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Straighten up and fly right: Moths benefit more from flexible wings than rigid

Straighten up and fly right: Moths benefit more from flexible wings than rigid (w/ Videos)

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

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

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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.


Antarctica, which seemed to have largely escaped global warming, is melting too, a study shows

Scientists Discover Another Reason for Glacial Acceleration

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (31) | comments 5

(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

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 24, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

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

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created Feb 14, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Laser accelerated protons to the highest energies so far

Researchers use trident laser to accelerate protons to record energies

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 10

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

Slipper-shaped blood cells

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 09, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

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

First firing of STERN rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 26, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

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 ...


Scientists determine fault near tsunami area moving 10 millimeters per year

UQ plans for the next big wave – tsunami defence

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created Dec 19, 2005 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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.


'Teapot effect' solved

Solving Teapot Effect

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 10

(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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