Infrared thermography is increasingly being applied to investigate the cause of lameness in horses. The equipment is easy to handle and the method is fast and safe, both for the animal and for the vet. But is it accurate? ...

Biology - Other

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil fuels is the major driving force of global climate change, and researchers the world over are looking ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Mar 26, 2013 4.2 / 5 (39) 26 |

(Phys.org) —Like the rings of a tree trunk, Strontium-to-calcium ratios (Sr/Ca) in coral skeletons have been widely used to determine past ocean temperatures from yearly banded corals. However, scientists ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 5

Have you ever thrown into the fire - even if you shouldn't have - an empty packet of crisps? The outcome is striking: the plastic shrivels and bends into itself, until it turns into a small crumpled and blackened ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Mar 25, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 0 |

An international team of plasma physicists has used one of the world's most powerful lasers to create highly unusual plasma composed of hollow atoms.

Physics - Plasma Physics

Mar 25, 2013 5 / 5 (11) 3 |

(Phys.org) —The melting of ice is a familiar process: the ice gradually loses its crystalline structure and becomes a featureless puddle of liquid. Normally, no amount of further heating will bring back ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 22, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

(Phys.org) —It's has been know that massive increases in emission of CO2 from volcanoes, associated with the opening of the Atlantic Ocean in the end-Triassic Period, set off a shift in state of the climate ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 22, 2013 3.8 / 5 (21) 147 |

Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of a four-wavelength integrated silicon laser for optical transceivers that use silicon photonics, a step toward faster data communications between processors.

Technology - Engineering

Mar 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Acquired by ESA's Planck space telescope, the most detailed map ever created of the cosmic microwave background – the relic radiation from the Big Bang – was released today revealing the ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Mar 21, 2013 4.6 / 5 (48) 82 |

(Phys.org) —Scientists working at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) have improved an innovative solar-energy device to be about 100 times more efficient than its previous ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Mar 20, 2013 4.5 / 5 (31) 13 |

Higher temperatures caused by global warming could help goat populations to thrive, say scientists.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 20, 2013 3.4 / 5 (7) 2

(Phys.org) —NASA engineers and scientists have been making practice runs to ensure the placement of primary mirror segments on the James Webb Space Telescope go perfectly when the flight equipment is ready. ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 19, 2013 4.5 / 5 (6) 1 |

An alloy that may improve high-temperature electronics in oil and geothermal wells was really a solution in search of a problem.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 19, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

This week at APEC 2013, Toshiba America Electronic Components will introduce a new lineup of high-speed diodes (HSD): the TK16A60W5, TK31J60W5 and TK39J60W5. Based on Toshiba's fourth generation 600V system super junction ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Mar 19, 2013 not rated yet 0

Infrared satellite imagery tells the temperature of the cloud tops within a tropical cyclone as well as the sea surface temperatures around the storms. A recent infrared image from NASA's Aqua satellite showed ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0