News tagged with electromagnetic field

Broadband invisibility in the microwave range

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the series Star Trek, Klingons and Romulans have spaceships outfitted with cloaking devices that hide their presence from sight, as well as from the sensors of their rivals' spaceships. Unlike current invisi ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1 feature

A New Cloaking Method: This is not a 'Star Trek' or 'Harry Potter' Story (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah mathematicians developed a new cloaking method, and it's unlikely to lead to invisibility cloaks like those used by Harry Potter or Romulan spaceships in "Star Trek." Instead, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 5

GEMS mission to explore the polarized universe

An exciting new astrophysics mission led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will provide a revolutionary window into the universe. Named the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Scientists develop novel ion trap for sensing force and light

Miniature devices for trapping ions (electrically charged atoms) are common components in atomic clocks and quantum computing research. Now, a novel ion trap geometry demonstrated at the National Institute ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists discover giant Rydberg atom molecules

A group of University of Oklahoma researchers led by Dr. James P. Shaffer, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, have discovered giant Rydberg molecules with a bond as large as a red blood cell. Determining ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Toxic molecule may help birds 'see' north and south

Researchers at the University of Illinois report that a toxic molecule known to damage cells and cause disease may also play a pivotal role in bird migration. The molecule, superoxide, is proposed as a key ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Radiation Review: Some People May be 'Allergic' to Cell Phones, Computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- How exactly does the radiation from electromagnetic fields (EMF) affect the human body? Is it possible that cell phones, computer monitors, TVs, and other electronic devices - which operate ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (38) | comments 31 feature

New testing facility helps researchers improve land mine detection equipment

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a test facility to evaluate and enhance sensors designed to detect buried land mines. The unique automated system measures the response of individual ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electrosmog on the circuit board

Their miniature size is their strength - and also their weakness. Be it in cell phones, cars or computers, electronic components are getting smaller and smaller and increasingly powerful. The smaller they ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0