News tagged with wave activity
Parts of Mt Fuji 'could collapse' if fault shifts
Parts of Japan's Mount Fuji, a national symbol and key tourist attraction, could collapse if a newly-discovered faultline under the mountain shifts, a government-commissioned report has warned.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2012 |
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Cassini chronicles life of Saturn's giant storm
(PhysOrg.com) -- New images and animated movies from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle the birth and evolution of the colossal storm that ravaged the northern face of Saturn for nearly a year.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Magnetic field sensors for monitoring heart and brain activity developed
High sensitivity magnetic sensors are important in medical diagnostics for applications such as monitoring heart and brain activities, where mapping distributions of localized extremely weak magnetic fields ...
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Uncovering the evolution of REM sleep: Ostriches sleep like platypuses
(PhysOrg.com) -- The brain activity of ostriches in REM sleep is unique, alternating between fast, small waves - characteristic of REM sleep in other birds, and large, slow waves typical of those occurring ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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In the early life of an embryo, a monster lurks
Research based at Princeton University has revealed that newly fertilized cells only narrowly avoid degenerating into fatal chaos. At the same time, scientists have discovered that embryos have acquired a mechanism to contain ...
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Tornado forecasting pushes scientific limits
Ernest Fawbush and Robert Miller made the first ever tornado forecast in March of 1948 using only paper, pencil, and a World War II-era radar -- but tornado forecasting has changed dramatically since that ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Portable ultrasound now available for horses
Healing for horses has gone portable.
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Radio telescopes capture best-ever snapshot of black hole jets (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team, including NASA-funded researchers, using radio telescopes located throughout the Southern Hemisphere has produced the most detailed image of particle jets erupting from ...
May 21, 2011 |
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Scientists find increase in microearthquakes after Chilean quake
By studying seismographs from the earthquake that hit Chile last February, earth scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a statistically significant increase of microearthquakes in central ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Noise cancellation system helps give GMC crossover one of the quietest interiors
The technology that makes high-end noise-cancelling headphones coveted by frequent flyers and iPod audiophiles is helping GMC Terrain owners save gas. Active noise cancellation does double duty on Terrain. ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Cell phone use may have effect on brain activity, but health consequences unknown
In a preliminary study, researchers found that 50-minute cell phone use was associated with increased brain glucose metabolism (a marker of brain activity) in the region closest to the phone antenna, but the finding is of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Global eruption rocks the sun
On August 1, 2010, an entire hemisphere of the sun erupted. Filaments of magnetism snapped and exploded, shock waves raced across the stellar surface, billion-ton clouds of hot gas billowed into space. Astronomers ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Breakthrough: Scientists harness the power of electricity in the brain (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A paralyzed patient may someday be able to "think" a foot into flexing or a leg into moving, using technology that harnesses the power of electricity in the brain, and scientists at University of Michigan ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Distant star's sound waves reveal cycle similar to the Sun's
In a bid to unlock longstanding mysteries of the Sun, including the impacts on Earth of its 11-year cycle, an international team of scientists has successfully probed a distant star. By monitoring the star's ...
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Brain study shows that thinking about God reduces distress -- but only for believers
Thinking about God may make you less upset about making errors, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The researchers measured brain waves for a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 04, 2010 |
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