News tagged with prediction system

A NASA weather 'Eye in the Sky' marks 10 years

For 10 years, it has silently swooped through space in its orbital perch 438 miles (705 kilometers) above Earth, its nearly 2,400 spectral "eyes" peering into Earth's atmosphere, watching. But there's nothing ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Simulating strongly correlated fermions opens the door to practical superconductor applications

Combining known factors in a new way, theoretical physicists Boris Svistunov and Nikolai Prokof'ev at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with three alumni of their group, have solved an intractable 50-year-old ...

Physics / General Physics

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

Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth (Update 2)

The largest solar storm in five years was due to arrive on Earth early Thursday, promising to shake the globe's magnetic field while expanding the Northern Lights.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

Infrared sounder on NASA's suomi NPP starts its mission

(PhysOrg.com) -- A powerful new infrared instrument, flying on NASA's newest polar-orbiting satellite, designed to give scientists more refined information about Earth's atmosphere and improve weather forecasts ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research expected to help utility companies predict service life of pipelines

Regression models presented in the American Society of Civil Engineers' Journal of Infrastructure Systems by researchers at Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are expected to hel ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NORAD and satellite technology help Santa deliver

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to the U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau, the world's population is approximately 7 billion (6,979,978,073+) people. Santa Claus has had to adapt over the years to having ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

On the edge of friction

(PhysOrg.com) -- The problem exists on both a large and a small scale, and it even bothered the ancient Egyptians. However, although physicists have long had a good understanding of friction in things like ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Cellular automaton model predicts how hair follicle stem cells regenerate

Your hair -- or lack of hair -- is the result of a lifelong tug-of-war between activators that wake up, and inhibitors that calm, stem cells in every hair follicle on your body, according to Cheng-Ming Chuong, M.D., Ph.D., ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sea change can forecast South American wildfires

Tiny temperature changes on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans provide an excellent way to forecast wildfires in South American rainforests, according to UC Irvine and other researchers funded by NASA.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA readies new type of Earth-observing satellite for launch

NASA is planning an Oct. 27 launch of the first Earth-observing satellite to measure both global climate changes and key weather variables.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Effects of solar flares arriving on Earth

(AP) -- The impact of a series of eruptions on the sun began arriving at Earth on Friday and could affect some communications for a day or so.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 06, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 45

'Dramatic' solar flare could disrupt Earth communications (Update)

An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory (video) on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next day or so, officials said. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Birth of a hurricane: Researchers will fly into tropical weather disturbances

(PhysOrg.com) -- Summer storms are a regular feature in the North Atlantic, and while most pose little threat to our shores, a choice few become devastating hurricanes.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Haiti earthquake poses prediction question

(PhysOrg.com) -- Current earthquake prediction methods may need to be revised in the wake of the recent Haiti and Asian earthquakes and tsunami.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Parkinson's patients shed light on role of reward bias in compulsive behaviors

New research unravels the brain mechanisms that underlie the ability of a standard drug treatment for Parkinson's to elicit compulsive behaviors in some patients with the disease. The study, published by Cell Press in the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0