Sentences with phrase «in powerful magnetic fields»

PPPL studies how to recreate this process in the laboratory by heating plasma to tens of millions of degrees Celsius and confining it in powerful magnetic fields.

They become caught in powerful magnetic fields and are channeled into the upper atmosphere, where their interactions with gas particles, such as oxygen or nitrogen, set off spectacular bursts of light.

Inside this shell is a ghostly blue glow that is radiation given off by electrons spiraling at nearly the speed of light in the powerful magnetic field around the crushed stellar core.

MRIs work by tapping into an astonishing phenomenon: When placed in a powerful magnetic field, the hydrogen atoms in water molecules behave like small bar magnets.

To achieve this, Omura was joined by an international team led by Amos Smith of the University of Pennsylvania, an expert in magnetic resonance spectroscopy, which can determine a molecule's structure by analysing the behaviour of its constituent atoms in a powerful magnetic field.

Radio astronomers discovered intense belts of radiation surrounding Jupiter created by electrons trapped in its powerful magnetic field — 10x the Earth's!

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The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), an experimental reactor currently being built in the south of France, will house the world's largest ever tokamak — a doughnut - shaped reactor that uses a powerful magnetic field to confine plasma.

In addition, we'll see auroral activity thanks to coronal holes — openings in the Sun's magnetic field that let its powerful solar wind escape into spacIn addition, we'll see auroral activity thanks to coronal holes — openings in the Sun's magnetic field that let its powerful solar wind escape into spacin the Sun's magnetic field that let its powerful solar wind escape into space.

Spinning neutron stars are the class of stars with the most powerful magnetic fields in the universe.

In an MRI machine, a powerful magnetic field causes protons in the body to line up like violin strings under tension, then a pulse of energy plucks those «strings,» making them huIn an MRI machine, a powerful magnetic field causes protons in the body to line up like violin strings under tension, then a pulse of energy plucks those «strings,» making them huin the body to line up like violin strings under tension, then a pulse of energy plucks those «strings,» making them hum.

Life thrives on this planet partly because it is protected by the powerful magnetic field generated in the outer core.

One certainty is that Europa is bathed in radiation created by Jupiter's powerful magnetic field.

Neutron stars, the extraordinarily dense stellar bodies created when massive stars collapse, are known to host the strongest magnetic fields in the universe — as much as a billion times more powerful than any human - made electromagnet.

Neutron stars, the extraordinarily dense stellar bodies created when massive stars collapse, are known to host the strongest magnetic fields in the universe — as much as a billion times more powerful than any man - made electromagnet.

Diamonds designed with nitrogen - vacancy (NV) centers that can detect changes in magnetic fields are a powerful tool for biosensing technologies and used in the medical detection and diagnosis of disease.

In this quantum Hall state, particles of light mimic the orbital action of electrons in more standard experiments that involve powerful magnetic fields and ultra-cold conditions of near absolute zero (minus 459.6 degrees FahrenheitIn this quantum Hall state, particles of light mimic the orbital action of electrons in more standard experiments that involve powerful magnetic fields and ultra-cold conditions of near absolute zero (minus 459.6 degrees Fahrenheitin more standard experiments that involve powerful magnetic fields and ultra-cold conditions of near absolute zero (minus 459.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

Giant molecular clouds and the dark clouds contained in them also possess powerful magnetic fields.

To test the idea, they compared their measurements with the mathematical predictions of how powerful the increase in conductivity should be with increasing magnetic field strength.

Researchers in Spain have discovered that if lead atoms are intercalated on a graphene sheet, a powerful magnetic field is generated by the interaction of the electrons» spin with their orbital movement.

Researchers from IMDEA Nanoscience, the Autonomous University of Madrid, the Madrid Institute of Materials Science (CSIC) and the University of the Basque Country describe in the journal Nature Physics this week how to create a powerful magnetic field using this new material.

The greenish glow in the center of Io's disk is thought to be caused by high - speed particles that batter the moon's atmospheric oxygen or sodium gas — the particles are trapped in Jupiter's powerful magnetic field.

They did it at room temperature and without powerful light bombardment or magnetic fields — in other words, at normal operating conditions for most electronic devices, Boehme says.

