News tagged with plasma physicists
Explaining the Mystery of the Voyager
Feb 27, 2009 |
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With a new 3D-model for energy simulation scientists from Bochum, Germany, and Huntsville, USA, are studying the 'physical mystery' of the Voyager. Over 30 years ago the spacecraft detected particles in solar wind which were ...
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Stealthy, Versatile, and Jam Resistant Antennas made of Gas
Nov 12, 2007 |
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A new antenna made of plasma (a gas heated to the point that the electrons are ripped free of atoms and molecules) works just like conventional metal antennas, except that it vanishes when you turn it off.
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Makes Some Noise
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of physicists studying heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a large particle accelerator located on Long Island, New York, recently showed that the collisions ...
When Lightning Strikes, Spark Branches Reconnect
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Bolts of lightning often resemble the forked, branches of trees. Similar to tree branches, lightning sparks typically spread apart. Recently, physicists at Centrum voor Wiskunde un Informatica and Eindhoven University of ...
New accelerator technique doubles particle energy in just one meter
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Imagine a car that accelerates from zero to sixty in 250 feet, and then rockets to 120 miles per hour in just one more inch.
'It might be life Jim...', physicists discover inorganic dust with life-like qualities
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Could extraterrestrial life be made of corkscrew-shaped particles of interstellar dust? Intriguing new evidence of life-like structures that form from inorganic substances in space are revealed today in the New Journal of ...
Researchers develop breakthrough technique to unlock the secret of plasmas
Nov 21, 2008 |
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University of British Columbia researchers have developed a technique that brings scientists a big step closer to unlocking the secrets of the most abundant form of matter in the universe.
First laboratory experiment to accurately model stellar jets explains mysterious 'knots'
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Some of the most breathtaking objects in the cosmos are the jets of matter streaming out of stars, but astrophysicists have long been at a loss to explain how these jets achieve their varied shapes. Now, laboratory research ...
Polar Crown Prominences
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Warning: Material contained in this story may make you wish to become a solar physicist. Japan's Hinode spacecraft, launched in 2006 on a mission to study the sun, is beaming back movies that astonish even ...
Astrophysicists Move Closer to Understanding the Beauty Behind Stellar Jets
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain stars stream vast amounts of matter into space, creating some of the most beautiful objects in astronomers' telescopes. But while the astronomers can enjoy the beauty, they can't explain it. Adam ...
Twisted Flux Tubes Expel 'Wrong-Way' Ions
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Physicists seeking to tame plasma have figured out yet another of its wily ways. Knowing how plasma escapes the grip of magnetic fields may help researchers design better magnetic bottles to contain it. Magnetic confinement ...
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