In National Ignition Facility (NIF) inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments, the fusion fuel implodes at a high speed in reaction to the rapid ablation, or blow-off, of the outer layers of the target capsule. To reach ...
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It was an interesting week in physics as researchers delved into the question of why the measurements of the gravitational constant vary so much. The latest theory suggests that it is not likely attributable to systematic ...
Flying in a plane is not only safer than driving a car, it's also better for the environment, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 27, 2015
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Transportation accidents, such as trucks crashing on a highway or rockets failing on a launch pad, can create catastrophic fires. It's important to understand how burning droplets of fuel are generated and behave in those ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 27, 2015
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Planet Earth is surrounded. Thousands of tons of dangerous space debris circle in low orbit, threatening serious damage, even death, if any were to strike the International Space Station. A proposal by a research team that ...
Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2015
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Thanks to the first high-resolution structural analysis of the muscle protein α-actinin, scientists now have a better understanding of how muscles work. The analysis provides crucial information about the structure and function ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 27, 2015
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Very soon, probably on 30 April, a half-tonne spacecraft will plough into the surface of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, at about 4km/s or nearly 9,000mph. The spacecraft is NASA's MESSENGER ("MErcury Surface, Space ...
Space Exploration
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The Calbuco volcano, a 2,000 metre peak in southern Chile, sent a column of ash about 15km skywards twice on the night of April 22 and early the following morning. As the risk of deadly flows of ash and hot air was immediate, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2015
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After the earthquake hit Nepal, Prem Raja Mahat spent a sleepless night at his Baltimore home, trying again and again to reach his son, who was visiting friends and family back in Mahat's home country.
Software
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Science denial has real, societal consequences. Denial of the link between HIV and AIDS led to more than 330,000 premature deaths in South Africa. Denial of the link between smoking and cancer has caused millions of premature ...
Social Sciences
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