Bismuth is a historically interesting element for scientists, as a number of important discoveries in the metal physics world were made while studying it, including important observations about the effect
of magnetic fields on electrical conductivity.
By extending the coherence time of electron states to over half a second, a team of scientists from Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, and Harvard University has vastly improved the performance of one of the most potent possible sensors
of magnetic fields on the nanoscale — a diamond defect no bigger than a pair of atoms, called a nitrogen vacancy (NV) center.
Among the open problems he studies are the effects of convective overshooting in high - mass stars and the impact
of magnetic fields on the properties of low - mass stars.
Therefore both the stator and rotors are using coils from the same feed and reversing the polarity of the feed reverses the direction
of the magnetic fields on both the stator coils and rotor coil - the result being that the motor will rotate in the same direction as before anyway.
Not exact matches
The company has developed a machine that uses electricity to print the
magnetic equivalent
of pixels
on a surface — complex patterns
of north and south polarity points — allowing precise control over the topology
of the
magnetic fields.
The fact is, the Earth's
magnetic field has reversed thousands
of times over the Earth's lifetime, with no apparent effect
on it's rotation.
Basically, reversals are all about processes that are going
on in the core not the rest
of the Earth, which really doesn't care what the
magnetic field looks like.Tawny as I say in my post, my theory» is that nothing particularly out
of the ordinary is happening, with the die - offs or the
magnetic field, whatever the buzz around these events.
But the Earth keeps right
on rotating when the
magnetic field goes through one
of it's more random phases that's the primary reason why it eventually becomes dipolar (like a bar magnet) again, although sometimes with the opposite polarity.
That non-Markov machines exist is shown by a simple example: the magnetization
of a piece
of iron immersed in an oscillating
magnetic field depends
on the values
of the external
field in the past, as well as in the present.
The consequences
of a CME imparting a huge induced charge into the earths
magnetic field today would overload transformers and communication grids
on a global scale.
Scientists had recently discovered that every 200,000 years,
on average, churning in the hot liquid metal
of Earth's outer core causes the planet's whole
magnetic field to flip.
It worked like the nozzle
on a garden hose, except his version was invisible, regulating the flow
of ions with
magnetic fields.
These features trace the corona's
magnetic field, which guides coronal plasma to take
on the shape
of tubes and sheets.
«When we compared those predictions to MAVEN data
on the directions
of the Martian and solar wind
magnetic fields, they were in very good agreement.»
«The Earth's
magnetic field protects life
on the surface from the full impact
of these solar outbursts,» says John Foster, associate director
of MIT's Haystack Observatory.
«I prefer to think that there is some aspect
of the mechanism that we're completely missing that amplifies the effect
of time - dependent
magnetic fields on the radical pairs and makes them more sensitive to changes than our simulations predict.»
Miscarriage occurred in 10.4 percent
of the women with the lowest measured exposure level (1st quartile)
of magnetic field non-ionizing radiation
on a typical day, and in 24.2 percent
of the women with the higher measured exposure level (2nd, 3rd and 4th quartiles), a nearly three times higher relative risk.
«The radical - pair mechanism
of magnetoreception is still just a hypothesis, and arguably the best evidence we have for it so far is the effect
of time - dependent radiofrequency
magnetic fields on the ability
of migratory birds to detect the direction
of the Earth's
magnetic field,» says senior author Peter Hore, an Oxford biophysical chemist specializing in
magnetic influences
on chemical reactions.
Sitting
on top
of the liquid outer core, it may sink slightly, disturbing the flow
of iron and ultimately affecting Earth's
magnetic field.
Scientists have proposed that heat emanating outward from the planet's core may pass through an inner layer
of superionic ice, and through convection, create vortices
on the outer layer
of ionic water that give rise to local
magnetic fields.
Tarduno's new results are based
on the record
of magnetic field strength fixed within magnetite found within zircon crystals collected from the Jack Hills
of Western Australia.
Nicolas Gillet
of the University
of Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France, and colleagues, modelled fluid behaviour in the Earth's core based
on measurements
of fluctuations in the
magnetic field.
The effect
of gravitational forces
on a planet's
magnetic field has already been well documented for two
of Jupiter's moons, Io and Europa, and for a number
of exoplanets.
«A strong
magnetic field provides a shield for the atmosphere,» said Tarduno, «This is important for the preservation
of habitable conditions
on Earth.»
