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French team demonstrates paramagnetic properties of liquid oxygen drops

(Phys.org) -- A team of French scientists studying the properties of Leidenfrost drops has found that liquid oxygen drops can be manipulated and controlled using a magnetic field at room temperature. They describe their work ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Portable diagnostics designed to be shaken, not stirred

As medical researchers and engineers try to shrink diagnostics to fit in a person's pocket, one question is how to easily move and mix small samples of liquid.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A Multi-Layered Display with Water Drops (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- AquaLux 3D, a new projection technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, can target light onto and between individual water droplets, enabling text, video and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (12) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Study investigates craters formed by raindrops (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hiroaki Katsuragi and a team from Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, have been investigating what happens when water drops of various sizes are allowed to fall from a height of 10 to 480 ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Quantum gas in free fall: Physicists produce a Bose-Einstein condensate at zero gravity

(PhysOrg.com) -- A sensitive measuring device must not be dropped - because this usually destroys the precision of the instrument. A team of researchers including scientists from the Max Planck Institute of ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Computer simulations shed light on the physics of rainbows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at UC San Diego, who set out to simulate all rainbows found in nature, wound up answering questions about the physics of rainbows as well. The scientists recreated a wide ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Image: Boeing tests parachute system for CST-100 spacecraft

The main parachutes deploy for Boeing's crew capsule during a parachute drop test on May 2, 2012. This is the second successful parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft, part of Boe ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nasa conducts new parachute test for Orion

(PhysOrg.com) -- On Feb. 29, NASA successfully conducted another drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NASA's commercial crew partner Boeing completes parachute test

The Boeing Company successfully completed the second parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft Wednesday, part of its effort to develop commercial crew transportation capabilities that could ferry ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA continues Orion parachute testing for future test flight

(Phys.org) -- NASA today successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital flight test, Exploration ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Over-the-counter eye drops raise concern over antibiotic resistance

(PhysOrg.com) -- The use of antibiotic eye drops for conjunctivitis has increased by almost half since they became available over the counter at chemists in 2005, data obtained by Oxford University researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

NASA conducts Orion parachute testing for orbital test flight

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert Tuesday in preparation for its orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carry astronauts ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New glaucoma test allows earlier, more accurate detection

Cumbersome glaucoma tests requiring a visit to the ophthalmologist could soon be history thanks to a home test developed by an engineer at the University of Arizona.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drop test for Orion crew capsule's new parachutes

NASA successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle’s entry, descent and landing parachutes in preparation for the vehicle’s first orbital flight test, currently scheduled for 2014. Orion is the crew ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contact lenses loaded with vitamin E may treat glaucoma

The popular dietary supplement vitamin E, loaded into special medicated contact lenses, can keep glaucoma medicine near the eye — where it can treat that common disease— almost 100 times longer than possible ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0