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Slotted buses keep passengers cool

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A simple redesign of public buses used in hot and dry climates could make passengers more comfortable without the need to use extra fuel running air conditioning, according to a study published in the International Journal of ...


Study compares sound from exploding volcanoes with jet engines

Study compares sound from exploding volcanoes with jet engines

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New research on infrasound from volcanic eruptions shows an unexpected connection with jet engines. Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego speeded up the recorded sounds from two ...


Putting an end to turbulence

Putting an end to turbulence

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 21, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (33) | comments 1

When a flow reaches a certain speed, things get turbulent: The fluid or the gas no longer flows in an orderly fashion but whirls around wildly. However, in contrast to what researchers assumed until now, this ...





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Scientists discover rigid structure in centre of turbulence

Physics / General Physics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Pioneering mathematical engineers have discovered for the first time a rigid structure which exists within the centre of turbulence, leading to hope that its chaotic movement could be controlled in the future.


Creation of a magnetic field in a turbulent fluid

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 10, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Understanding the origin and behavior of the magnetic fields of planets and stars is the goal of research being carried out by many teams from all over the world. The VKS collaboration (CEA, CNRS, Ecole normale supérieure ...


Researchers reveal the tangle under turbulence

Researchers reveal the tangle under turbulence

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 28, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (27) | comments 0

Picture the flow of water over a rock. At very low speeds, the water looks like a smooth sheet skimming the rock's surface. As the water rushes faster, the flow turns into turbulent, roiling whitewater that ...


It’s not just cricket – actually it's physics

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 06, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Ever wanted to face a Shane Warne spin delivery or smash a Glen McGrath speed bowl? A new bowling simulator may enable you to do just that. The machine is the first of its kind to use physics, real cricket balls and novel ...


Space shuttle experiment to provide insights into turbulence, heating

Space shuttle experiment to provide insights into turbulence, heating

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Purdue University aerospace researcher helped shape plans to install a new experiment currently on the space shuttle Discovery to collect data for controlling deadly friction and heating in the design of ...


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 ...


Probing Question: How do dimples make golf balls travel farther?

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 21, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (19) | comments 0

A golfer's worst enemy may be divots, but his or her best friend may be dimples -- the dimples on a golf ball that send it sailing farther down the fairway.


Magnetic fields get reconnected in turbulent plasma too, Cluster reveals

Magnetic fields get reconnected in turbulent plasma too

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 27, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Using measurements of the four ESA's Cluster satellites, a study published this week in Nature Physics shows pioneering experimental evidence of magnetic reconnection also in turbulent 'plasma' around Earth.


Avoiding wind tunnels, computer simulations pave way for hypersonic flight

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 10, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 5

A two-hour plane flight between Tokyo and New York sounds like science fiction, but methods developed by Princeton engineers to describe turbulence at extreme conditions may aid the design of aircraft with that kind of speed, ...


Scientists find new way to manipulate DNA

Scientists find new way to manipulate DNA

Chemistry /

created Nov 15, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Polymers, large molecules comprised of chains of repeating structures, are used in everything from the coatings on walls of ships and pipes to reduce flow drag to gene therapy.



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