(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar flares are giant explosions on the sun that send energy, light and high speed particles into space. These flares are often associated with solar magnetic storms known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). ...
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2012
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The Radiation Assessment Detector, the first instrument on NASA's next rover mission to Mars to begin science operations, was powered up and began collecting data Dec. 6, almost two weeks ahead of schedule. RAD is the only ...
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2011
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The sun let loose with at least six coronal mass ejections (CMEs) -- solar phenomena that can send solar particles into space and affect electronic systems in satellites -- from 7 PM ET on September 18, 2011 until 1 PM on ...
Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2011
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When we think of mass extinctions, we think of the dinosaurs. Nothing that could happen in the modern era, right?
Environment
Jun 27, 2011
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When it comes to air pollution, further development and integration of complementary analytical methods are needed to understand the effect of atmospheric particles, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ...
Other
Mar 18, 2011
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Sensitive, yet tough. That's nanoDESI. The nanospray Desorption ElectroSpray Ionization technique, a novel method created at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to analyze tiny samples of atmospheric aerosols. This new ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 30, 2010
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A doping test which sees everything, even banned substances which we don't know about yet. It sounds like something from science fiction. But it exists.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 5, 2010
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Besides the 92 elements that occur naturally, scientists were able to create 20 additional chemical elements, six of which were discovered at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt.
General Physics
Feb 11, 2010
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Tiny particles are pivotal to climate change, public health, and nanotechnology. A significant fraction of these particles are aspherical, yet scientists must routinely assume the particles are spherical to interpret many ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 8, 2009
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A massive eruption of solar material, known as a coronal mass ejection or CME, was detected escaping from the sun at 11:36 p.m. EDT on March 12, 2023.
Astronomy
Mar 15, 2023
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