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Scientists recently published the results of a new analysis, showing that the appearance life has here on Earth may be inscribed in the very laws of nature and reality. This, the team says, happens because of the way life is coded to emerge and develop, and also due to its basic components. A mathematical analysis of... |
7 January 2011
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As the world celebrates the opening of the Gotthard base tunnel through the Alps, engineers and researchers at Empa are proud to have participated in the design by solving a monumental problem – how to keep the construction dry for an entire century.Gotthard is now officially the longest rail tunnel in the worl... |
18 October 2010
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Since superconducting materials were first discovered, physicists have attempted to instill this amazing property into hydrogen, the most common chemical element in the Universe. Such a breakthrough would pave the way for a massive technological boom, but this has still to be achieved. The obstacle is that turning hy... |
26 January 2010
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Working from a central Manhattan building, experts Ilya Rosenberg and Ken Perlin, both from the University of New York, have recently developed a new type of cheap and effective, pressure-sensitive pads. The structure can reportedly be attached to a wide array of surface types, and can also accept multiple inputs at ... |
18 August 2009
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Ion traps haven't been a thing of novelty for a very long time, ever since they started being used regularly in atomic clocks, as well as in lines of research related to quantum computing development. Ions, which are essentially electrically charged atoms, move through these so-called traps, and experience all s... |
2 July 2009
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Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UI) have managed to create a new type of metamaterial that is able to guide sound waves through very tiny structures. The innovation could have significant applications in the field of medicine, as well as for new military devices. Doctors could use it ... |
16 June 2009
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Researchers at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (UI) have recently developed a new, simpler way of getting proteins to fold, a process that must be understood before complex studies into the nature of these tiny blocks of life can be conducted. Thus far, other methods relied on changing the temperature ... |
2 June 2009
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Performing joint replacement surgeries may soon become much easier for surgeons, as researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, have demonstrated that they can build a type of artificial cartilage that is even more effective than those found in the human body. Thus far, engineered cartilage... |
27 March 2009
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The March 12th issue of the journal Nature features one of the most interesting articles to date, in which researchers from Stony Brook University (SBU) and Jilin University (JU) show that the element sodium (chemical symbol Na) can become transparent when subjected to high pressures. This behavior was thought to be ... |
13 March 2009
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The National Ignition Facility (NIF) now boasts a brand new laser facility, designed primarily to assist the military with fusion data related to various experimental information. The “mega-laser” is one of the most powerful on Earth, and only recently have scientists come to see that the device could... |
28 February 2009
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Yo-yos have been around for centuries, but never during their lifetime would anyone have believed that they will end up being used by robots trying to learn the basic aspects of walking or moving their arms. Indeed, in the UK, at the University College London, scientists are currently trying to teach a massive machin... |
17 February 2009
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Over the last few years, teenage girls have been under constant pressure from both the media and their peers to look the very best they can, to have an optimum weight, and to also obtain the best academic results possible. They also have to be athletic, brainy, and to incorporate various extra-curricular activities i... |
11 February 2009
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How many of you have ever wondered about how a song played on, say, the Martian surface would actually sound? Assuming you pressed the "play" button on a Hi-Fi audio system, would Bach's famous “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” sound the same as on Earth, as you would expect? Scientists say that no, it... |
21 November 2008
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The Bloodhound SSC (Supersonic car) is currently in the making at the Swansea University, and will apparently be ready by 2011. It will attempt to break the barrier of 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h), while also taking down the previous record held by a land vehicle (763 mph or 1,228 km/h, established by Thrust SSC on October... |
24 October 2008
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Experts have put much time into coming up with the ideal technical, physiologic and mathematic factors that are responsible for people taking their perfect shower. This will help the Mira Showers company produce the devices that would eventually create the ultimate showering experience. A group of scientists fro... |
9 October 2008
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A water jet cutter is a tool able to slice into various solid materials with the help of a high speed jet containing a mixture of water and an abrasive material. Basically, water jet cutters rely on the same process that shaped most of the surface of the planet over the course of the past several billion years, water... |
31 July 2008
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A turbocharger is a force-induced system used to enhance the mass of air entering the combustion chamber of a typical internal combustion engine. Basically, a turbocharger is a compressor that, by forcing more air into the cylinder, enables an increase in the amount of used fuel, so that more explosion power is gener... |
12 July 2008
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We might not feel it, but Earth's atmosphere is putting a tremendous amount of pressure on our bodies every day. A column of gas some 100 kilometers tall exerts a staggering 101,353 Newtons per square meter on any surface at sea level. Our body cannot generally notice it because this pressure is exerted evenly f... |
