News tagged with spherical objects

Trinity physicist finds new way to pack spheres efficiently

(Phys.org) -- New collaborative research has revealed the most efficient method to date for packing spherical objects into a cylinder. Dr Ho-Kei Chan, a Research Fellow from the Foams and Complex Systems ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Life Sticks: Bioengineer Publishes Sticky Insights in journal Science

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sticky is good. A University of California, San Diego bioengineer is the first author on an article in the journal Science that provides insights on the “stickiness of life.” The big idea i ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2




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A new look at Apollo samples supports ancient impact theory

New investigations of lunar samples collected during the Apollo missions have revealed origins from beyond the Earth-Moon system, supporting a hypothesis of ancient cataclysmic bombardment for both worlds.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

VISTA views a vast ball of stars

(Phys.org) -- A new image of Messier 55 from ESO's VISTA infrared survey telescope shows tens of thousands of stars crowded together like a swarm of bees. Besides being packed into a relatively small space, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

'Ridiculously' dim bevy of stars found beyond Milky Way

(Phys.org) -- A team of American, Canadian and Chilean astronomers have stumbled onto a remarkably faint cluster of stars orbiting the Milky Way that puts out as much light as only 120 modest Sun-like stars. ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 72 | with audio podcast

Cassini finds Saturn moon Phoebe has planet-like qualities

(Phys.org) -- Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Spitzer finds galaxy with split personality

(Phys.org) -- While some galaxies are rotund and others are slender disks like our spiral Milky Way, new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that the Sombrero galaxy is both. The galaxy, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Do the Milky Way's companions spell trouble for dark matter?

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers from the University of Bonn in Germany have discovered a vast structure of satellite galaxies and clusters of stars surrounding our Galaxy, stretching out across a million light years. ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Particles magnetically 'click' to form superstructures

(Phys.org) -- Geomag, the popular children's toy, contains small metal spheres that can be magnetically connected with a click to build a variety of towers, bridges, and sculptures. In a new study, scientists ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Lenses can bend light and sound in almost any direction

(PhysOrg.com) -- When an optical fiber is bent by 90° or more, the light begins to leak away, posing a problem for fiber optics communications. But by using special lenses that can bend light by not only ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 17 | with audio podcast feature

NASA's SOFIA captures images of the planetary nebula M2-9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured infrared images of the last exhalations of a dying sun-like star.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Buckliball' opens new avenue in design of foldable engineering structures (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Motivated by the desire to determine the simplest 3-D structure that could take advantage of mechanical instability to collapse reversibly, a group of engineers at MIT and Harvard University ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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