News tagged with scientific tool

NASA views our perpetually moving ocean

(Phys.org) -- The swirling flows of Earth's perpetually changing ocean come to life in a new NASA scientific visualization that captures the movement of tens of thousands of ocean currents.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

New strategy could lead to dose reduction in X-ray imaging

For more than a century, the use of X-rays has been a prime diagnostic tool when it comes to human health. As it turns out, X-rays also are a crucial component for studying and understanding molecules, and a new approach ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Online tools are increasing the speed at which scientists make discoveries

Not all research papers receive their own hashtag on Twitter. But #arseniclife (as it was dubbed in tweets) was no ordinary paper.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Taking a close look at the Everglades restoration

(PhysOrg.com) -- Freshman Sarah Bluher spent part of her spring break in the Florida Everglades collecting field samples from an airboat in a water conservation area. 

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 02, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cameras of the future: heart researchers create revolutionary photographic technique

Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed a revolutionary way of capturing a high-resolution still image alongside very high-speed video - a new technology that is attractive for science, industry and consumer ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 14, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Genetic discovery could break wine industry bottleneck

One of the best known episodes in the 8000-year history of grapevine cultivation led to biological changes that have not been well understood - until now. Through biomolecular detective work, German researchers have uncovered ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0