News articles tagged with 'measurement'
Brain rhythm predicts real-time sleep stability, may lead to more precise sleep medications
— 4 Mar 2011 13:41 | HealthA new study finds that a brain rhythm considered the hallmark of wakefulness not only persists inconspicuously during sleep but also signifies an individual's vulnerability to disturbance…
Super-sharp radio 'eye' remeasuring the universe
— 20 Feb 2011 16:06 | AstronomyUsing the super-sharp radio 'vision' of astronomy's most precise telescope, scientists have extended a directly-measured 'yardstick' three times farther into the cosmos than ever before,…
Key compound of ozone destruction detected
— 23 Jul 2010 11:23 | EnvironmentFor the first time, KIT scientists have successfully measured in the ozone layer the chlorine compound ClOOCl which plays an important role in stratospheric ozone depletion. The doubts…
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…
Atmospheric scientists start monthlong air sampling campaign
— 3 Jun 2010 13:37 | EnvironmentMore than 60 scientists from a dozen institutions have converged on this urban area to study how tiny particles called aerosols affect the climate. Sending airplanes and weather balloons…
Going underground to monitor carbon dioxide
— 3 Jun 2010 13:10 | EnvironmentA technique originally, applied to monitor the flow of contaminants into shallow groundwater supplies, has been repurposed to monitor carbon dioxide pumped deep underground for storage…
WHOI study calculates volume and depth of the world's oceans
— 19 May 2010 11:20 | EnvironmentHow high is the sky? Scientists have a pretty good handle on that one, what with their knowledge of the troposphere, stratosphere an the other 'o-spheres.' Now, thanks to new work headed…
NIST researchers holding steady in an atomic-scale tug-of-war
— 2 Apr 2010 13:13 | TechnologyHow hard do you have to pull on a single atom of - let's say - gold to detach it from the end of a chain of like atoms? It's a measure of the astonishing progress in nanotechnology…
Springtime ozone increases over western North America linked to emissions abroad
— 21 Jan 2010 17:44 | EnvironmentSpringtime ozone levels above western North America are rising primarily due to air flowing eastward from the Pacific Ocean, a trend that is largest when the air originates in Asia.…
Uniform analyses for clean drinking water in Europe
— 12 Dec 2009 12:43 | EnvironmentClean water is a matter of survival for humans, particularly when it is used for drinking, cooking and for food manufacture. Therefore, the EU member countries have in several guidelines…