News tagged with implosions
Transparent aluminium is 'new state of matter'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science ...
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Nuclear fusion simulation shows high-gain energy output
(PhysOrg.com) -- High-gain nuclear fusion could be achieved in a preheated cylindrical container immersed in strong magnetic fields, according to a series of computer simulations performed at Sandia National ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Seeing sound in a new light
The National Physical Laboratory Acoustics team has been investigating acoustic cavitation – the formation and implosion of micro cavities, or bubbles, in a liquid caused by the extreme pressure variations ...
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Molecular cloud Cepheus B is a hot spot for star formation
(PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image, created using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope, shows the molecular cloud Cepheus B, located in our galaxy about 2,400 light years ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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A magnified supernova
Supernovae are among astronomers most important tools for exploring the history of the universe. Their frequency allows us to examine how active star formation was, how heavy elements have developed, and the ...
Sep 27, 2011 |
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SDSC's Trestles provides rapid turnaround and enhanced performance for diverse researchers
Trestles, a supercomputer launched earlier this year by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, is proving itself as a valuable resource for researchers across a wide range of ...
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Jul 14, 2011 |
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Finding the failed supernovae
When high mass stars end their lives, they explode in monumental supernovae. But, when the most massive of these monsters die, theory has predicted that they may not even reveal as much as a whimper as their ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Physicists demonstrate conditions for laser-driven fusion
(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, commercial nuclear power plants generate electricity using nuclear fission, in which an atom’s nucleus is split into lighter nuclei. But scientists are also researching the ...
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Scientists describe new model for neurodegeneration
A team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has developed a new model for how inherited genes contribute to a common but untreatable and incurable neurodegenerative disease. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 10, 2011 |
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360-degree cameras to deepen online Oscar ogling
(AP) -- Celebrity watchers won't need to dress up to feel like they're at the Oscars this year.
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Feb 24, 2011 |
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Glass implosion tests help design stronger neutrino detectors
At a once defunct Navy facility in Rhode Island, Brookhaven scientists working on the proposed Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) have set up a death trap for the key components of the project’s ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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