News articles tagged with 'distance'
Study shows drifting fish larvae allow marine reserves to rebuild fisheries
— 3 Jan 2011 19:41 | BiologyMarine ecologists at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that tiny fish larvae can drift with ocean currents and 're-seed' fish stocks significant distances away -…
Building mental muscles through theoretical physics
— 8 Dec 2010 17:47 | PhysicsA grant from the D. J. Angus-Scientech Educational Foundation has made it possible for a student from a suburban Indianapolis high school to co-author, along with his mentor and two…
Carlos '97 free kick no fluke, say French physicists
— 2 Sep 2010 16:52 | PhysicsRoberto Carlos' free kick goal against France in 1997's Tournoi de France is thought by many to have been the most skilful free kick goal - from 35 m with a powerful curling banana…
Correcting a trick of the light brings molecules into view
— 15 Jul 2010 15:09 | TechnologyConventional wisdom holds that optical microscopy can't be used to 'see' something as small as an individual molecule. But as it is wont, clever science has once again overturned conventional…
NIST's LIDAR may offer peerless precision in remote measurements
— 24 May 2009 17:00 | TechnologyBy combining the best of two different distance measurement approaches with a super-accurate technology called an optical frequency comb, researchers at the National Institute of Standards…
Survey research looks at attitudes, obstacles to walking and biking to work
— 13 Apr 2009 16:50 | HealthAccording to researchers with Kansas State University's Physical Activity and Public Health Laboratory, active commuting - walking or biking to school or work - can be an easy, effective…
Wag the Robot? Brown scientists build robot that responds to human gestures
— 11 Mar 2009 13:10 | TechnologyImagine a day when you turn to your own personal robot, give it a task and then sit down and relax, confident that your robot is doing exactly what you wanted it to do…
Light echoes whisper the distance to a star
— 11 Feb 2008 00:01 | AstronomyTaking advantage of the presence of light echoes, a team of astronomers have used an ESO telescope to measure, at the 1% precision level, the distance of a Cepheid - a class of variable…
Researchers push transmission rate of copper cables
— 14 Nov 2007 16:58 | PhysicsYou may not be able to get blood out of a turnip, but according to Penn State engineers, you can increase the data transmission of Category-7 copper cables used to connect computers…
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