News tagged with deformations
A cautionary note in the use of carbon nanotubes as interconnects
Sep 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute (UK) have used scanning tunnelling microscopy to confirm remarkable changes in the fundamental electronic behaviour when double-walled ...
Satellites show how Earth moved during Italy quake
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Studying satellite radar data from ESA's Envisat and the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed, scientists have begun analysing the movement of Earth during and after the 6.3 earthquake that ...
Salt block unexpectedly stretches in new experiments
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 24, 2009 |
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To stretch a supply of salt generally means using it sparingly.
New study sheds light on earthquake hazard along San Andreas Fault
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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New research by a team of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) offers new insight into the San Andreas Fault as it extends beneath Southern ...
A New Glance on Microscopic Images
Sep 16, 2009 |
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A doctoral student at the research center Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany) suggests interpreting the images generated by Kelvin probe force microscopy in a new way. She recently published her ...
Safety of combat military vehicles examined
Jul 29, 2009 |
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A Queen's University Belfast academic is working on research that could help protect the lives of military based in Afghanistan.
