News tagged with vibration
Mechanical motion rectifier leads to better energy harvesting
(Phys.org) -- Mechanical energy is all around us, whether in the form of a vehicle's vibrations, ocean waves, or vibrating train tracks. However, much of this energy is irregular and oscillatory - for example, road bumps ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Scientists discover new water waves
(PhysOrg.com) -- By precisely shaking a container of shallow water, researchers have observed wave behavior that has never been seen before. In a new study, Jean Rajchenbach, Alphonse Leroux, and Didier Clamond ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Trains’ vibrations could provide power for monitoring tunnels
(PhysOrg.com) -- Traffic tunnels are often built in some of the most rugged and remote areas, which subjects them to extreme environmental forces while making them difficult to access. Ideally, the structural ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Vehicle shock absorber recovers energy from bumps in the road
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past decade, regenerative braking systems have become increasingly popular, recovering energy that would otherwise be lost through braking. However, another energy recovery mechanism ...
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Quantum explanation for how we smell gets new support
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since 1996, when biophysicist Luca Turin first suggested that quantum mechanics may help explain how we smell various odors, the idea has met with controversy. In the past 15 years, some studies ...
Mar 28, 2011 |
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New study finds dolphins produce sounds in a similar way to humans
(PhysOrg.com) -- It has long been thought that dolphins produce sounds by means of "whistles," but a new analysis of a data gathered in the late 1970s has revealed that instead, dolphins make sounds by means ...
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Heart-powered pacemaker could one day eliminate battery-replacement surgery
A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves.
Mar 02, 2012 |
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German engineers mimic humpback whale to increase helicopter stability
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whale researchers have known for some time that humpback whales are able to perform feats of underwater acrobatics that belie their huge size and that some of that ability is partly due to ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Physicists Show Theory of Quantum Mechanics Applies to the Motion of Large Objects
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have provided the first clear demonstration that the theory of quantum mechanics applies to the mechanical motion of an object large enough to be seen by the ...
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Scientists first to trap light and sound vibrations together in nanocrystal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have created a nanoscale crystal device that, for the first time, allows scientists to confine both light and sound vibrations in the ...
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Assassin bugs trap spiders by mimicking prey (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia have described how assassin bugs lure spiders to their deaths by plucking the silken threads of the spider’s web with their legs to replicate the vibrations made ...
Oct 28, 2010 |
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How many argon atoms can fit on the surface of a carbon nanotube?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Phase transitions -- changes of matter from one state to another without altering its chemical makeup -- are an important part of life in our three-dimensional world. Water falls to the ground as snow, melts ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2010 |
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How 'spooky' quantum mechanical laws may affect everyday objects (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published in the July 1 issue of the journal Nature, Dartmouth researchers describe one example of the microscopic quantum world influencing--even dominating, they say--the behavi ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Nanogenerators grow strong enough to power small conventional electronics (w/ Video)
Blinking numbers on a liquid-crystal display (LCD) often indicate that a device's clock needs resetting. But in the laboratory of Zhong Lin Wang at Georgia Tech, the blinking number on a small LCD signals ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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With support, graphene still a superior thermal conductor
The single-atom thick material graphene maintains its high thermal conductivity when supported by a substrate, a critical step to advancing the material from a laboratory phenomenon to a useful component in ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 08, 2010 |
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