News tagged with field experiment


Research Probes What it Takes to Spot Wanted Fugitives

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When asked to be on the lookout for a fugitive, only a small percentage of participants in University of Arkansas studies spotted the wanted man or woman, even with the promise of a financial reward.





Search results for field experiment


First laboratory experiment to accurately model stellar jets explains mysterious 'knots'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 5

Some of the most breathtaking objects in the cosmos are the jets of matter streaming out of stars, but astrophysicists have long been at a loss to explain how these jets achieve their varied shapes. Now, laboratory research ...


The Spin Cycle: Nanoresearch could lead to next generation of transistors

The Spin Cycle: Nanoresearch could lead to next generation of transistors

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, the transistors inside radios, televisions and other everyday items have transmitted data by controlling the movement of the electron’s charge. Scientists now have discovered ...


Astrophysicists Move Closer to Understanding the Beauty Behind Stellar Jets

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain stars stream vast amounts of matter into space, creating some of the most beautiful objects in astronomers' telescopes. But while the astronomers can enjoy the beauty, they can't explain it. Adam ...


Cross-Dressing Rubidium May Reveal Clues for Exotic Computing

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Neutral atoms--having no net electric charge--usually don't act very dramatically around a magnetic field. But by “dressing them up” with light, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaborative ...


U.S. ITER awards contracts worth $33 million for materials for ITER's largest magnets

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. ITER Project Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has awarded two contracts totaling $33.6 million for 8,270 km of niobium tin strand and 4,795 km of copper strand for the Toroidal Field Conductor, ...


'Voltage Patterning' could be next step in nanostructure lithography

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- "What you want these days is to have precise control of nanostructures. Using masks and optical techniques, it is possible to control how nanostructures grow for use in practical applications," David Field ...


Study on effect of electricity on liquids bucks conventional science

Study on effect of electricity on liquids bucks conventional science (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether gazing into lava lamps or watching balsamic vinegar mix with olive oil, people have long been transfixed by the seemingly mystical way that droplets of one liquid find each other within ...


Brown researchers create novel technique to sequence human genome

Researchers create novel nanotechnique to sequence human genome

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Since the human genome was sequenced six years ago, the cost of producing a high-quality genome sequence has dropped precipitously. More recently, the National Institutes of Health called for cutting the cost ...


Cricket

Male crickets with bigger heads are better fighters, study reveals, echoing ancient Chinese text

Biology /

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Observing and betting on cricket fights has been part of Chinese cultural tradition since at least the Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1278). This ancient practice has resulted in quite a detailed list of characteristics ...


Broadband invisibility in the microwave range

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the series Star Trek, Klingons and Romulans have spaceships outfitted with cloaking devices that hide their presence from sight, as well as from the sensors of their rivals' spaceships. Unlike current invisi ...



List of search results for field experiment