The kelvin is currently defined according to the property of water in a certain state — a fact that makes
precise measurements at very high or low temperatures impossible.
Not exact matches
Measurement wasn't very
precise and was similar to listening to chatter on the radio, with only indirect evidence,
at best, that buzz around your brand, for example, did anything to increase sales.
Nicole I live
at 6000 ft so it seems an adjustment needs to be made but your
measurements are so
precise I hate to experiment.
I know it doesn't seem like a huge change to make if you're used to it, but it can be hard to switch over to measuring in a whole new way and it can be tough to make sure the
measurements are exact in grams / ounces (
at least in my experience — for instance I keep having to spoon out extra flour out of the bowl if I added too much... it definitely takes a learning curve to be
precise).
We use only the highest quality materials, and take 4 - 6 compression
measurements at precise intervals along the length of the stocking.
Absolute Support is not your average «Value Brand» - we take 4 - 6 compression
measurements at precise intervals between the ankle and end of garment.
'' «We don't have very
precise measurements of fetal wellbeing,» Dr. Edmund LaGamma, neonatologist
at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, who is not involved with the case.
Just like the big name «brands», we take 4 - 6 compression
measurements at precise intervals between the ankle and end of garment.
It has marks
at 1/2 a tablespoon for
precise measurements...
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.
Although the find was remarkable, it wasn't until this year that a team led by French paleoanthropologist Michel Brunet used CT scans to create a virtual model of the skull, revealing
precise measurements of the size of the brain cavity and information about the angle
at which the spinal cord exits the brain.
Dr Joseph Hodges, from the National Institute of Science and Technology in Gaithersberg, USA who led the team measuring the spectrum of CO2 in the laboratory, said: «These
measurements are very challenging so we could only make
precise lab
measurements at a few wavelengths.
«It looks Homo - ish to me, but I'd like to see their numbers,» agrees Daniel Lieberman, a palaeoanthropologist
at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, referring to
precise measurements of the jaw.
In 1958, Scripps Institution climatologist Charles Keeling began making
precise measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations
at Mauna Loa Observatory.
«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.
It is only through the
precise measurements that we undertake
at the Diamond Synchrotron Lightsource in the UK and the Stanford Synchrotron Lightsource in the US that we were able to make such judgments.»
«Our
measurements are so
precise, and any vibrations — like a person walking by — can affect what we measure,» said Peter Ercius, a staff scientist
at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and an author of the paper.
From the leading scientists
at Bologna, Cassini learned the importance of using high - quality instruments to make the most
precise measurements possible.
These studies are supplemented by
precise measurements such as those of the diffuse emission
at the center of our Galaxy.
Kensuke Kobayashi (Professor, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University) and Sadashige Matsuo (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo), in cooperation with research groups led by Teruo Ono (Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University) and Kazuhito Tsukagoshi (Research Fellow, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science), produced graphene samples capable of forming p - n junctions by combining gate electrodes and performed
precise measurements of current - fluctuation («shot noise») in the graphene p - n junction in the QH regime in the strong magnetic fields and
at low temperatures.
The ALICE experiment
at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
at CERN (1) has made a
precise measurement of the difference between ratios of the mass and electric charge of light nuclei and antinuclei.
Much depends on the most
precise measurement possible, including a potential answer to a major scientific puzzle: why the universe contains any matter
at all.
By exploiting the exquisite image quality available to the VST
at the Paranal site, and using innovative computer software, the team were able to carry out one of the most
precise measurements ever made of an effect known as cosmic shear.
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.
«It's the most
precise measurement of the Hubble parameter
at any redshift, even better than the
measurement we have from the local universe
at redshift zero,» says Font - Ribera.
Scalpel in hand, Zhao sat
at a table carving
precise measurements out of realistic material designed to mimic the texture of human cartilage.
«Satellites map photosynthesis
at high resolution:
Precise measurement of the solar - induced chlorophyll fluorescence enables scientists to quantify gross primary production.»
