Sentences with phrase «more precise measurements»

«Our precision is about 0.2 ºC (0.4 ºF) now, and the warming of the past 50 years is only about 0.1 ºC,» he said, adding that advanced equipment can provide more precise measurements, allowing scientists to make better calculations going forward.

Trends were easy to see but more precise measurements were not possible to obtain.

• More precise measurements of stars orbiting closest to the Galactic Center's super-massive black hole;

Such ultralow temperatures may allow scientists to make more precise measurements of time and gravity.

Then more precise measurements blew it all wide open, and scientists are still struggling to reconcile them.

Another benefit from these kinds of studies might be more precise measurements of transition energies in nuclei, a value that's tricky to measure, says physicist Fritz Bosch of the Institute for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany.

In the past century, technological advances both provided and necessitated more precise measurements of time.

It will then take more precise measurements, such as the angle between the edge of the mouth and the nose, for added security.

Bower says his team next will be taking more precise measurements of nearby low - mass stars to detect the telltale wobble in their motion that reveals orbiting extrasolar planets.

This version of FOXSI will use new hardware to eliminate much of the background noise that the instrument sees, allowing for even more precise measurements.

All type 1a evolve from a type of star called a white dwarf, but pinning down exactly which white dwarfs are supernova precursors could lead to much more precise measurements of dark energy — and even reveal its true nature.

Amazon is exploring the possibility of selling custom - fit clothing, tailored to the more precise measurements of customers, and it has considered acquiring clothing manufacturers to further expand its presence in the category.

The longer the fall, the more precise the measurement — but the harder it is to keep the ensemble intact.

When this discrepancy first showed up a few years ago, many experts believed it was just a mirage that would fade with more precise measurement.

Equally, without a much more precise measurement of the geometry, it is impossible to determine the nature and evolution of dark energy.

Kalnay and Cai developed a more precise measurement by comparing one set of long - term temperature data recorded from satellite and weather balloons, which detect the effects of warming from greenhouse gases, with another set recorded at ground level by 1,982 weather stations across the continent.

But a more precise measurement of the interaction might differ from expectations.

Tell it to the judge Even as enhanced computer modeling and more precise measurement bring control of extreme weather closer, those pushing the envelope find themselves facing the same hurdle as Bernard Vonnegut and his colleagues at General Electric half a century ago: the risk of getting sued.

The team is sending tighter bunches of particles from CERN, allowing a more precise measurement of the time it takes neutrinos to get from one lab to the other.

Online NAPLAN tests that are tailored to ability and give a more precise measurement of where students are at in their learning look set to be introduced, following successful research trials.

All that remains is more and more precise measurement.

So the University of California study delivered a closer look and made a more precise measurement of the flow from the ice cap to the sea.

It's also basically the same as the nine hours achieved by the AT&T HTC One X — so close that we're going to re-run the test to get a more precise measurement and hopefully establish a clear winner.

As for the fitness tracking, Huawei uses a 6 - axis motion sensor and a gyroscope for more precise measurement.

The metric system is a more precise measurement; therefore, a pharmacy technician must often be able to easily convert dosages from the household measuring system to the metric system.

Not exact matches

Its inflation objectives are far more precise than the residual measurement error.

I normally bake using gram measurements because they are much more precise.

The EDF team is designing MethaneSAT to provide more - precise measurements, at a resolution of 1 square kilometre, with global coverage at least once a week.

Entangling the atoms inside such a clock could lead to even more precise time measurements.

The precise width of the canals is not determinable, although certain comparative measurements made by Prof. Lowell lead him to the conclusion that 15 to 20 miles is the width of the larger of the Martian canals, and 2 or 3 miles that of the more diminutive.

Thanks to Swarm's precise measurements along with those from Champ — a mission that ended in 2010 after measuring Earth's gravity and magnetic fields for more than 10 years — scientists have not only been able to find the magnetic field generated by ocean tides but, remarkably, they have used this new information to image the electrical nature of Earth's upper mantle 250 km below the ocean floor.

So far, their results are no more precise than those methods, but they believe that future measurements with the technique will find the most accurate value for the constant yet.

«The results from BOSS provide a solid foundation for even more precise future BAO measurements, such as those we expect from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI),» says Natalie Roe, Physics Division director at Berkeley Lab.

According to Robert Clayton, a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago in Illinois who pioneered the use of oxygen isotopes in cosmochemistry, the authors may have done little more than find a more precise method of measurement.

TAKING MEASURE New units based on fundamental properties of the universe will make measurements more precise.

«Neutron lifetime measurements take new shape for in situ detection: A new magnetic - gravitational trap has a specially shaped design, providing more precise neutron lifetime measurements.»

With multiple large ring lasers scattered around the globe, geodetic measurements could be coordinated, calibrated, and checked against one another to create a richer and more precise picture of our planet's twists and turns.

With a clock this accurate, scientists could gather more precise real - time measurements of continental shifts, potentially detecting natural disasters like earthquakes.

«If you really want to have a precise mass measurement of the black hole in a specific galaxy, you'd better use the slightly more cumbersome velocity dispersion method,» Ferrarese says.

They also use measurements of the CMB, this time taken with the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft, which collected data from 2009 to 2013 and provided far more precise CMB maps than WMAP.

This allows it to compile parallax measurements that are four times more precise than any other instrument currently available.

Using this imaging technology, we may be able to capture more precise and objective measurements of olfactory dysfunction and better understand how changes in these sensory neurons relate to overall health and neurodegeneration in the brain.»

But the measurement is tricky, and researchers had hoped that studying radio wavelengths would give a more precise result.

By means of the new technique the highly variable sensory response from the human nose may be predicted based on the more precise chemical measurement of odorants.

Wearable electronics that monitor heart rate and other vital health signals have made headway in recent years, with next - generation gadgets employing lightweight, highly elastic materials attached directly onto the skin for more sensitive, precise measurements.

Since 2003, WMAP researchers have made more precise energy measurements of the microwaves that allow them to look farther back in time.

The team's new measurement is 13 times more precise than previous efforts, with an uncertainty of just 0.03 parts per billion, the researchers report online today in Nature.

And Gilfanov says that resolving the underlying astrophysics of type Ia supernovae would help make standard - candle measurements more precise.

«By combining satellite technology with on - the - ground hydraulic measurements and modeling, we're able to develop much more precise information over a wider area than ever before possible,» Hill said.

Matching those redshifts to distance measurements calculated from gravitational waves should give estimates of the current rate of cosmic expansion, known as the Hubble constant, that are independent — and potentially more precise — than calculations using current methods.