News tagged with solar pressure
Hidden Territory on Mercury Revealed
The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and revealed some dramatic changes in Mercury's comet-like ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2009 |
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How Low Can It Go? Sun Plunges into the Quietest Solar Minimum in a Century
(PhysOrg.com) -- The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Scientists use high-pressure 'alchemy' to create nonexpanding metals
By squeezing a typical metal alloy at pressures hundreds of thousands of times greater than normal atmospheric pressure, scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a material that does not ...
Jun 15, 2009 |
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New study shows correlation between summer Arctic sea ice cover and winter weather in Central Europe
Even if the current weather situation may seem to speak against it, the probability of cold winters with much snow in Central Europe rises when the Arctic is covered by less sea ice in summer. Scientists of the Research Unit ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 01, 2012 |
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The high winds of the upper atmosphere contain less renewable energy than previously assumed
It seems that the energy mix of the future will have to differ from the current suggestions of some visionaries. This is because the jet streams that sweep the upper atmosphere with high winds would yield ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Setting sail in the sun
Propelled by sunlight pressure, large lightweight sails made of ultrathin aluminum-coated plastic could one day take probes to the edge of our solar system and other stars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Under pressure: Germanium
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although its name may make many people think of flowers, the element germanium is part of a frequently studied group of elements, called IVa, which could have applications for next-generation ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Enabling graphene-based technology via chemical functionalization
Graphene is an atomically thin sheet of carbon that has attracted significant attention due to its potential use in high-performance electronics, sensors and alternative energy devices such as solar cells. While the physics ...
May 17, 2009 |
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Scorpion biodiversity
Scorpions possess resistance to high temperatures and the ability to conserve water for long periods of time, and as a result thrive in hot and arid parts of the world. But is this global distribution also seen at a more ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Warped debris disks around stars are blowin' in the wind (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The dust-filled disks where new planets may be forming around other stars occasionally take on some difficult-to-understand shapes. Now, a team led by John Debes at NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...
Aug 28, 2009 |
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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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Shipping sensor goes to work for climate science
A device the size of a deck of playing cards that can track temperature, humidity, light and barometric pressure is moving from the shipping world to the realm of research to help develop a better understanding ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
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