Sentences with phrase «how tiny particles»

Jiwen Fan, PNNL atmospheric scientist, led the study showing how tiny particles fuel large storms in the Amazon.

A comprehensive look at how tiny particles in a lithium ion battery electrode behave shows that rapid - charging the battery and using it to do high - power, rapidly draining work may not be as damaging as researchers had thought — and that the benefits of slow draining and charging may have been overestimated.

The second scientific instrument carried aboard Glory is designed to measure how tiny particles called aerosols influence Earth's climate.

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4Or how can you say to your brother, Let me get the tiny particle out of your eye, when there is the beam of timber in your own eye?

You probably already know how activated charcoal works: The tiny particles of carbonized bamboo, peat moss, or coconut husk absorb and store harmful chemicals so they can safely leave your body.

Now, Arnold and his team at NYU Tandon's MicroParticle PhotoPhysics Laboratory for BioPhotonics (MP3L) are the first to find a way to determine the density of charges on an area of a WGM micro-bead's surface, as well as the charge of an ensnared nanoparticle or virus, by measuring how light frequency fluctuates as the tiny particle follows its wobbly course around the sphere.

IBM developed a technique for making carbon nanotubes emit light, paving the way for new fiber optics; Harvard scientists figured out how to deposit tiny wires on glass or plastic, opening the door for the development of supercheap computers; and at the University of Central Florida, neuroscientist Beverly Rzigalinski discovered a nanomolecular fountain of youth effect: When Rzigalinski applied cerium oxide nanoparticles to rat neurons in a petri dish, the particles seemed to strip out the free radicals that make tissues age and kept the neurons alive and functioning up to six times their normal life span.

An X-ray system watched the way tiny metal particles in the fluid moved in the milliseconds after the rod hit, providing a picture of how far the currents that had been produced would go.

The second confirmed the existence of molecules and atoms by statistically showing how their random collisions explained the jerky Brownian motion of tiny particles in water.

A new technique invented at MIT can measure the relative positions of tiny particles as they flow through a fluidic channel, potentially offering an easy way to monitor the assembly of nanoparticles, or to study how mass is distributed within a cell.

By analyzing how the random impact of atoms can distort the motion of tiny dust particles, creating a continuous zigzag motion, he showed a practical way to calculate the size of atoms.

Recent modeling along with previously published results from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft — short for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging, a mission that observed Mercury from 2011 to 2015 — has shed new light on how certain types of comets influence the lopsided bombardment of Mercury's surface by tiny dust particles called micrometeoroids.

«Mysterious catalyst explained: How tiny gold particles aid the production of plastic components.»

The insights into how the two charm quarks interact will lead to a better understanding of how these tiny components of the universe work together, including new predictions of exotic particles.

He spent months poring over old studies to see how these tiny, pure - silicate particles form on Earth.

A research team led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed an approach that links the scattering coefficient, a measure of how much tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere scatter sunlight, with other particle properties.

A team of scientists led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory atmospheric researcher Dr. Susannah Burrows and collaborator Daniel McCoy, who studies clouds and climate at the University of Washington, reveal how tiny natural particles given off by marine organisms — airborne droplets and solid particles called aerosols — nearly double cloud droplet numbers in the summer, which boosts the amount of sunlight reflected back to space.

Join them to learn how their work helps develop tools and strategies that impact our everyday lives, from the tiniest particles to complex brain functions and societal impacts on our health.

Strano's team now understood how to insert any tiny particle, material, or even nanomachine into a plant cell.

Results: Tiny bits of atmospheric dust and particles called aerosols may play a big role in global climate change, but just how big a role is not well understood.

For those who aren't familiar with how it works, E Ink relies on tiny capsules containing both a clear liquid and black and white ink particles, which are electrically charged.

What nobody knows is how you would take a putative tiny variation in said GCR flux measuring on average 6 particles per cm ^ 2 per second and turn it into a global effect — especially one that only made clouds during the daytime.

NASA's P - 3 research plane begins flights this month through both clouds and smoke over the South Atlantic Ocean to understand how tiny airborne particles called aerosols change the properties of clouds and how they influence the amount of incoming sunlight the clouds reflect or absorb.