Sentences with phrase «of microscopic crystals»

Daniel Miller's LED - illuminated «Under the Ice» also toys with scale; it could be an Antarctic landscape or a clump of microscopic crystals.

Not exact matches

His microscopic photos on display in his latest book, Snowflakes from Voyageur Press, show the intricate variety of snow crystals, and reveal the rigorous laws of nature that shape them.

The needle on his voltmeter jerked sideways, registering a sharp drop in voltage on the crystal's surface — evidence of a microscopic electric field that might arrange and orient molecules on the ice's surface.

A cubic yard of air contains hundreds of thousands of microscopic specks, but only about one in a million possesses the exact molecular geometry that will organize water molecules on its surface to spawn an ice crystal.

The Osaka team previously combined two different types of transition - metal disilicides to form a microscopic structure with alternating layers of different alloy crystal.

MIcroscopic crystals of volcanic ash are revealing surprising clues about the world's most devastating eruptions

Using various microscopic imaging approaches, the scientists found that the unique spatial vision in the scallop is achieved through the mirror's layered structure located at the back of each eye, which is tiled with a mosaic of square - shaped crystals arranged and fine - tuned to reflect wavelengths of light that penetrate its habitat.

Today, this behaviour is very well understood at the microscopic level: magnetism goes back to the angular momentum — the spin — of the electrons in the outer shell of the atoms that build up a solid state crystal.

Specifically, in this work he has applied geometric structures similar to those of a crystal or graphene layer, not typically used to describe black holes, since these geometries better match what happens inside a black hole: «Just as crystals have imperfections in their microscopic structure, the central region of a black hole can be interpreted as an anomaly in space - time, which requires new geometric elements in order to be able to describe them more precisely.

To test this, Dr. Alexander Badrutdinov, Dr. Oleksandr Smorodin and OIST PhD student Jui - Yin Lin, built a microscopic channel device that contained an electron trap within to isolate a crystal of a relatively small number of electrons.

That way it is possible to trace the formation of the crystal on the microscopic scale.

The patented technique uses microscopic crystals of silicon carbide to punch holes in plant cells so that foreign DNA can enter.

The energy of impacts that create such craters can be high enough to melt rock; these melts cool rapidly, forming impact glass — a smooth, dark rock, similar to its volcanic cousin, obsidian — which contains various microscopic structures and crystals.

The microscopic growth rings or zones of crystals record the history of magmatic processes occurring during crystallization, which can be read by expert eyes.

A team from the University of Buffalo has found that tiny crystal lattices called «self - assembling molecular nanosheets» expand after exposed to light, a discovery that could lead to new light - powered actuators, oscillators and other microscopic electronic components used in artificial muscles and other soft robotic systems.

Microscopic views of individual magnetite crystals found in martian meteorite ALH 84001.

Jul. 20, 2016 — A microscopic analysis of quartz crystals from an ancient California super-eruption indicates that the process of decompression preceding the eruption took place less than a year before.

On a microscopic level, healthy enamel is made of large crystals that are packed tightly together.

Dietary factors play a role in some cases of urinary infections and crystals, and veterinarians may change the diets of affected patients, based on a microscopic urine analysis.

Some pets — cats and dogs — are prone to developing crystals that can feel like microscopic shards of glass scraping the urethra and bladder.

The crystals are actually microscopic needle - like enzymes that are formed in the stem and leaves of the gold dieffenbachia as a deterrent to pests.

When the pH in the urine becomes either too high or too low (a pH of approximately 6.5 is a normal), these microscopic crystals can develop in the bladder.

These range from microscopic to large collections of crystals that become stones called uroliths.

The water is crystal clear while the pink sand earns its hue from microscopic segments of coral and shells, making for some of the most stunning ocean vistas in the world.

Anathema re-imagines the microscopic behavior of liquid crystals undergoing turbulence as a sentient entity that possesses the fingertips and the eyes enthralled by the LCD touch - screens of communicative capitalism.