News tagged with flow velocities
Straighten up and fly right: Moths benefit more from flexible wings than rigid (w/ Videos)
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Most scientists who create models trying to understand the mechanics and aerodynamics of insect flight have assumed that insect wings are relatively rigid as they flap.
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3-D doppler ultrasound helps identify breast cancer
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Three-dimensional (3-D) power Doppler ultrasound helps radiologists distinguish between malignant and benign breast masses, according to a new study being published in the November issue of Radiology.
Scientists Discover Another Reason for Glacial Acceleration
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using nearly 50 years of data, University of Maine researchers have determined that subglacial floods in East Antarctica caused a rapid and short-lived acceleration of a major outlet glacier.
New model describes avalanche behavior of superfluid helium
Apr 24, 2007 |
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By utilizing ideas developed in disparate fields, from earthquake dynamics to random-field magnets, researchers at the University of Illinois have constructed a model that describes the avalanche-like, phase-slip cascades ...
Device capable of producing mist
Feb 14, 2005 |
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The Novosibirsk researchers have developed a device capable of producing mist with support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE). The precise ...
Researchers use trident laser to accelerate protons to record energies
Nov 02, 2009 |
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An international team of physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory has succeeded in using intense laser light to accelerate protons to energies never before achieved. Using this technique, scientists can ...
Slipper-shaped blood cells
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Red blood cells, which make up 45 percent of blood, normally take the shape of circular cushions with a dimple on either side. But they can sometimes deform into an asymmetrical slipper shape. A team of physicists ...
Ultrafast laser spectrometer measures heat flow through molecules
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Global warming isn’t the only heat scientists are feeling. Another area in which heat flow is becoming crucial is the field of molecular electronics, where long-chain molecules attached to tiny electrodes are used to transport ...
First firing of STERN rocket
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2008 |
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A team of engineers from Bristol University has conducted the first firing of the STERN rocket motor. Rocket engines equipped with the STERN (Static Test Expansion/Deflection Rocket Nozzle) rocket motor should ...
UQ plans for the next big wave – tsunami defence
Dec 19, 2005 |
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A new tsunami impact model developed by The University of Queensland will help emergency response teams plan what to do if the next big wave hits.
Solving Teapot Effect
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from France have worked out why teapots dribble at low flow rates, and how to stop them. The effect is called the "teapot effect", and solving it could finally put an ...
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