In the general field of physics, turbulences are among those factors that can cause a perfectly good device to malfunction. They represent hazard, and knowing your enemy is half the battle. Researchers looking into this type of phenomena are very dedicated workers, as was evidenced recently by California Institute of... |
24 November 2009
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What was until now a party of one appears to be turning into a rather crowded gathering of red spots in the Jovian atmosphere. The Great Red Spot and its little sister, the Little Red Spot anticyclone, were joined relatively recently by yet another storm that turned from bright white to red, in what astronomers like ... |
26 May 2008
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Turbulence is never desirable whenever talking about airplanes, however it is an effect generated by the mere passing of the aircraft through a mass of air, and it cannot be ignored whether landing or taking off. Turbulences are vortexes of air determined by a rapid variation in the pressure and velocity of the fluid... |
12 March 2008
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Air turbulence has caused by now at least 509 airplane accidents in the US and 251 deaths. Annually, there are over 1,000 minor turbulence-related injuries on commercial aircrafts. Airlines lose each year millions of dollars due to injury claims, delays, extra fuel costs and aircraft damage, linked to turbulence.But ... |
7 September 2007
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Often called the Morning Star or the Evening Star, Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, and the brightest natural object in the visible part of space in the night sky, except for the Moon.ESA's Venus Express mission provided new insights into the noxious atmosphere of Earth's sister planet. Venus... |
4 April 2007
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Turbulence is part of the daily experience: no microscopes or telescopes are needed to notice the meanders of cigarette smoke, the gracious arabesques of cream poured into coffee or turbulent whirls in a mountain torrent. The word "turbulence" indicated first the incoherent movements of the crowd (Latin: turba), the... |
2 April 2007
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