Sentences with phrase «precise observations of»

Using Brahe's precise observations of the planet Mars, Kepler spent the next five years developing his own method for characterizing planetary motion.

The Louisiana LIGO facility relied on precise observations of lengthy laser beams to detect gravitational waves.

Not exact matches

Edward Oakes» observations yesterday concerning the invidious or vituperative use of the word heresy, I feel that he is turning into a matter of sentiment what should be a matter of precise definition.

A theory is valued if it accurately accounts for known observations and yields precise predictions of future measurements.

As one would expect, Nichols» theology is sound, precise, clearly argued, beautifully expressed, strewn with poignant connections and rich in insights, such as the observation that at the wedding feast at Cana, as the bridegroom fails to fulfil his traditional Palestinian - Jewish duty to provide wine, Jesus substitutes himself for the bridegroom (pp125 - 6); or the presentation of Christmas night as the dark night of our mystical unmaking and remaking (p66).

Science is not just a matter of precise observation and the accumulation of facts.

According to the popular stereotype, the scientist makes precise observations and then employs logical reasoning; if such a procedure is to be adopted in all fields of enquiry, should not religion be dismissed as prescientific superstition?

When the author refers to other commentators on specialist subjects, such as the raising of children, she is quite precise in how she mentions them, and also from where their observations, or research, have originated.

1 hr and 50 minutes to be precise, so readers of Uncut will understand that in order to do Neil and the interview justice, I have decided to break his observations and my take on them into two Letters.

Adding the cosmological constant to cosmology's standard FLRW metric leads to the Lambda - CDM model, which has been referred to as the «standard model» of cosmology because of its precise agreement with observations.

To get a more precise, three - dimensional picture of the entire magnetosphere would require observations directly from space.

But the ocean is a huge, constantly moving three - dimensional ecosystem, and obtaining precise, real - time observations of marine life and of oceanic conditions such as temperature, current and salinity is quite challenging and astronomically expensive.

Advances in neuroscience and neurotechnology offer the potential for extremely precise observation, collection and even alteration of human brain activity.

This project will take advantage of Webb's high - resolution spectrographs to get the most sensitive and precise observations at wavelengths that specifically measure ices.

New and very precise observations using the HARPS spectrograph at the ESO 3.6 - metre telescope at La Silla, Chile, have now not only detected the motion of the spots due to the rotation of Ceres about its axis, but also found unexpected additional variations suggesting that the material of the spots is volatile and evaporates in sunlight.

Observations of the Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, by Curiosity and by the older, still - active Mars rover Opportunity are helping researchers get more precise knowledge of the moons» orbits.

► «Even as the practice of science becomes ever more advanced, the observations more precise, and the applications more prevalent, there are signs of public misapprehension, distrust, and eroding support,» wrote Rush Holt, the new chief executive officer of AAAS and executive publisher of Science, in this week's editorial.

The observations will be used to allow more precise reconstructions of historic climate shifts.

First was an improvement in the computer processing that transforms raw satellite observations from the Dutch - Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard NASA's Aura spacecraft into precise estimates of sulfur dioxide concentrations.

The researchers» new estimate is much more precise than previous estimates, which were based on observations of faraway stars.

Instruments are now so precise that radar observations can spot a single bee at about 30 miles away, and scientists can combine thermal imaging cameras, acoustic monitoring devices and small portable radars with weather radar data to get a complete picture of a region's ecology.

In fact, taking future infrared observations of new instruments like the James Webb Space Telescope into account, distance estimates may even become much more precise.

Future observations may yield more - precise information on the masses and hence the composition of the three planets.

«The highly accurate and precise data from Glory, in combination with observations from the rest of the A-Train, will enable researchers to improve our understanding of the Earth system by improving our ability predict future climate,» she said.

Experimentalists have developed sophisticated tools to overcome the challenge, but translating experimental observations into precise quantitative understanding of the quark - gluon plasma has been difficult to achieve until now, he says.

