Sentences with phrase «field direction»

«These findings could offer an explanation for the bizarre fluctuations in magnetic field direction seen in the geologic record around 600 to 700 million years ago,» Driscoll added.

«These findings could offer an explanation for the bizarre fluctuations in magnetic field direction seen in the geologic record around 600 to 700 million years ago,» Driscoll said.

Oriented archeomagnetic samples can provide information about field directions, and past field intensity can be determined in laboratory experiments.

Despite the particle evidence that Voyager had departed the heliosphere, the magnetic field direction remained constant.

Zank and many other astrophysicists say the evidence is overwhelming that Voyager 1 has crossed the heliopause, but they acknowledge that they have to determine why the magnetic field direction didn't shift.

The changing field direction makes the sperm's body wiggle, propelling the sperm - bot forward.

Adding to the mystery, researchers found that the magnetic field direction observed in local interstellar space deviated by an angle of more than 40 degrees from what was expected.

THE ONION FIELD Direction: Harold Becker.

Knowledge about geomagnetic field directions and intensity prior to direct observations comes from archeo - and paleomagnetic data.

As the craft ploughs deeper into the galaxy, the NASA team will look for an anticipated change in magnetic field direction that would indicate that Voyager 1 is at last clear of all solar influences except gravity, as well as anything that can be gleaned about interstellar space, before we lose contact.

And when the football field and track were laid out on the property a few years later, the field direction was shifted to save it.

In bird eyes, suitable radicals are believed to be generated within cryptochrome, a light - absorbing protein that produces an as - yet - unidentified signaling molecule in a quantity determined by the field direction, resulting in an avian magnetic compass.

Researchers have recently attributed this ability to a chemical reaction that takes place within the eye and whose success depends on the field direction.

This state can then be manipulated by modifying the field direction.

Their results show that, averaging over field directions and intensities, the charged scenario required a 50 percent higher ambient electric field to initiate a leader, compared with an uncharged scenario.

«We found that the magnetic field direction is quite well preserved from large to small scales, implying that self - gravity and cloud turbulence are not able to significantly alter the field direction,» said lead author Hua - bai Li (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), who conducted the high - resolution observations while a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).