News tagged with inversion layer

What determines the size of giant dunes?

Physicists at the Laboratory of Physics and Mechanics of Heterogeneous Media (CNRS / Université Paris Diderot / ESPCI ParisTech / Université Pierre et Marie Curie) have shown, in collaboration with scientists ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Graphene enhances many materials, but leaves them wettable

Graphene is the thinnest material known to science. The nanomaterial is so thin, in fact, water often doesn't even know it's there.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Voltage increases up to 25% observed in closely packed nanowires

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unexpected voltage increases of up to 25 percent in two barely separated nanowires have been observed at Sandia National Laboratories.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

'Fool's gold' aids discovery of new options for cheap, benign solar energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pyrite, better known as "fool's gold," was familiar to the ancient Romans and has fooled prospectors for centuries – but has now helped researchers at Oregon State University discover ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Exploring the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-14b

First discovered in 2008, WASP 14b is an interesting exoplanet. It is roughly seven times as massive as Jupiter, but only 30% larger, making it among the densest known exoplanets. Recently, it was the target ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

First result from a new generation of reactor neutrino experiments

Physicists of the Double Chooz experiment detected a short-range disappearance of electron antineutrinos. They presented this result on Wednesday 9 November 2011 at the LowNu conference in Seoul, Korea. It helps determine ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Magnetic sensors can measure distances between vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Every vehicle has a magnetic field, and researchers have now found that a vehicle’s magnetic field has an inverse relationship with distance at small distances. The relationship provides ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

Living in damp river valleys leads to lung problems

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A new study has shown that living in a river valley at low altitude can increase the risk of developing lung problems.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Emission sources identified in Huon Study

Emissions from domestic wood-fired heaters in southern Tasmania's Huon Valley dwarf emissions from forest regeneration burns, according to a new CSIRO study.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Hubble to target 'hot jupiters'

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers led by a former UA graduate student has set out on the largest program to date exploring the alien atmospheres of "Hot Jupiters" - massive planets in solar ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

'Watermark ink' device identifies unknown liquids instantly

Materials scientists and applied physicists collaborating at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have invented a new device that can instantly identify an unknown liquid.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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