News tagged with polar vortex

South polar region of Titan, Saturn's largest moon

(PhysOrg.com) -- This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the south polar region of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and shows a depression within the moon's orange and blue haze layers near the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New nanostructured glass for imaging and recording developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Southampton researchers have developed new nano-structured glass optical elements, which have applications in optical manipulation and will significantly reduce the cost of medical ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Using chaos to model geophysical phenomena

Geophysical phenomena such as the dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean circulation are typically modeled mathematically by tracking the motion of air or water particles. These mathematical models define velocity ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Magnetic Vortex Switch Leads to Electric Pulse

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Arkansas have shown that changing the chirality, or direction of spin, of a nanoscale magnetic vortex creates an electric pulse, suggesting that such a pulse might be of use ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

New control of nanoscale 'magnetic tornadoes' holds promise for data storage

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the human scale, the tightly wrapped spinning columns of air in a tornado contain terrifying destructive power that ravages communities. At the nanoscale, however, closely coiled magnetic ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2