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Mathematicians provide new insight into tsunamis

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A new mathematical formula that could be used to give advance warning of where a tsunami is likely to hit and how destructive it will be has been worked out by scientists at Newcastle University.





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By manipulating oxygen, scientists coax bacteria into a wave

By manipulating oxygen, scientists coax bacteria into a wave

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria know that they are too small to make an impact individually. So they wait, they multiply, and then they engage in behaviors that are only successful when all cells participate in ...


Low-power 60GHz solution in digital 45nm CMOS

IMEC develops low-cost low-power 60GHz solutions in digital 45nm CMOS

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

At this week’s International Solid State Circuits Conference, IMEC presents a 60GHz front-end receive chain, phase-locked loop and power amplifier in 45nm digital CMOS technology. These building blocks pave ...


Unexpected Wheel-Test Results

Spirit Mars Rover: Unexpected Wheel-Test Results

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diagnostic tests were run on Spirit's right-rear wheel and right-front wheel on Sol 2013 (Dec. 12, 2009).


Neuroscientists demonstrate link between brainwave acticity and visual perception

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Can we always see what is in front of us? According to Dr. Tony Ro, a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at The City College of New York (CCNY), the answer is "no." New research published in "The Journal of ...


AppJet launched in December of 2007

Google buys online collaboration startup

Technology / Internet

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Online collaboration startup AppJet said that Google is buying the San Francisco firm and merging its technology with an innovation Wave communication platform the Internet giant is creating.


Research Analyzes Flow Structure Under Breaking Waves

Research Analyzes Flow Structure Under Breaking Waves

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In landlocked South Dakota, hundreds of miles and 1,600 feet of elevation from the nearest ocean, South Dakota State University professor Francis Ting studies the structure of breaking waves like those that ...


'Little bang' triggered solar system formation

'Little bang' triggered solar system formation

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 1

For several decades, scientists have thought that the Solar System formed as a result of a shock wave from an exploding star—a supernova—that triggered the collapse of a dense, dusty gas cloud that contracted ...


Probing question: Are print newspapers dying?

Other Sciences / Other

created May 22, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (13) | comments 1

It's a morning routine repeated across the country: Before heading off to work, you sit down at the table with a cup of coffee, a bowl of cereal and the local paper spread out in front of you. But as the Internet becomes ...


Visualizing atomic-scale acoustic waves in nanostructures

Visualizing atomic-scale acoustic wavesin nanostructures

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Acoustic waves play many everyday roles - from communication between people to ultrasound imaging. Now the highest frequency acoustic waves in materials, with nearly atomic-scale wavelengths, promise to be ...


Explosives at the microscopic scale produce shocking results

Explosives at the microscopic scale produce shocking results

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (44) | comments 0

U.S. troops blew up enemy bridges with explosives in World War II to slow the advance of supplies or enemy forces.



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