News tagged with terminal speed
Maybe it's raining less than we thought
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2009 |
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It's conventional wisdom in atmospheric science circles: large raindrops fall faster than smaller drops, because they're bigger and heavier. And no raindrop can fall faster than its "terminal speed"—its speed when the downward ...
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Even without dementia, mental skills decline years before death
Aug 27, 2008 |
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A new study shows that older people's mental skills start declining years before death, even if they don't have dementia. The study is published in the August 27, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...
Missile defense test aborted when target fails
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Missile Defense Agency says a planned test of a ground-based missile defense system in Hawaii was aborted because the target missile failed.
Scientists break light modulation speed record -- twice
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Researchers have constructed a light-emitting transistor that has set a new record with a signal-processing modulation speed of 4.3 gigahertz, breaking the previous record of 1.7 gigahertz held by a light-emitting diode.
Samsung and ETRI demonstrate world's first live 'mobile WiMAX evolution'
Oct 07, 2008 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and ETRI announced the live demonstration of mobile WiMAX evolution, the next generation mobile WiMAX technology at ‘ITU-R Seoul Meeting,’ Oct. 7 to 15, 2008.
Nutrition and heredity are genetically linked
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May 16, 2007 |
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A challenging goal in biology is to understand how the principal cellular functions are integrated so that cells achieve viability and optimal fitness under a wide range of nutritional conditions. Scientists from the French ...
NTU team studies world's fastest satellite Internet connection
Oct 14, 2009 |
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In disaster-struck areas where terrestrial communications may be down, the deployment of rescue teams becomes extremely challenging. A team led by Assistant Professor Lee Yee Hui from the School of Electrical and Electronic ...
Huge virulence gene superfamily responsible for devastating plant diseases
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Apr 02, 2008 |
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A research team from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech has identified an enormous superfamily of pathogen genes involved in the infection of plants. The Avh superfamily comprises genes found in the plant ...
Ericsson Predicts Mobile Phones With Full HD, 1 GHz Processor Frequency By 2012
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile phones of the future will be equipped with a 12 MP to 20 MP cameras with full HD capability by 2012, according to Jonas Lundstedt, Director of Ericsson's Portfolio Management, Product ...
Super-smart USB card delivers rich multimedia content
Oct 13, 2005 |
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A powerful new platform that delivers high computing power and high channel capacity could help meet consumer demand for multimedia content via PCs, interactive TV and mobile phones. The FULL SPEED project that developed ...
Samsung Demonstrates the Newest Mobile WiMAX Technology
Feb 13, 2007 |
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Samsung Electronics demonstrated its newest Mobile WiMAX technology, ‘Mobile WiMAX WAVE 2’ at 3GSM World Congress 2007, Barcelona, Spain.
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