News tagged with perturbations
How to build doughnuts with Lego blocks
Scientists have uncovered how nature minimises energy costs in rings of liquids with an internal nanostructure made of two chemically discordant polymers joined with strong bonds, or di-blocks, deposited on ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Butterfly wings inspire design of water-repellent surface
Researchers mimic the many-layered nanostructure of blue mountain swallowtail wings to make a silicon wafer that traps both air and light.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Clear vision despite a heavy head: Model explains the choice of simple movements
The brain likes stereotypes - at least for movements. Simple actions are most often performed in the same manner. A mathematical model explains why this is the case and could be used to generate more natural robot movements ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Rethinking equilibrium: In nature, large energy fluctuations may rile even 'relaxed' systems
An international research team led by the University at Buffalo has shown that large energy fluctuations can rile even a "relaxed" system, raising questions about how energy might travel through structures ranging from the ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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ESA To Collaborate with NASA on Solar Science Mission
On October 4, 2011, the European Space Agency announced it's two next science missions, including Solar Orbiter, a spacecraft geared to study the powerful influence of the sun. Solar Orbiter will be an ESA-led ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Research outlines math framework that could help convert 'junk' energy into useful power
A University at Buffalo-led research team has developed a mathematical framework that could one day form the basis of technologies that turn road vibrations, airport runway noise and other "junk" energy into ...
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Understanding behavioral patterns: Why bird flocks move in unison
Animal flocks, be it honeybees, fish, ants or birds, often move in surprising synchronicity and seemingly make unanimous decisions at a moment's notice, a phenomenon which has remained puzzling to many researchers.
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Physicists investigate fate of five-dimensional black strings
(PhysOrg.com) -- While black holes in four-dimensional space-time are stable and can persist for a long time, their higher-dimensional analogues are usually unstable. One such theoretical analogue is a five-dimensional ...
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Cancer-metabolism link runs deep in humans
Eighty years ago, the medical establishment believed cancer was caused by a dysfunction of metabolism, but the idea went out of vogue. Now, scientists are again looking at metabolism and its role in cancer and other common ...
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Bizarre matter could find use in quantum computers: Odd electron mix has fault-tolerant quantum registry
There are enticing new findings this week in the worldwide search for materials that support fault-tolerant quantum computing. New results from Rice University and Princeton University indicate that a bizarre ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Scientist make a leap in quantum computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major hurdle in the ambitious quest to design and construct a radically new kind of quantum computer has been finding a way to manipulate the single electrons that very likely will constitute ...
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Physicists Calculate Number of Parallel Universes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few decades, the idea that our universe could be one of many alternate universes within a giant multiverse has grown from a sci-fi fantasy into a legitimate theoretical possibility. ...
Oct 16, 2009 |
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ESA designs its smallest ever space engine to push back against sunshine
(PhysOrg.com) -- This month an ESA team is preparing to test the performance of the smallest yet most precisely controllable engine ever built for space, sensitive enough to counteract the force of incoming ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Perturbation
Perturbation or perturb may refer to any of numerous concepts in several fields:
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