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Contrary to recent hypothesis, 'chevrons' are not evidence of megatsunamis

Contrary to recent hypothesis, 'chevrons' are not evidence of megatsunamis

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A persistent school of thought in recent years has held that so-called "chevrons," large U- or V-shaped formations found in some of the world's coastal areas, are evidence of megatsunamis caused by asteroids ...





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CSIRO researchers create giant waves

CSIRO researchers create giant waves -- virtually

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO scientists have created 'rogue waves' more than 20 metres high and smashed them into virtual oil and gas production platforms to compare different mooring designs.


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New lens device will shrink huge light waves to pinpoints

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 12, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (92) | comments 0

Manipulating light waves, or electromagnetic radiation, has led to many technologies, from cameras to lasers to medical imaging machines that can see inside the human body.


Studying the 'mountains' and 'starquakes' that develop on neutron stars

Physics / General Physics

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Neutron stars have the potential to play an important role in understanding some of the mysteries of the universe. One of factors that could help lead to an understanding of gravitational waves and the mechanisms ...


Scientists closer to making invisibility cloak a reality

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (25) | comments 8

J.K. Rowling may not have realized just how close Harry Potter's invisibility cloak was to becoming a reality when she introduced it in the first book of her best-selling fictional series in 1998. Scientists, however, have ...


Revolutionizing the diagnosis of serious disease

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Revolutionary ultrasonic nanotechnology that could allow scientists to see inside a patient's individual cells to help diagnose serious illnesses is being developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham.


Longest lightning storm on Saturn breaks Solar System record

Longest lightning storm on Saturn breaks Solar System record

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A powerful lightning storm in Saturn’s atmosphere that began in mid-January 2009 has become the Solar System’s longest continuously observed thunderstorm.  It broke the record duration of 7.5 months set by ...


Voyage to Southern Ocean aims to study air-sea fluxes of greenhouse gases

Voyage to Southern Ocean aims to study air-sea fluxes of greenhouse gases

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 26, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists will embark this week from Punta Arenas, Chile, on the tip of South America, to spend 42 days amid the high winds and waves of the Southern Ocean. Here they hope to make groundbreaking measurements ...


Everlasting Quantum Wave: Physicists Predict New Form of Soliton in Ultracold Gases

Everlasting Quantum Wave: Physicists Predict New Form of Soliton in Ultracold Gases

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solitary waves that run a long distance without losing their shape or dying out are a special class of waves called solitons. These everlasting waves are exotic enough, but theoreticians at ...


Steps towards warship invisibility

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 29, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (42) | comments 4

Naval warships might look like all-powerful vessels but they are also highly vulnerable to being spotted by the enemy. That fear of being detected has led the military to develop new stealth technologies that allow ships ...


Satellite imagery shows Typhoon Vamco has a huge 45-mile wide eye

Satellite imagery shows Typhoon Vamco has a huge 45-mile wide eye

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Typhoon Vamco is being as stubborn in its quest to live in the Pacific Ocean as Bill is in the Atlantic Ocean this week, and NASA satellite data confirmed that the large storm has a huge eye, about 45 miles ...



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