News articles tagged with 'magnetic' (Page 2)
Catching space weather in the act
— 18 Feb 2011 18:14 | EnvironmentClose to the globe, Earth's magnetic field wraps around the planet like a gigantic spherical web, curving in to touch Earth at the poles. But this isn't true as you get further from…
Compact high-temperature superconducting cables demonstrated at NIST
— 18 Feb 2011 18:11 | TechnologyA researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has invented a method of making high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables that are thinner and more flexible…
Delving into manganite conductivity
— 10 Feb 2011 19:19 | PhysicsChemical compounds called manganites have been studied for many years since the discovery of colossal magnetoresistance, a property that promises important applications in the fields…
Neutron analysis reveals '2 doors down' superconductivity link
— 8 Feb 2011 17:24 | PhysicsNeutron scattering analysis of two families of iron-based materials suggests that the magnetic interactions thought responsible for high-temperature superconductivity may lie 'two doors…
Tracking the origins of speedy space particles
— 1 Feb 2011 21:42 | AstronomyNASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interaction during Substorms (THEMIS) spacecraft combined with computer models have helped track the origin of the energetic particles in…
Scientists customise a magnet's performance by strategically replacing key atoms
— 1 Feb 2011 21:09 | TechnologyScientists have given us a plethora of new materials - all created by combining individual elements under varying temperatures and other conditions. But to tweak an intermetallic compound…
Detecting lethal diseases with rust and sand
— 31 Jan 2011 16:07 | HealthThe next big thing in medical diagnostics could be minutes particles of rust, iron oxide, coated with the material from which sand is formed, silicon dioxide. These magnetic nanoparticles,…
Mini-strokes leave 'hidden' brain damage: Vancouver Coastal Health and UBC Research
— 28 Jan 2011 17:27 | HealthEach year, approximately 150,000 Canadians have a transient ischaemic attack (TIA), sometimes known as a mini-stroke. New research published today in Stroke, the journal of the American…
Study suggests new treatment option to reduce metastasis in ovarian cancer
— 27 Jan 2011 17:59 | HealthA paper published in the January issue of the journal Nanomedicine could provide the foundation for a new ovarian cancer treatment option - one that would use an outside-the-body filtration…
Curved carbon for electronics of the future
— 23 Jan 2011 19:44 | TechnologyA new scientific discovery could have profound implications for nanoelectronic components. Researchers from the Nano-Science Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,…