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Manipulating the texture of magnetism

Knowing how to control the combined magnetic properties of interacting electrons will provide the basis to develop an important tool for advancing spintronics: a technology that aims to harness these properties ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

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

Physicists unveil a theory for a new kind of superconductivity

(PhysOrg.com) -- In this 100th anniversary year of the discovery of superconductivity, physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology have published a ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (30) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

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

Japan's tsunami debris set for 10-year Pacific tour

Debris sucked from the shoreline of Japan by the March 11 tsunami has embarked on a 10-year circuit of the North Pacific, posing an enduring threat to shipping and wildlife, a French green group says.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Improved recovery of samples sought from biohazard events

It may not be as catchy a combination as "Miss Scarlet in the parlor with a revolver," but "polyester-rayon wipes in the field followed by saline-surfactant extraction and vortexing" is the most efficient ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A quick switch for magnetic needles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic vortex cores, which can be used as particularly stable storage points for data bits, can now be switched much faster.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Physicists discover new way to visualize warped space and time

(PhysOrg.com) -- When black holes slam into each other, the surrounding space and time surge and undulate like a heaving sea during a storm. This warping of space and time is so complicated that physicists ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (32) | comments 49 | with audio podcast

The shape-shifting southern vortex of Venus

(PhysOrg.com) -- New analysis of images taken by ESA's Venus Express orbiter has revealed surprising details about the remarkable, shape-shifting collar of clouds that swirls around the planet's South Pole. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Research elucidates the effect of disorder on magnetic vortex gyration

Much of the world’s information is stored in memories consisting of magnetic domains, and researchers continue to develop new domain arrangements to enable smaller and faster such memories.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicists observe exotic state in an unconventional superconductor

A new fractional vortex state observed in an unconventional superconductor may offer the first glimpse of an exotic state of matter predicted theoretically for more than 30 years. In a paper published in the ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | 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

Physicists create supernova in a jar (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists from the University of Toronto and Rutgers University have mimicked the explosion of a supernova in miniature.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (13) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Making use of jellyfish on dry land

John Dabiri, assistant professor of aeronautics and bioengineering at Caltech who won a MacArthur Award this year, is fascinated by jellyfish. He believes jellyfish propulsion can inform engineering, which in turn can inform ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists move objects across meter-scale distances using only light (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than 40 years, scientists have been using the radiation pressure of light to move and manipulate small objects in space. But until now, the movements have always been restricted to ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (36) | comments 10 | with audio podcast feature

Vortex

A vortex (plural: vortices) is a spinning, often turbulent, flow of fluid. Any spiral motion with closed streamlines is vortex flow. The motion of the fluid swirling rapidly around a center is called a vortex. The speed and rate of rotation of the fluid are greatest at the center, and decrease progressively with distance from the center.

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