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What determines the size of giant dunes?

Physics / General Physics

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

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 ...





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Emulsion with a round-trip ticket

Chemistry /

created Jun 14, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Oil and water are not miscible. However, it is possible to combine both into an emulsion in which they act as a unit—for example, in creams, body lotion, milk, or mayonnaise. In these substances, one of the two liquids is ...


The lower atmosphere of Pluto revealed

The lower atmosphere of Pluto revealed

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "With lots of methane in the atmosphere, it becomes clear why Pluto's atmosphere is so warm," says Emmanuel Lellouch, lead author of the paper reporting the results.


Soil carbon storage is not always influenced by tillage practices

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The practice of no-till has increased considerably during the past 20 yr. Soils under no-till usually host a more abundant and diverse biota and are less prone to erosion, water loss, and structural breakdown than tilled ...


Jeepers creepers: Climate change threatens endangered honeycreepers

Biology / Ecology

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

As climate change causes temperatures to increase in Hawaii's mountains, deadly non-native bird diseases will likely also creep up the mountains, invading most of the last disease-free refuges for honeycreepers - a group ...


Sony HTPS LCD

World's First HTPS LCD Panel Using Inorganic Alignmnet Layer

Technology /

created Feb 24, 2005 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Representing the latest technology in precise liquid crystal alignment, Sony Corporation announced today the successful development of the world's first HTPS LCD panel for front projector TV sets, has increased ...


Pinning Down Superconductivity to a Single Layer

Pinning Down Superconductivity to a Single Layer

Physics / Superconductivity

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 28

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a single layer ...


Sharp Develops Solar Cell with World’s Highest Conversion Efficiency of 35.8%

Sharp Develops Solar Cell with World's Highest Conversion Efficiency of 35.8%

Technology / Energy

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 12

Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency (for non-concentrator solar cells) of 35.8% using a triple-junction compound solar cell.


Light Curve During Titan Occultation Event

The jet stream of Titan

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 24, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 0

A pair of rare celestial alignments that occurred in November 2003 helped an international team of astronomers investigate the far-off world of Titan. In particular, the alignments helped validate the atmospheric ...


Martian weather satellite's first report

Martian weather satellite's first report

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists now have a ‘Martian weather satellite’ to observe the weather on Mars in the same way as they monitor Earth’s weather. Its first ‘weather report’ has been given by a team including ...


Toshiba Develops High Performance CMOS Device Technology for 20nm Generation LSI

Toshiba Develops High Performance CMOS Device Technology for 20nm Generation LSI

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed a breakthrough technology for steep channel impurity distribution that delivers a solution to a key problem for 20nm generation CMOS ...



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