News tagged with data layers

Bright green algal bloom is so vast it can be seen from space

A field of green algae stretching hundreds of kilometres across the ocean surface near Antarctica is so bright that it is clearly visible from space, even through thin layers of cloud.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Chemically assembled metamaterials may lead to superlenses

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanomanufacturing technology has enabled scientists to create metamaterials -- stuff that never existed in nature -- with unusual optical properties. They could lead to "superlenses" able ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Study finds unprecedented Arctic ozone loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 02, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (18) | comments 28 | with audio podcast

Generating electricity from air flow

A group of researchers at the City College of New York is developing a new way to generate power for planes and automobiles based on materials known as piezoelectrics, which convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

GE Shows Off 1TB DVD-Sized Disks at the Emerging Tech Conference

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the September '09 Emerging Tech Conference in Boston, GE announced it has been developing a 1TB DVD size disk that can be read by a modified Blu-ray player.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (28) | comments 15 weblog

Hackers expose weakness in visiting trusted sites

(AP) -- A powerful new type of Internet attack works like a telephone tap, except operates between computers and Web sites they trust.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Fingerprinting slow earthquakes (w/Podcast)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most powerful earthquakes happen at the junction of two converging tectonic plates, where one plate is sliding (or subducting) beneath the other. Now a team of researchers, led by Teh-Ru ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0