News tagged with plasma atmospheric
Large solar flares generate geomagnetic storm
A pair of unusually large solar flares early yesterday generated a Coronal Mass Ejection that will reach Earth around mid-day today. It will likely cause at least a strong geomagnetic storm that could affect ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Detecting molecules on skin
NPL is developing a state-of-the-art technique called 'ambient surface mass spectrometry' that can quickly detect small molecules on the surface of the skin and could benefit the $250 billion a year personal ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Nanostructures improve solar cell efficiency
To make solar cells a competitive alternative to other renewable energy sources, researchers are investigating different alternatives. A step in the right direction is through new processes that change the ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 26, 2011 |
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Looking deep into a violent storm on Saturn
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has teamed up with NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to study a rare storm in the atmosphere of the planet Saturn in more detail than has ever been possible ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 19, 2011 |
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Scientists see solar outburst in exquisite detail
(PhysOrg.com) -- The largest disturbances to the Earth's geomagnetic environment occur when it is buffeted by solar material hurled in our direction by explosive changes in the Sun's atmosphere. These Coronal ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Scientists Use Atomic Physics Codes to Study Coronal Mass Ejections
(PhysOrg.com) -- Giant eruptions of ionized gas, or plasma, from the Sun called coronal mass ejections [CMEs] produce solar energetic particles that cause spacecraft anomalies and communication interruptions, ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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How space eruptions happen
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mathematicians at the University of St Andrews have made a discovery which could lead to a better understanding of why huge eruptions occur in space.
Apr 07, 2009 |
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