News tagged with layers
Asteroid strike into ocean could deplete ozone layer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Texas say if a medium-sized asteroid were to crash into the ocean the ozone layer could be depleted, allowing high levels of ultraviolet radiation to reach the surface.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Water's interaction with platinum requires a closer look, researchers find
(PhysOrg.com) -- Basic assumptions about water's adsorption to platinum do not hold true, Sandia researchers have found.
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Structure of plastic solar cells impedes their efficiency, researchers find
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the U.K. has found that the low rate of energy conversion in all-polymer solar-cell technology is caused by the structure of the solar cells ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 05, 2010 |
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UN scientists say ozone layer depletion has stopped
The protective ozone layer in the earth's upper atmosphere has stopped thinning and should largely be restored by mid century thanks to a ban on harmful chemicals, UN scientists said on Thursday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Scientists watch evolution in action
(PhysOrg.com) -- The yellow-bellied three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis) is one of only three reptiles known to have different methods of reproduction in different places. In the coastal areas of New South ...
Sep 06, 2010 |
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New discovery could pave the way for identification of rogue CFC release
A new discovery by scientists at the Universities of East Anglia and Frankfurt could make it possible in future to identify the source of banned CFCs that are probably still being released into the atmosphere.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Researchers demonstrate new MEMS dynamic rheometer (w/ Video)
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a microminiaturized device that can make complex viscosity measurements -- critical data for a wide variety of fields dealing ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Epson launches volume production of world's first reflective HTPS panels
Seiko Epson today announced that it has developed and begun volume production of the world's first reflective high-temperature polysilicon (reflective HTPS) TFT liquid crystal panels for 3LCD projectors. The ...
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Shrinking atmospheric layer linked to low levels of solar radiation
Large changes in the sun's energy output may drive unexpectedly dramatic fluctuations in Earth's outer atmosphere.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Half-a-loaf method can improve magnetic memories
Chinese scientists have shown that magnetic memory, logic and sensor cells can be made faster and more energy efficient by using an electric, not magnetic, field to flip the magnetization of the sensing layer only about halfway, ...
Aug 24, 2010 |
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UN board could rein in $2.7 billion carbon market
(AP) -- An obscure U.N. board that oversees a $2.7 billion market intended to cut heat-trapping gases has agreed to take steps that could lead to it eventually reining in what European and U.S. environmentalists are calling ...
Aug 21, 2010 |
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Stem cell versatility could help tissue regeneration
Scientists have reprogrammed stem cells from a key organ in the immune system in a development that could have implications for tissue regeneration.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Oil-based color pixels could let you watch videos on e-paper
(PhysOrg.com) -- By rapidly manipulating colored oil droplets stacked on top of each other, a new electrowetting (EW) technique could lead to the development of electronic paper displays that can produce high-resolution ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Mosses use 'mushroom clouds' to spread spores (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the US have solved the mystery of how peat mosses manage to get their spores high enough to catch the wind, discovering that they produce vortex rings of air, like miniature ...
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Researchers discover water on the moon is widespread, similar to Earth's
Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are once again turning what scientists thought they knew about the moon on its head.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2010 |
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