News tagged with microscopic dust
Blocked holes can enhance rather than stop light going through
Conventional wisdom would say that blocking a hole would prevent light from going through it, but Princeton University engineers have discovered the opposite to be true. A research team has found that placing ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Planets smashed into dust near supermassive black holes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fat doughnut-shaped dust shrouds that obscure about half of supermassive black holes could be the result of high speed crashes between planets and asteroids, according to a new theory from ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Broken glass yields clues to climate change
Clues to future climate may be found in the way that an ordinary drinking glass shatters. A study appearing this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that microscopic particles of dus ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 27, 2010 |
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Field Museum to study composition of stardust
Song lyrics aside, even when you catch a bit of stardust, it may take years to sort out what you've got.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Japan lab finds trace of gas in deep space asteroid pod
Japan's space agency said it had found a trace of gas Thursday in a capsule thought to contain asteroid dust that was brought back to Earth after a multi-billion-kilometre (mile) space journey.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2010 |
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European airlines send up test flights despite ash
(AP) -- Several major airlines safely flew test flights without passengers over Europe on Sunday despite official warnings about the dangers of a volcanic ash plume, fueling a corporate push to end an economically ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2010 |
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Lethal air pollution booms in emerging nations
International experts are warning that potentially lethal air pollution has boomed in fast-growing big cities in Asia and South America in recent decades.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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