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Scientists Pierce Veil of Clouds to 'See' Lightning Inside a Volcanic Plume

Scientists Pierce Veil of Clouds to 'See' Lightning Inside a Volcanic Plume

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers hit the jackpot in late March, when, for the first time, they began recording data on lightning in a volcanic eruption--right from the start of the eruption.





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Engineers are first to measure lightning-caused polluting gas

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 12, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A flash of light, a boom of thunder, a puff of smog? Researchers have long known that lightning produces lots of nitrogen oxide. Power plants and cars also give off the gas, which is a big ingredient in smog.


Artificial Lightning

Research helps electric utilities and manufacturers protect against lightning

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Firing bolts of lightning at expensive electrical equipment is all in a day's work at NEETRAC - the National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center. The goal for the lightning research and ...


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 ...


The overall channels of the lightning discharges

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 0

A new narrowband radio interferometer system has been developed for continuous observation of various processes of a lightning discharge at a time resolution of one microsecond. By using this system, a cloud-to-ground lightning ...


1 in 8 strokes is preceded by 'warning stroke'

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One out of every eight strokes is preceded by a "warning stroke," which is a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mild stroke, according to research published in the September 29, 2009, print issue of Neurology.


Americans born in the South may have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The "stroke belt" has a tight hold. People born in the Southern stroke belt have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults, even if they later move away, compared to people who were born in other parts of the country. ...


Noxious Lightning

Noxious Lightning

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 30, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Lightning is more than light and noise: It's an intense chemical factory that affects both local air quality and global climate. But how big is the effect? Researchers aren't sure. To answer the question they're ...


Severe stress can cause stroke

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many patients urgently admitted to hospital with cerebral infarction state that they were under great stress over a prolonged period prior to suffering their stroke, is shown in a unique patient study conducted in cooperation ...


Antibiotic may be new stroke treatment

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The antibiotic minocycline may revolutionize the treatment of strokes. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience, describes the safety and therapeutic efficacy of the drug in animal models.


Women More Likely Than Men to Suffer Depression After Stroke

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Depression occurs in as many as one-third of patients after a stroke, and women are at somewhat higher risk, according to a large new review of studies. Post-stroke depression is associated with greater disability, ...



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