News tagged with space plasmas


How space eruptions happen

How space eruptions happen

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mathematicians at the University of St Andrews have made a discovery which could lead to a better understanding of why huge eruptions occur in space.





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With stimulus aid, scientists hope to mimic nature's dynamos

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the cosmos, all celestial objects - planets, stars, galaxies and clusters of galaxies - have magnetic fields. On Earth, the magnetic field of our home planet is most easily observed in a compass where ...


Model Reveals How Plasma from Superstorms Affects Near-Earth Space

Model Reveals How Plasma from Superstorms Affects Near-Earth Space

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 29, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 1

NASA scientists have uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interact with Earth’s magnetosphere.


Signs of ideal surfing conditions spotted in ocean of solar wind

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Warwick have found what could be the signal of ideal wave "surfing" conditions for individual particles within the massive turbulent ocean of the solar wind. The discovery ...


THEMIS satellite tracks electrical tornadoes in space

THEMIS satellite tracks electrical tornadoes in space

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth-bound tornadoes are puny compared to "space tornadoes," which span a volume as large as Earth and produce electrical currents exceeding 100,000 amperes, according to new observations ...


Weir in space and dimmed sun creates 200-million-mile-long lab bench for turbulence research

Weir in space and dimmed sun creates 200-million-mile-long lab bench for turbulence research

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Physicists working in space plasmas have made clever use of the Ulysses spacecraft and the solar minimum to create a massive virtual lab bench to provide a unique test for the science underlying turbulent ...


Bacteria

Plasma produces KO cocktail for MRSA

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 3

MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and un ...


Plasma TV Sales, Prices Decline for the First Time

Plasma TV Sales, Prices Decline for the First Time

Technology / Business

created Apr 11, 2007 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Revenue for plasma televisions took a substantial hit in February, according to the latest figures released by the NDP Group on Tuesday, generating only $181 million compared to the nearly $216 million in ...


Swarming starlings help probe plasma, crowds and stock market

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Aug 09, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Warwick’s Physics Department’s Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics have found a powerful technique that could be used to detect precisely when ordered patterns form in everything ...


Cool plasma packs heat against biofilms

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 9

Though it looks like a tiny purple blowtorch, a pencil-sized plume of plasma on the tip of a small probe remains at room temperature as it swiftly dismantles tough bacterial colonies deep inside a human tooth. But it's not ...


Plasma Power: Turning Fusion Into a Renewable Energy Source

Going With the Flow: Using Star Power to Better Understand Fusion

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego researchers are using “star” power to help ignite the field of fusion, which is being looked at as a future reliable green energy source. Under a new $5.8 million five-year grant ...



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