mercury is scorching hot, with daytime temperatures of more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 450 degrees Celsius). It is also the smallest rocky ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Miracle material: Graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 19th century novel, Flatland, by Edward A. Abbott, residents of that fictional country exist in only two dimensions. Women are born as line segments, while men come in a range of geometric ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 19, 2011 |
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Chameleon's ballistic tongue inspires robotic manipulators
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although the lungless salamander and some frog species have developed ballistic tongues, the chameleon's ballistic tongue is the fastest, the longest, and the one that can catch the heaviest ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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CT helps identify bullet trajectories
Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) provides an efficient, effective way to analyze wounds from bullets and explosive devices, according to a study published online and in the March issue of Radiology.
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Russian satellites crash into Pacific: space official
Three Russian navigation satellites crashed into the Pacific off the US state of Hawaii Sunday after the rocket carrying them failed to reach orbit, officials from the Russian space agency said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 05, 2010 |
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Model Helps Search for Moon Dust Fountains
(PhysOrg.com) -- In exploration, sometimes you find more than what you're looking for, including things that shouldn’t be there. As the Apollo 17 astronauts orbited over the night side of the moon, with the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Superconductor magnet spacecraft heat shield being developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- European space agencies and an aerospace giant are developing a new re-entry heat shield that will use superconductor magnets to generate a magnetic field strong enough to deflect the superhot ...
Nov 26, 2009 |
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LADEE Mission to Study the Moon's Fragile Atmosphere
Right now, the Moon is a ghost town. Nothing stirs. Here and there, an abandoned Apollo rover — or the dusty base of a lunar lander — linger as silent testimony to past human activity. But these days, only ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Prehistoric Cold Case Hints of Interspecies Homicide
(PhysOrg.com) -- The wound that ultimately killed a Neandertal man between 50,000 and 75,000 years was most likely caused by a thrown spear, the kind modern humans used but Neandertals did not, according to ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Physicists put a new spin on electrons
In the first demonstration of its kind, researchers at the University of British Columbia have controlled the spin of electrons using a ballistic technique--bouncing electrons through a microscopic channel of precisely constructed, ...
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Scientists make first observation of Airy optical beams
Scientists have made the first observation of an unusual class of optical waves called Airy beams. Unlike most types of light waves, Airy beams have the ability to resist diffraction over long distances, and ...
Nov 29, 2007 |
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