Scientists agree that tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is key to obtaining a
precise measurement: As a gas, tritium decays
at such a rate that scientists can relatively easily observe its electron byproducts.
The sensor's technical goals are threefold: to operate
at depths of
at least 3,000 meters, take
measurements that are
precise to the level of the annual pH change (roughly 0.002 on an acid - to - base scale that stretches from 0 to 14) and avoid the need for frequent recalibration.
Physicists
at the University of Washington have conducted the most
precise and controlled
measurements yet of the interaction between the atoms and molecules that comprise air and the type of carbon surface used in battery electrodes and air filters — key information for improving those technologies.
«Optical distance
measurement at record - high speed: Microresonator - based optical frequency combs enable highly -
precise optical distance ranging
at a rate of 100 million
measurements per second - publication in Science..»
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
measurements that we performed
at COSY in 2011 were already very
precise.
Scientists
at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have made the first direct
measurements, and by far the most
precise ones, of how electrons move in sync with atomic vibrations rippling through an exotic material, as if they were dancing to the same beat.
Now highly
precise measurements of the isotopes of an element that was still condensed
at the «cut off» temperature when material started to fall back to Earth suggest a dramatic solution to the problem.
Abstract: We report
precise radial velocity (RV)
measurements of WASP - 47, a G star that hosts three transiting planets in close proximity (a hot Jupiter, a super-Earth and a Neptune - sized planet) and a non-transiting planet
at 1.4 AU.
For the super-Earth WA... ▽ More We report
precise radial velocity (RV)
measurements of WASP - 47, a G star that hosts three transiting planets in close proximity (a hot Jupiter, a super-Earth and a Neptune - sized planet) and a non-transiting planet
at 1.4 AU.
«It's amazing to see studies going on
at multiple locations in the Mekong region, where
precise clinical
measurements are being made in patients undergoing treatment for malaria, and within a few months these clinical data are connected to genome sequence data on the parasites,» says Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski, CGGH Director, as he reflects on the strength of the collaboration with TRAC.
Our results effectively show that a Michelson interferometer coupled to a spectrograph allows
precise measurements of barycentric radial velocities even
at a modest spectral resolution of R ~ 5100.
Our barycentric radial velocities, derived from observations taken
at the KPNO 2.1 meter telescope, differ from... ▽ More We demonstrate the ability to measure
precise stellar barycentric radial velocities with the dispersed fixed - delay interferometer technique using the Exoplanet Tracker (ET), an instrument primarily designed for precision differential Doppler velocity
measurements using this technique.
We aim to push its limits on all fronts to establish a technique which combines nanometre 3D resolution with maximum labelling efficiencies, absolute
measurements of protein copy numbers,
precise multi-colour
measurements, high - throughput for large scale statistics and novel data analysis approaches, to address the vast array of exciting biological questions
at the nanoscale, which are becoming accessible only now.
To determine the true shape of particles, experts
at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Imre Consulting devised SPLAT II, a single particle mass spectrometer that provides extremely
precise particle
measurements.
Initial data came from the TRENDS (TaRgetting bENchmark - objects with Doppler Spectroscopy) high - contrast imaging survey that uses adaptive optics and related technologies to target older, faint objects orbiting nearby stars, and
precise measurements were made
at the W. M. Keck Observatory on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
MAUNAKEA, Hawaii — Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaii have obtained the most
precise measurement yet of how fast the universe is expanding
at the present time, and it... Read more»
That
measurement tells scientists the distance a beam traveled — and the
precise height of the ocean
at that location.
Even with
precise spectra, metallicity
measurements can be obscured by looking
at the star through the Earth's atmosphere, which contributes its own highly - variable spectrum to the mix.
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.
First, if a teacher's value - added
measurement were more
precise, the confidence intervals would be shorter, so there would be less overlap in comparing teachers
at one part of the distribution with teachers
at other parts, as displayed in Figure 2.
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At the same time, because the tolerances are much greater for outdoor fence work — a quarter of an inch, say, versus a 32nd of an inch for crown moulding — it's something homeowners can do even if they're not that
precise with their
measurements and cuts.»