Mysterious dashes revealed in Milky Way's center
An international team of astrophysicists has discovered something wholly new, hidden in the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
Astronomy
Jun 2, 2023
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News tagged with filaments
Movement of filaments of Trichodesmium and their interactions with other filaments help form aggregates
A team of environmental engineers at ETH Zurich's Institute of Environmental Engineering working with a colleague from the University of Luxembourg has found that the movement of individual gliding filaments of Trichodesmium ...
Precisely measuring the differing filamentary cytoskeletal characteristics of mobile and stationary cells
Most biological cells have a fixed place in an organism. However, cells can become mobile and move through the body. This happens, for example, during wound healing or when tumor cells divide uncontrollably and migrate through ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 24, 2023
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Used coffee pods can be recycled to produce filaments for 3D printing
An article published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering brings good news for coffee buffs: the plastic in used coffee pods can be recycled to make filament for 3D printers, minimizing its environmental ...
Materials Science
May 3, 2023
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International team of physicists explore microscopic filament behavior
Recently-published research from an international team of physicists reveals how the three-dimensional shape of rigid microscopic filaments determines their dynamics when suspended in water, and how control of that shape ...
General Physics
Apr 21, 2023
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Rethinking the incandescent lightbulb
A team of material scientists and engineers affiliated with a host of institutions in China took a new look at the incandescent light bulb and found a way to improve its efficiency. In their paper published in the journal ...
'Taffy Galaxies' collide, leave behind bridge of star-forming material
Galaxy collisions are transformative events, largely responsible for driving the evolution of the universe. The mixing and mingling of stellar material is an incredibly dynamic process that can lead to the formation of molecular ...
Astronomy
Mar 29, 2023
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Researchers observe solar filament formation caused by oscillation magnetic reconnection
Researchers led by Yan Xiaoli from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Sun Xia and Liang Hongfei from Yunnan Normal University, have clearly observed the formation of an intermediate ...
Astronomy
Mar 2, 2023
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New method enables effective free-space optical communication regardless of weather
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Moussa N'Gom, assistant professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy, has devised a method to make communications between satellites and the ground more effective no matter the weather. ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 1, 2023
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Scientists discover new form of oscillations in single filament driven by two-sided-loop jet
Researchers led by Prof. Shen Yuandeng and his student Tan Song from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have discovered new form of oscillation in a single filament driven by a two-sided-loop ...
Astronomy
Feb 22, 2023
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