News articles tagged with 'vibrations'
Researchers putting a freeze on oscillator vibrations
— 18 Jun 2009 13:03 | TechnologyUniversity of Oregon physicists have successfully landed a one-two punch on a tiny glass sphere, refrigerating it in liquid helium and then dosing its perimeter with a laser beam, to... — full story
Splash, babble, sploosh: Computer algorithm simulates the sounds of water
— 4 Jun 2009 15:24 | TechnologyThose are some of the sounds that have been missing from computer graphic simulations of water and other fluids, according to researchers in Cornell's Department of Computer Science,... — full story
Stanford researcher's discovery of ion channel turns ear on its head
— 24 Apr 2009 19:24 | HealthScientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University... — full story
IBM scientists track heat in tiny rolls of carbon atoms
— 2 Mar 2009 15:30 | TechnologyIBM Research scientists today announced a landmark study in the field of nanoelectronics; the development and demonstration of novel techniques to measure the distribution of energy... — full story
When it comes to elephant love calls, the answer lies in a bone-shaking triangle
— 14 Feb 2009 09:10 | BiologyMany a love-besotted soul has declared they would move the world for their true love, but how many actually accomplish that task in their quest to unite with a lover?... — full story
Argonne scientists prove unconventional superconductivity in new iron arsenide compounds
— 9 Jan 2009 15:12 | TechnologyScientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used inelastic neutron scattering to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors... — full story
Florida's 'worm grunters' collect bait worms by inadvertently imitating mole sounds
— 14 Oct 2008 11:40 | BiologyWhen biologist Ken Catania heard about the peculiar practice of worm grunting practised in the Apalachicola National Forest in the Florida Panhandle one of his first thoughts was an... — full story
New instrument puts new spin on superconductors
— 14 Oct 2008 10:40 | PhysicsResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are part of collaborative team that's used a brand new instrument at the DOE's Spallation Neutron Source to probe iron-arsenic... — full story
'Anti-noise' silences wind turbines
— 11 Aug 2008 18:41 | TechnologyIf wind turbines clatter and whistle too loudly, they are only permitted to operate under partial load to protect the local residents - but this also means a lower electricity output.... — full story
Size-specific cracking shakes
— 2 Aug 2008 12:49 | PhysicsCertain sizes of nanostructures may be more susceptible to failure by fracture than others. That is the result of new research by LLNL's Michael Manley and colleagues from Los Alamos... — full story