Astronomers say that a large comet impacted Saturn's beautiful rings back in the 1300s. While this has been known for quite some time, a new study indicates that the tracks are still visible today. The announcement was made on October 4, at a science meeting.
Essam Marouf, who is a professor of electrical en... |
10 October 2011
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A collaboration of investigators from the United States has recently determined that ripples observable in the ice rings surrounding the planet Saturn were most likely produced by cometary collisions.The experts propose that cometary fragments that struck the gas giant about 10 years ago are responsible for generatin... |
1 April 2011
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One of the problems that could constitute an issue in the wide-scale use of graphene sheets in the new generation of circuits and electronic devices concerns ripples, which are similar to the ones exhibited by a plastic wrap tightly pulled over a clamped edge. And the need to use the carbon compound will be very comp... |
27 July 2009
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Most people believe that traffic jams happen only when an accident occurs, or when a long line of cars reaches a bottleneck. Under these circumstances, the traffic naturally slows down or stops completely, but these are not the only things that cause jams. Scientists are currently studying a phenomenon called “... |
9 June 2009
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Astrophysicists believe that the new experiments that will be facilitated by the Large Hadron Collider once it's repaired will finally offer them a glimpse at and, why not, a confirmation of the fact that supersymmetry exists. This concept refers to the fact that subatomic particles, as described in the Standard... |
17 March 2009
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