News tagged with wave tube amplifier
The Ultimate Long Distance Communication
Anyone who's vacationed in the mountains or lived on a farm knows that it's hard to get good internet access or a strong cell phone signal in a remote area. Communicating across great distances has always ...
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Aug 19, 2009 |
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Jump in communication skills led to species explosion in electric fishes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bruce Carlson stands next to a fish tank in his lab, holding a putty colored Radio Shack amplifier connected to two wires whose insulation has been stripped. At the bottom of the tank a nondescript ...
Apr 28, 2011 |
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IceCube: World's largest neutrino observatory completed at South Pole
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Saturday, December 18, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory sank the last of 86 strings of sensitive photodetectors to a depth of almost two and a half kilometers in the ice at the South Pole, ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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California looks for a way to save the delta, quench residents' thirst
A drilling rig bit into the bed of California's biggest river, hauling up sage-green tubes of clay and sand the consistency of uncooked fudge.
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers)
From their humble beginnings as offshoots of the ordinary electric light bulb, particle accelerators have evolved in surprising directions. Among the most productive and promising developments have been light ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Hylas payload shipped to India
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, is steadily moving towards completion. The communications payload has been shipped from England to India for integration with the platform, ...
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Nov 06, 2009 |
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Music is the engine of new lab-on-a-chip device (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Music, rather than electromechanical valves, can drive experimental samples through a lab-on-a-chip in a new system developed at the University of Michigan. This development could significantly simplify the ...
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Power steering for your hearing: Ears have tiny 'flexoelectric' motors to amplify sound
Utah and Texas researchers have learned how quiet sounds are magnified by bundles of tiny, hair-like tubes atop "hair cells" in the ear: when the tubes dance back and forth, they act as "flexoelectric motors" ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Linking low frequency hearing to the cochlea's curvature
Shape matters, even in hearing. Specifically, it is the shape of the cochlea — the snail-shell-shaped organ in the inner ear that converts sound waves into nerve impulses that the brain deciphers — which proves ...
Apr 25, 2008 |
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Make Way for the Real Nanopod: Researchers Create First Fully Functional Nanotube Radio
Make way for the real nanopod and make room in the Guinness World Records. A team of researchers with the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at ...
Oct 31, 2007 |
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A sound way to turn heat into electricity
University of Utah physicists developed small devices that turn heat into sound and then into electricity. The technology holds promise for changing waste heat into electricity, harnessing solar energy and ...
Jun 04, 2007 |
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