In the image above, blue lines track strong magnetic field lines directed one way, while those in magenta trace powerful lines in the opposite directioIn the image above, blue lines track strong magnetic field lines directed one way, while those in magenta trace powerful lines in the opposite directioin magenta trace powerful lines in the opposite directioin the opposite direction.

Massive changes take place in the magnetic field composition in the area between the solar wind — the stream of energetic particles flowing from the sun — and Earth's magnetic field and this triggers powerful energy transfers.

The ITER, in contrast, holds the plasma steady with powerful magnetic fields inside a doughnut - shaped chamber known as a tokamak.

Much of the savings will be in the superconducting cables that are wound into enormous magnetic coils to produce the powerful fields that hold the reactor's superhot plasma in place.

Important research in medicine and biology relies on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, but until now, it has been limited in spatial resolution and typically requires powerful microwave fields.

In 1979, when Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 passed by Jupiter, Krimigis's detectors picked up sulfur and oxygen ions whipped up by the giant planet's powerful magnetic fields.

The team showed that by using a powerful magnetic field and very low temperatures, below — 450 degrees Fahrenheit -LRB--- 270 degrees Celsius), they could read the state of electrons in a silicon wafer, potential qubits, using electrical current, and were able to extend the usable lifetime of those qubits dramatically.

With no way in, the now - energized stuff ricochets back into space at nearly the speed of light, forming extended, luminous jets aligned along the black hole's powerful magnetic fields.

He imagines the planets might have powerful protective magnetic fields, and creatures on the surface would lumber around in thick, radiation - resistant armor.

Ripples in the heliosphere's magnetic field protect us by slowing and redirecting incoming rays much the way a warehouse full of pillows would stop all but the most powerful bullets.

Like all magnetars, CXOU J164710.2 - 455216 is a rare kind of neutron star that for as - yet - unexplained reasons possesses the most powerful magnetic field in the universe.

The largest of these eruptions cause what is known as space weather — the radiation, energetic particles and magnetic field releases from the Sun powerful enough to cause severe effects in Earth's near environment, such as the disruption of communications, power lines and navigations systems.

In MRI, a patient lies inside a cylindrical magnet and is exposed to a powerful magnetic field.

The most popular explanation of how jets form is that the fast - spinning accretion disk, which contains charged particles, will produce a powerful magnetic field that is in contact with the black hole.

This tip, the first of its kind, is made from niobium and operates in a magnetic field as powerful as 7.2 Tesla.

In combination with Earth's rotation, it builds up a powerful «dynamo effect,» which creates a magnetic field.

Not only is it the largest planet in the Sun's family, it also presides over a miniature solar system of 53 known moons, a system of rings and an immense and powerful magnetic field.

Scientists believe the source of Jupiter's powerful magnetic field lies deep in the atmosphere, and Juno will examine the supercompressed fluid known as metallic hydrogen that conducts electricity and contributes to the magnetosphere.

In an interview with New Scientist, the researchers point out that LSR J1835 +3259 is very young (approximately 20 million years old) and the powerful magnetic field could be interacting with the object's protoplanetary disk (if it has one).

Zoom in on the pulsar PSR J1745 - 2900 that has helped astronomers discover a powerful magnetic field around the monster black hole Sagittarius A * at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Pulsar radiation is polarized, both linearly and circularly, and can be understood in terms of a rotating star having a powerful magnetic field of a trillion gauss.

And to get those electrons to give up energy in the form of ultrabright X-ray light, they are wiggled in powerful, alternating magnetic fields in a device called an «undulator.»

If the young - magnetar theory is correct, then — according to one possible version of the story — we have to envisage a newborn, superdense neutron star cloaked in a powerful and highly unstable magnetic field.

As the repeater narrowed down the options, Scholz took a stab at guessing the source: «Extragalactic magnetar» he wrote in his initial email, referring to a young neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field.

In the presence of the powerful magnetic field, the protons are susceptible to excitation by selective radio frequency pulses.

The findings, recounted in a study now available online in Neurobiology of Aging, suggest that high - field magnetic resonance imaging, in particular an advanced version called 7T MRI that uses a powerful 7 - Tesla magnet, could someday be used to diagnose and monitor Alzheimer's patients earlier than is currently possible.

This finding opens the door to understanding the role of magnetic fields in some of the most powerful events in the universe.

Many researchers assume that a supermassive black hole is located in the center of a quasar and intense magnetic fields are responsible for ejecting powerful jets.