Search results for terminal velocity

Feb 7, 2008

Accelerometer backpacks aid study of gliding behavior in the 'flying' lemur

The "flying" lemur of Malaysia is the champion of all gliding mammals, able to drop from the forest canopy, glide more than the length of two football fields, execute 90-degree turns and then alight gently on a tree trunk.

Astronomy Dec 10, 2007

Voyager 2 proves solar system is squashed

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin Voyager 1 into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the stars.

General Physics Aug 9, 2007

Ultrafast laser spectrometer measures heat flow through molecules

Global warming isn’t the only heat scientists are feeling. Another area in which heat flow is becoming crucial is the field of molecular electronics, where long-chain molecules attached to tiny electrodes are used to transport ...

General Physics Jan 19, 2007

There is a dark side to the humble raindrop

A single drop is harmless, but when billions of raindrops fall from a cloudburst onto bare soil they strike like billions of tiny hammers, dislodging tons of soil per acre which is carried away by surface runoff.

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