News tagged with magnetic disturbances

Unusual prenatal MRI detects rare, oft-missed genetic disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a case believed to be a United States first, Richard Barth and colleagues used prenatal magnetic resonance imaging to detect an often-misdiagnosed genetic disease.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers set alarm for incoming space storms

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton has broken new ground in outer space by pinpointing the impact epicentre of an Earthbound space storm as it crashes into the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The Day the Sun Brought Darkness (w/Video)

On March 13, 1989 the entire province of Quebec, Canada suffered an electrical power blackout. Hundreds of blackouts occur in some part of North America every year. The Quebec Blackout was different, because ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 1




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Scudder makes first observations of process linked to northern lights

(Phys.org) -- A University of Iowa researcher wants you to visualize a plate of spaghetti when you think of the northern lights.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Space weather expert has ominous forecast

A stream of highly charged particles from the sun is headed straight toward Earth, threatening to plunge cities around the world into darkness and bring the global economy screeching to a halt.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 7

Space weather forecast: Sunspotty, with an increasing chance of solar storms

(Phys.org) -- The past few months have seen a spate of solar flares – bringing spectacular views of the northern lights as far south as Seattle – along with media speculation that the electrical ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nanoscale magnetic media diagnostics by rippling spin waves

Memory devices based on magnetism are one of the core technologies of the computing industry, and engineers are working to develop new forms of magnetic memory that are faster, smaller, and more energy efficient ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Watching space weather through the MAGIC of CubeSat CINEMA

(PhysOrg.com) -- A trio of CubeSats that will study the effects of space weather on the Earth’s radiation belts and magnetic field are being prepared for launch. TRIO-CINEMA is a collaboration between ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solar storms join floods, terrorism as risks to UK

(AP) -- Britain has added volcanoes and solar storms to floods, flu and terrorism on a list of threats to national security.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Birds evolved compass 'head up display'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain birds may have compass information mapped directly onto their vision, much as fighter pilots have ‘head up displays’ overlaying flight information on their view of the skies.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers send 'wireless' message using neutrinos

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of scientists led by researchers from the University of Rochester and North Carolina State University have for the first time sent a message using a beam of neutrinos – nearly ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (47) | comments 38 | with audio podcast

Solar storm shakes Earth magnetic field

(AP) -- A solar storm shook the Earth's magnetic field early Friday, but scientists said they had no reports of any problems with electrical systems.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Storms from the sun

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space weather starts at the sun. It begins with an eruption such as a huge burst of light and radiation called a solar flare or a gigantic cloud of solar material called a coronal mass ejection ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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