Now, instruments
on the other side
of the probe will be pointed at the moon and be used to measure
magnetic fields and particles above these fissures.
The ripples spreading out below the pulsar like waves
on a lake show where streams
of electrons and positrons, shooting away from the pulsar at nearly the speed
of light, begin to bunch up along the pulsar's changing
magnetic field.
Under most reaction conditions with most molecules, the Earth's
magnetic field is far too weak — roughly 200 times feebler than a refrigerator magnet — to have any impact
on the amount
of products produced.
The signal travels between the wires because the
magnetic field formed by the first wire — the transmitter — creates an electric
field in space, which in turn creates a
magnetic field, and so
on, moving outward at the speed
of light.
If you provide energy in the form
of radio waves, these tiny magnets can switch orientation and give off a resonance frequency that changes predictably based
on the strength
of the
magnetic field.
John Tarduno, a geophysicist at the University
of Rochester and a leading expert
on Earth's
magnetic field, and his team
of researchers say they believe the Earth's
magnetic field is at least four billion years old.
And in particularly in his latter part
of his career, I mean the stuff that he was doing for example
on magnetic mono poles still not verified, that's an absolutely beautiful piece
of science; fundamental today in the way that quantum, advanced quantum
field theory is done.
Professor Edward P. Furlani, PhD, in UB's Chemical and Biological Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments, said that Vader's process mimics drop -
on - demand inkjet printing and is based
on the principles
of magnetohydrodynamics, i.e. the manipulation
of conductive fluids using a
magnetic field.
The thin cable containing the
magnetic field sensors can be easily installed
on perimeter fences
of all kinds.
«The sensors can detect disturbances in the surrounding
magnetic field, including the
magnetic field above them, with a range extending several metres,» adds research assistant Haibin Gao who is working
on the sensor technology as part
of Hartmann's team.
A research team in India has developed a set
of numerical computations to shed light
on this phenomenon, and present this week in Physics
of Plasmas, from AIP Publishing, analysis examining the role
of chaotic
magnetic fields in potential heating mechanisms.
Here, by carrying out a series
of simulations
of stellar
magnetic fields, Antoine Strugarek and colleagues show that the Sun's
magnetic cycle depends
on its rotation rate and luminosity.
«We now know that the lack
of a protective
magnetic field and the differing planetary rotation rates also play a role in ensuring that many
of the atmospheric processes we observe
on Earth occur at a much faster rate
on Venus.
These simulations provide new and novel insight regarding the influence
of chaotic
magnetic field lines
on the spontaneous development
of current sheets, and hence potential places
of particle acceleration.
The Sun's activity — including changes in the number
of sunspots, levels
of radiation and ejection
of material - varies
on an eleven - year cycle, driven by changes in its
magnetic field.
According to the leading theory, a flare is set off when nearby
magnetic fields of opposite polarity break and reconnect, creating a closed loop with two footprints
on the solar surface.
The environmental changes in the last 20 years have seen increases in the human environment
of petro - chemicals — air transport - quadrupling
of motor vehicles, insecticides and rises in background electro -
magnetic -
field, and so
on.»
On a larger scale, many black holes fire out huge jets
of energetic matter, powered by
magnetic fields.
On Earth, a strong
magnetic field and a thick atmosphere help protect life from radiation blazing from the sun and the rest
of the universe.
Earth's
magnetic field bent these particles about 180 degree, from the day - side to the night - side
of the Earth where it was detected as a burst by the GRAPES - 3 muon telescope around mid-night
on 22 June 2015.
The limit
on the number
of such high - speed relic monopoles that could inhabit the Milky Way without sapping its
magnetic field is called the «Parker bound».
For about a minute, running
on half a hair dryer's worth
of power, the orbiter - cum - probe beamed direct measures
of the planet's atmosphere, along with final probes
of its gravity and
magnetic field, to mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
A magnet floats
on the
magnetic field of a superconductive material, the precursor state
of the appropriately named strange metals.
«
Magnetic fields are interesting for a variety
of reasons,» said Prof. Dr. Volker Springel, professor and researcher at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies and principal investigator
on the project.
A: I'm working
on using solid - state defects in diamonds as
magnetic field sensors, with the goal
of using them as little nanoscale MRI machines that can study the structure and dynamics
of single biological molecules (e.g., proteins).
An array
of wire coils generates a
magnetic field and when a phone disrupts that
field, MagMIMO senses it and focuses
on the phone by creating a slightly different
field with each coil.