News tagged with vortices
Scientists discover rigid structure in centre of turbulence
May 05, 2009 |
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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.
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Jet engines help solve the mysteries of the voice
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Although scientists know about basic voice production—the two "vocal folds" in the larynx vibrate and pulsate airflow from the lungs—the larynx is one of the body's least understood organs.
Researchers create conveyer belt for magnetic flux vortices in superconductors
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Mar 12, 2006 |
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If blown up in size, it would not have a chance in the car factory, but the microscopic conveyer belt built by Simon Bending's team in the Department of Physics at the University of Bath and collaborators in Japan and the ...
Whales and dolphins influence new wind turbine design
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Jul 08, 2008 |
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Sea creatures have evolved over millions of years to maximise efficiency of movement through water; humans have been trying to perfect streamlined designs for barely a century. So shouldn't we be taking more ...
New control of nanoscale 'magnetic tornadoes' holds promise for data storage
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(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 ...
The Dark Side of Light
Feb 19, 2008 |
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Light may not seem very interesting in our everyday lives. But to scientists, light’s properties are a constant source of intrigue. The nature of light as both wave and particle, light as the universal speed ...
Quantum memory and turbulence in ultra-cold atoms
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Scientists at MIT have figured out a key step toward the design of quantum information networks. The results are reported in the July 20th issue of Physical Review Letters and highlighted in APS's on-line journa ...
Finding Superconductors That Can Take the Heat
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Nov 08, 2005 |
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By studying how superconductors interact with magnetic fields, Pitt researchers advance quest for higher-temperature superconducting materials. Superconductors are materials with no electrical resistance that are used to make ...
Physicists report novel interaction between superconductivity and magnetism
Jan 11, 2008 |
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An international collaboration of researchers led by Morten Ring Eskildsen, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, has discovered an altogether new way in which superconducting electrons can interact ...
Hurricanes, other vortices seize energy via 'hostile takeovers'
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Mar 06, 2006 |
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For decades, scientists who study hurricanes, whirlpools and other large fluid vortices have puzzled over precisely how these vast swirling masses of gas or liquid sustain themselves. How do they acquire the ...
Magnetic Vortex Switch Leads to Electric Pulse
Apr 08, 2009 |
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(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 ...
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