Firstly, for land - based volcanoes it is hard to carry out large - scale observations using artificial earthquakes because of the population density, and it is also difficult to detect giant magma buildups with precise visualization because they are often at relatively low depths (roughly 10 km).

Lambton's crew would establish a fixed reference point by laborious observations of star positions over several months, then measure a fixed distance away from the point with the fantastically precise use of metal chains and rods supported by trestles.

«As astrophysical observations and simulations improve, we're doing increasingly precise comparisons between the models of how galaxies form and the observations of what galaxies actually look like,» Carroll says.

My view, and that of my colleagues at Chicago, Brian Fields and Craig Copi, is that the quality of the latest observations places strict constraints on all cosmological models and requires any new cosmological model to be as precise as the big bang model itself.

In order to identify the part of their brains responsible for seizures, the patients underwent 1 to 4 weeks of observation through electrocorticography (ECoG), a technique that provides precise neural recordings via electrodes placed directly on the surface of the brain.

Taken together, these observation impinge on one central problem: the development of rational targeting strategies aimed at overcoming therapeutic resistance require the precise elucidation of the molecular mechanisms whereby carcinoma cells that undergo EMT acquire the functional traits that render them resistant to conventional therapy.

The observations have allowed astronomers to construct the most precise three - dimensional model of the glowing gas shroud, called a planetary nebula.

The observations, taken with the Near Infrared Camera 2 (NIRC2) on the Keck 2 telescope more than eight years after the microlensing event, provided a precise measurement of the foreground and background stars» relative motion.

The scientists used the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a continent - wide radio - telescope system, along with the 100 - meter radio telescope in Effelsberg, Germany, to make an extremely precise observation when the planet Jupiter passed nearly in front of a bright quasar on September 8, 2002.

«The fact that these pulsars were never before detected in this highly studied area of the Galaxy shows that the GBT has outstanding capabilities and will be an important tool for astronomers to make very precise, very sensitive observations of the Universe.

The duration and cadence of the Kepler observations, in tandem with the brightness of the star, enable unusually precise constraints on both the planet and its host.

Here we quantify to what extent precise stellar observations reveal information about the properties of a star, including properties that are unobserved, or even unobservable.

However some technical challenges still need to be taken to make the technology more accessible and usable to its full potential: gaining selective and comprehensive genetic access to the neurons of interest, controlling variation in the expression of the optogenetic tools (when using viruses) and its precise localization (axon vs. presynaptic terminals), tailoring light - delivery system signals to individual cells in a population rather than the population as a whole, developing observation techniques which have the same spatial and temporal resolution as those tools... to cite only a few of them.

Earlier observations... ▽ More The precise mechanisms that provide the non-radiative energy for heating the chromosphere and the corona of the Sun and those of other stars constitute an active field of research.

Perhaps being ignored because the film is too unobtrusive and relaxed in its observations of primal human interaction to register against weightier fare at this time of year, Zachariah is at its most immediate when focused on Robbie's precise acting choices.

The Verbinski and Conrad observations of everyday modern life are always precise and never irrelevant.

(Almost all the African - American students came from schools with average test scores below the district mean; the few that did not had almost identical average impacts, but the number of available observations was too small to recover precise estimates.)

In general, survey results based on larger numbers of observations are more precise, that is, less prone to sampling variance than those made across groups with fewer numbers of observations.

In general, survey responses based on larger numbers of observations are more precise, that is, less prone to sampling variance, than those made across groups with fewer numbers of observations.

For example, while Latino students account for 16 percent of observations in the data, the state has too few Latino teachers to estimate precise race - match effects for this group.

Some of the most accurate and precise measures of an excellent teacher result from data, collected and analyzed by trained appraisers, based on observations of the teacher's instructional practices and engagement with students.

Some random observations: the center console is overwrought, full of bulging shapes and bizarre cross-shaped buttons, and the circular dials for fan speed and temperature never feel precise.

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Royal Canin supports the health of your cat by providing him with precise nutrition based on a true understanding of his specific needs and over 40 years of science and observation.

I've never read a better explanation of her gifts of observation and description, the way she chooses precise details to get to the very heart of a place.