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Capture of nanomagnetic 'fingerprints' a boost for next-generation information storage media

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In the race to develop the next generation of storage and recording media, a major hurdle has been the difficulty of studying the tiny magnetic structures that will serve as their building blocks. Now a team ...





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ESA’s Cluster flies through Earth’s electrical switch

ESA’s Cluster flies through Earth’s electrical switch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 19, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

ESA’s Cluster satellites have flown through regions of the Earth’s magnetic field that accelerate electrons to approximately one hundredth the speed of light. The observations present Cluster scientists with ...


NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy

NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

NJIT researchers are at work on many scientific and technological frontiers. The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following ...


Birds 'See' Earth's Magnetic Field

Birds 'See' Earth's Magnetic Field

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

When birds migrate over long distances -- sometimes thousands of miles -- they usually end up in exactly the same place year after year. Such accurate feats of navigation, accomplished by millions of birds ...


Novel spots found on Jupiter

Novel spots found on Jupiter

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 2

Scientists have observed unexpected luminous spots on Jupiter caused by its moon Io. Besides displaying the most spectacular volcanic activity in the solar system, Io causes auroras on its mother planet that ...


High-sensitivity bone marrow aspiration technology enhances leukemia cell detection

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have created a viable technology to improve the detection of leukemia cells in bone marrow.


New method for magnetic manipulation of cells

New method for magnetic manipulation of cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic technology could help address a major problem that bioengineers face as they try to create new tissue: getting human cells to not only form structures, but to stimulate the growth ...


Northern lights glimmer with unexpected trait

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 2

An international team of scientists has detected that some of the glow of Earth’s aurora is polarized, an unexpected state for such emissions. Measurements of this newfound polarization in the Northern Lights may provide ...


Magnetic Resonance Now Also Comes In Tiny Quantities

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is now possible to analyse very small samples using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Thanks to a specially constructed detector, a 'stripline', greater sensitivity can be achieved while maintaining the same ...


Magnetic nano-'shepherds' organize cells

Magnetic nano-'shepherds' organize cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The power of magnetism may address a major problem facing bioengineers as they try to create new tissue -- getting human cells to not only form structures, but to stimulate the growth of blood vessels to nourish ...


High-performance plasmas may make reliable, efficient fusion power a reality

High-performance plasmas may make reliable, efficient fusion power a reality

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (40) | comments 47

In the quest to produce nuclear fusion energy, researchers from the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have recently confirmed long-standing theoretical predictions that performance, efficiency and reliability ...



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