News tagged with waves
Researchers show brain waves can 'write' on a computer in early tests
Dec 07, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (17) |
3
Neuroscientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville, Fla., have demonstrated how brain waves can be used to type alphanumerical characters on a computer screen. By merely focusing on the "q" in a matrix of letters, ...
Elusive protein points to mechanism behind hearing loss
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
17 hours ago |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- A serendipitous discovery of deaf zebra fish larvae has helped narrow down the function of an elusive protein necessary for hearing and balance. The work, led by Rockefeller University’s A. ...
A see-through surprise: Scientists make solid material transparent to terahertz waves
Dec 07, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (18) |
1
Very often in science, the unexpected discovery turns out to be the most significant. Rice University Professor Junichiro Kono and his team weren't looking for a breakthrough in the transmission of terahertz signals, but ...
Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 04, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (6) |
0
(AP) -- The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high - more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists ...
Dutch PhD student develops device to combat noise
Dec 01, 2009 |
3.9 / 5 (16) |
17
Johan Wesselink of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a device to actively combat noise nuisance. This invention curtails sound waves and vibrations by producing anti-noise. The researcher is confident ...
New algorithms for computerized, large-scale surveillance
Dec 02, 2009 |
3 / 5 (2) |
0
A recent AFOSR-funded technology should enable the Air Force to achieve advances in object and target detection technology by using sophisticated algebraic theories called groups, rings and fields.
CSIRO researchers create giant waves -- virtually
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO scientists have created 'rogue waves' more than 20 metres high and smashed them into virtual oil and gas production platforms to compare different mooring designs.
