News tagged with velocity gradient
Supernovae mystery solved
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supernovae are gigantic stellar explosions that can be seen across the entire universe. Type Ia supernovae are a relatively homogeneous class of stellar explosions, which researchers use as ...
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Controlling the cut: Engineers top the leader board
A high-tech, precision, water jet milling control system which could transform the manufacture of complex aerospace, optical and biomedical structures and devices is being developed by an international team of engineers led ...
Apr 11, 2012 |
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'Next-generation' optical tweezers trap tightly without overheating (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at Harvard have created a device that may make it easier to isolate and study tiny particles such as viruses.
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Astronomy without a telescope -- star seeds
Molecular clouds are called so because they have sufficient density to support the formation of molecules, most commonly H2 molecules. Their density also makes them ideal sites for new star formation – ...
Jun 20, 2011 |
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ESA makes first GOCE dataset available
The first products based on GOCE satellite data are now available online through ESA's Earth observation user services tools. ESA launched the satellite in March 2009 on a mission to map Earth's gravity with unprecedented ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 09, 2010 |
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NASA Demonstrates Novel Ocean-Powered Underwater Vehicle
NASA, U.S. Navy and university researchers have successfully demonstrated the first robotic underwater vehicle to be powered entirely by natural, renewable, ocean thermal energy.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Climate change puts ecosystems on the run, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming is causing habitats to move across the landscape. Can the creatures living there keep up? If they can't, some species may die out, researchers say.
Dec 27, 2009 |
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In radiation 'ventriloquism,' electromagnetic waves travel backwards
(PhysOrg.com) -- Typically, electromagnetic waves travel away from their sources. For instance, a radar system emits radio waves that travel all the way to a target, such as a car or plane, before being reflected ...
Sep 23, 2008 |
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River plants may play major role in health of ocean coastal waters
Recent research at MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering suggests how aquatic plants in rivers and streams may play a major role in the health of large areas of ocean coastal waters.
Jan 29, 2008 |
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Fluid theory confirmed by Foton spacecraft
In scientific research, there is great satisfaction when theoretical work is eventually supported by experimentation. Such was the case this week for a team of Italian and US scientists when they received ...
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Engineers Provide Insight Into the Dynamics of Molecular Self-Assembly
By studying how a layer of molecules grows into an ordered layer from the edge of a rectangular silicon wafer, engineers at North Carolina State University, working with researchers from the National Institute of Standards ...
Jul 05, 2007 |
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