The lungs aren't equipped to handle large
electrical currents flowing through them.
The MESSENGER observations and data from the two earlier Mariner 10 flybys are consistent enough to describe a dipolar field with an active electrical dynamo in which the magnetic field is produced by
electrical currents flowing in an outer core of molten metal (more discussion and images from MESSENGER's January 2008 flyby).
To do so, they used an existing model that describes radiative heat transfer as
electrical currents flowing within two objects.
As the name implies, the technique involves
electrical currents flowing through electrodes in random pulses, activating neurons in multiple brain areas.
The window's opacity to visible light and solar energy varies when
an electrical current flows between the oxide layers.
The internal resistance, or opposition to
electrical current flow, may be different for a human arm than for an animal with scales or fur, like a crocodile or a dog, Catania notes.
In electrolysis,
electrical current flows through a metallic electrode immersed in water.
Another component senses changes in
the electrical current flowing through the generated sweat, which measures alcohol levels and sends them to the user's cell phone.»
The tether changes its orbit thanks to
an electrical current flowing through the wires, which creates an electromagnetic field that attracts the debris and pushes the net away from Earth's geomagnetic field.
In TDCS,
electrical current flows continuously between electrodes placed on different parts of the scalp, activating neurons in one area and quieting them in another.
Take electricity: When
an electrical current flows in one wire, a mutual friction drags current in a nearby wire.
An organic light - emitting diode, or OLED, glows orange when
electrical current flows through it.
The researchers flipped the spins of the hydrogen nuclei to control
electrical current flowing though the OLED, making the current stronger or weaker.
While such a device is called a plasma cutter, it is really an electrical arc cutter (or welder), as the plasma actually acts as a conductor to let
an electrical current flow through it.
Current treatment methods used are transcranial direct current simulation (tDCS)-- which is application of a low intensity direct (constant) current between two electrodes on the head, and transcranial alternating current simulation (tACS)-- which sees a constant
electrical current flow back and forth.
Current treatment methods used are transcranial direct current simulation (tDCS)- which is application of a low intensity direct (constant) current between two electrodes on the head, and transcranial alternating current simulation (tACS)- which sees a constant
electrical current flow back and forth.
In the past, researchers have focused on maximizing
the electrical current flowing inside of the solar cell, rather than maximizing the number of photons emitted when light hits the surface of the cell.
Tests showed that
any electrical current flowing through the graphene - infused rubber bands was very strongly affected if the band was stretched.
Only the areas where you touch does
the electrical current flow.
electrical current flows to starter engine etc) doesn't make it any less likely that the car will start, it just makes the process appear to be less certain.
But like a dynamic driver, that diaphragm contains extremely thin wires with
electrical current flowing through it, which regulates its back - and - forth vibration.
Not exact matches
Cell membranes act as barriers to
current flow into the cells, so the
electrical field is confined to the interstitial space.
In much the same way that power lines are affected, long connected structures can experience large voltage differentials from one area to the next, leading to the
flow of unwanted
electrical current.
Superconductors are materials that, when chilled, allow
electrical current to
flow freely, with zero resistance.
A team led by Jonathan Kelner at MIT found a way to speed things up by representing paths as
electrical resistors and
flow as
current.
Using
electrical measurements he collected during the eel attacks, Catania came up with an equation to estimate the amount of electric
current flowing from the eel into his arm.
In the
electrical currents that
flow in the microcircuits of today's gadgets, the electrons behave like particles and follow classical, predictable laws of heat transfer.
Researchers are proposing a new technology that controls the
flow of heat the way electronic devices control
electrical current.
Researchers are proposing a new technology that might control the
flow of heat the way electronic devices control
electrical current, an advance that could have applications in a diverse range of fields from electronics to textiles.
Catania placed his arm in a tank with a 40 - centimeter - long electric eel (relatively small as eels go) and determined, in amperes, the
electrical current that
flowed into him when the eel struck.
The same thing happens with temperature
flows where the
current goes from the hotter body to the colder one, or in
electrical systems.
Shannon perceived an analogy between Boole's logical propositions and the
flow of
current in
electrical circuits.
When Joachim and Gimzewski moved the STM tip down, slightly flattening their buckyball, the molecule's
electrical resistance dropped 100-fold, allowing the
current to
flow more easily from the STM tip to the metal surface.
The wires rapidly absorbed the gas and swelled slightly, which closed miniscule gaps and allowed an
electrical current to
flow more easily.
They found that when a negative
electrical potential is applied to skin on various parts of the arm, creating a
current, that stretch of skin exhibits a low resistance to a subsequent
current flowing through the skin.
A small
electrical voltage applied to one electrode — called the «gate» — increases the
electrical conductivity between two other electrodes, allowing a large
current to
flow from one to the other.
Chua's equations suggested that a memristor's
electrical resistance, or conductivity, would not be constant, like a lightbulb's, but dynamic, and determined by the history of the
current that had
flowed through the device.
«However, we envision that in some magnetic materials, the
electrical current could
flow with little or no resistance in a direction parallel with the material's internal magnetic field.
Finally, Yoichi Ando and colleagues at the Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry in Tokyo, Japan, report that in nonsuperconducting LSCO and YBCO, the
electrical resistance is smaller for
current flowing in the direction in which the stripes are thought to run.
If the direction of the magnetic fields is rapidly switched back and forth (i.e., high frequency) then
electrical currents only
flow along the outer edge of the metal, which is where the biofilm is.
An even bigger puzzle is how the huge
current of a lightning bolt ever begins to
flow when air is an
electrical insulator.
Above a certain critical temperature, the electrons can move relatively easily through the material enabling the
flow of
electrical current.
This so - called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) triggers the
flow of small
electrical currents in neural circuits beneath the coils.
What most people care about when it comes to the
electrical outlet is that the
current flows.
Memristors are
electrical components that limit or regulate the
flow of
electrical current in a circuit and can remember the amount of charge that was
flowing through it and retain the data, even when the power is turned off.
Large geomagnetic storms can cause unwanted
currents to
flow through
electrical power grids.
Nevertheless, so far no one has been able to demonstrate reliably and quantitatively the
flow of
electrical current through long DNA molecules.
The ideal TE material combines high
electrical conductivity, allowing the
current to
flow, with low thermal conductivity, which prevents the temperature gradient from evening out.
Electronic transistors, which act as miniature switches for controlling the
flow of
electrical current, underpin modern - day microelectronics and computers.
A spin wave can be thought of as similar to an ocean wave, which keeps water molecules in essentially the same place while the energy is carried through the water, as opposed to an electric
current, which can be envisioned as water
flowing through a pipe, said principal investigator Kang L. Wang, UCLA's Raytheon Professor of
Electrical Engineering and director of the Western Institute of Nanoelectronics (WIN).