News tagged with measurement formula

Canadian researchers devise method to directly measure the quantum wavefunction

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physics researchers working at the National Research Council in Canada have succeeded in developing a way to directly measure the wavefunction of a photon. The technique, as described in their ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Improving speed measurements for cars, bullets

While today's law enforcement officers don't wear utility belts full of crimefighting gadgets like Batman, they do rely on a variety of state-of-the-art technologies to do their jobs efficiently and safely. ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Discarded data may hold the key to a sharper view of molecules

(Phys.org) -- There's nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the large molecules of life from proteins to DNA, the equivalent of new lenses have come in the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Artificial nanopore production could lead to early detection of disease

(Phys.org) -- A University of Texas at Arlington multi-disciplinary team has received a $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to build artificial nanopores made of silicon that can detect “bad ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nanocrystal-coated fibers might reduce wasted energy

(Phys.org) -- Researchers are developing a technique that uses nanotechnology to harvest energy from hot pipes or engine components to potentially recover energy wasted in factories, power plants and cars.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

San Francisco startup makes data science a sport

(AP) -- Strange secrets hide in numbers. For instance, an orange used car is least likely to be a lemon. This particular unexpected finding came to light courtesy of a data jockey who goes by the Internet ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research reveals food ingredients most prone to fraudulent economically motivated adulteration

In new research published in the April Journal of Food Science, analyses of the first known public database compiling reports on food fraud and economically motivated adulteration in food highlight the most fraud-prone ingred ...

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Predicting an electric future

Experts at Northumbria University have developed a formula to predict the impact that electric cars will have on the nation’s power supplies. 

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Magnetic cloak: Physicists create device invisible to magnetic fields

Autonomous University of Barcelona researchers, in collaboration with an experimental group from the Academy of Sciences of Slovakia, have created a cylinder which hides contents and makes them invisible to ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Mesquite trees displacing Southwestern grasslands

As the desert Southwest becomes hotter and drier, semi-arid grasslands are slowly being replaced by a landscape dominated by mesquite trees, such as Prosopis velutina, and other woody shrubs, a team of University ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Combining centuries-old mathematical theorems provides efficient approach for characterizing nanoparticles' shape

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gregg Gallatin, a researcher at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, has shown that combining a nineteenth century flux theorem with an eighteenth century mathematical operation provides ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Looking a trophy buck in the mouth

Researchers at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde have developed a more accurate technique than traditional methods for estimating the age of white-tailed bucks, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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