10 July 2008
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Gun suppressors, most commonly known as silencers, are generally used to 'quiet' down the loud bang created by the sudden expansion of the explosive discharge that is propelling the bullet out of the gun barrel and through the air. The vast majority of guns are not built to accept suppressors, although some... |
14 May 2008
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Nanomaterials play a high role in today's electronic devices ranging from transistors all the way to lasers and solar-energy conversion devices. A new technique developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could allow researchers to manipulate nanomaterials and their fundamental properties only by app... |
12 May 2008
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Dry ice is basically frozen carbon dioxide. It might not sound like much but dry ice bears some unique properties that make it ideal for certain cooling applications. First of all, as its name says, it's dry, meaning that unlike other ices, such as frozen water, it does not go through a liquid state when heated.... |
9 May 2008
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Very little is known about how high-temperature gas in a condensed state - such as the one inside giants like Jupiter, Saturn or other gas giant exoplanets in the galaxy - behaves. In order to get a better understanding of the evolution of gases in these exact thermodynamic conditions, a collaboration between the Lab... |
29 April 2008
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Sharks gained their dominance in the seas owing to their formidable teeth-jaws, speed and senses. For hunting, sharks are endowed with keen sight, olfaction and hearing (they pick up sounds from 2 km (1.2 mi) away). The lateral line helps them detect vibrations produced by a struggle in the water, like the convulsion... |
28 March 2008
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Most of the superconducting materials commercially available on the market require cooling to low or very low temperatures to become superconductors, meaning that a special super-cooling equipment is needed in order to operate them. Unfortunately for us, this is the greatest disadvantage of using superconductors. Mos... |
17 March 2008
10:28 GMT |
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A new study argues that by exerting extreme levels of pressure on insulating crystals, they could be turned into excellent electrical conductors. Manganese oxide, a mineral found in Earth's crust is not an electricity conductor under normal atmospheric pressure and temperature conditions, but, when subjected to ... |
6 February 2008
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Magnetic materials are rather abundant on Earth, especially under the form of magnetite mineral. Recently, researchers from the Advanced Photon Source of Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with colleagues from the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory, have demonstrated that the magnetic prope... |
30 January 2008
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Although they are highly reactive with other chemical elements and substances, lithium and beryllium do not bind together under normal atmospheric conditions. A team of Cornell researchers predict however that, while subjected to high levels of pressure, two of universe's lightest elements could, in fact, create... |
28 January 2008
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The Earth's mantle can stretch up to 2,900 kilometers below the surface, thus the only way to study it is to conduct measurements on the speed of seismic waves which travel through it, in order to determine the rough composition and density. However, a new research conducted relatively recently has shown that ag... |
25 January 2008
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A recent study reveals the nanotubes can be used to create powerful pressure sensors. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered unique electrical and mechanical properties, during an experiment, while trying to repeatedly squeeze a 3-millimeter nanotube block and found that it was highly suitabl... |
26 October 2007
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Physicists observed nanoscale bubbles of air forming in water for the first time in 2001. The only problem is these bubbles were not supposed to exist. Still, they continue to contradict the laws of physics and pop up unexpectedly.Air can form bubbles in water and these can last for a long time until breaking. The p... |
24 May 2007
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Weather balloons are usually helium- or hydrogen-filled balloons which carry instruments on board to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind. They can reach altitudes of 40 km (25 miles) or more and on some occasions, have been sometimes cited as the cause for UFO sightings.Now,... |
23 May 2007
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Recently, a team of researchers have been able to recreate the extreme conditions of pressure and temperature found inside our planet to understand how it is forming and evolving. The exotic high pressure inner world may be a window to understand a variety of problems in planetary science.In a workshop entitled Syn... |
22 May 2007
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The hovercraft (to hover - to remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air; craft - vessel or vehicle) is an amphibious military or civilian vehicle designed to travel over any kind of surface (as long as it's reasonably flat), being supported by a cushion of pressurized air.It may look weird and some o... |
1 May 2007
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On your marks! Get Set! Start knitting! NASA's Centennial Challenges will award the best spacesuit gloves project with $250,000.It's the first ever Astronaut Glove Challenge and its purpose is to find the most innovative design for more flexible spacesuit gloves, as they are probably the most important pa... |
1 May 2007
06:27 GMT |
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In 1920 the Russian scientist Constantin Tiolkovski wrote "The pressure of solar light could be applied to spacecrafts which have already defeated Earth's gravitational pull". In a novel published in 1865, Jules Verne speculated that light might someday be used "as a mechanical agent" to propel a spacecraft bet... |
20 April 2007
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