News tagged with direction
Review: A mapping contender emerges in MapQuest
(AP) — The summer travel season has arrived in the U.S., and with gas prices going down, it's time to plan a road trip.
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First direct observation of oriented attachment in nanocrystal growth
Berkeley Lab researchers have reported the first direct observation of nanoparticles undergoing oriented attachment, the critical step in biomineralization and the growth of nanocrystals. A better understanding ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Simulations unravel mysteries of 2009 Jupiter impact
(PhysOrg.com) -- During July of 1994, both amateur and professional astronomers were captivated as comet Shoemaker/Levy 9 broke apart and slammed into the atmosphere of Jupiter. While these types of impacts ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Using direct laser writing to create 3D submicron structures
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Several groups have been using direct laser writing since the end of the 1990s," Michael Thiel tells PhysOrg.com. Thiel is a scientist has been working at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Physicists demonstrate quantum plasmons in atomic-scale nanoparticles
Addressing a half-century-old question, engineers at Stanford have conclusively determined how collective electron oscillations, called plasmons, behave in individual metal particles as small as just a few nanometers in diameter. ...
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Possible Fifth Force Would Make Direct Detection of Dark Matter Unlikely
(PhysOrg.com) -- No one knows exactly what a “fifth force” might be, but studies have shown that, if a long-range fifth force does exist, it could have surprising effects on the universe’s structure formation. ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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New evidence for a preferred direction in spacetime challenges the cosmological principle
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to the cosmological principle, there is no special place or direction in the universe when viewed on the cosmic scale. The assumption enabled Copernicus to propose that Earth was ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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No-photon laser: Physicists demonstrate 'superradiant' laser design
Physicists at JILA have demonstrated a novel "superradiant" laser design, which has the potential to be 100 to 1,000 times more stable than the best conventional visible lasers. This type of laser could boost ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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The universe may have been born spinning, according to new findings on the symmetry of the cosmos
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists and astronomers have long believed that the universe has mirror symmetry, like a basketball. But recent findings from the University of Michigan suggest that the shape of the Big ...
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Wi-Fi Direct allows P2P connections without Wi-Fi hot spots (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying laptop components incorporating the new Wi-Fi Direct technology, which provides peer-to-peer (P2P) Wi-Fi connections between devices such as cameras ...
Oct 26, 2010 |
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World first superconducting DC power transmission system a step closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers in Japan have succeeded for the first time in superconducting power transmission of direct current over two hundred meters.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 08, 2010 |
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A 40-year-old puzzle of superstring theory solved by supercomputer
A group of three researchers from KEK, Shizuoka University and Osaka University has for the first time revealed the way our universe was born with 3 spatial dimensions from 10-dimensional superstring theory in which spacetime ...
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Unique languages, universal patterns: Linguist reveals how modern English resembles Old Japanese
You don’t have to be a language maven to find the direct object in a basic English-language sentence. Just look next to the verb. Take a simple sentence: “I gave a book to Mary.” In this case ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Scientists show that people really walk in circles when lost (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the Multisensory Perception and Action Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, led by Jan Souman and Marc Ernst, have now presented ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Visual nudge improves accuracy of mammogram readings
In 2011 -- to the consternation of women everywhere -- a systematic review of randomized clinical trials showed that routine mammography was of little value to younger women at average or low risk of breast ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
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