News tagged with magnetic poles

Physicsts reveal how to cope with 'frustration'

For most people, frustration is a condition to be avoided. But for scientists studying certain "frustrated" ensembles of interacting components - that is, those which cannot settle into a state that minimizes ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (19) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers suggest new memory storage mineral

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researcher Derek Stewart says the mineral kotoite could be an ideal insulator for memory storage devices called magnetic tunnel junctions.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (16) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance of Saturn's Northern Lights (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1

New technique improves estimates of pulsar ages

Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a new technique to determine the ages of millisecond pulsars, the fastest-spinning stars in the universe.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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