Sentences with phrase «short bursts of light»

Stanford researchers have found that exposing sleepers to an hour of short bursts of light made it possible for bodies to adjust.

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You'll get the sweet and slightly tangy burst of strawberry, the coconut whipped cream is mild and tropical with a hint of vanilla, and the Corn Flakes are similar to what you'd get if you made a light cornbread short cake.

Swift's X-Ray Telescope captured a short burst of unusual X-rays on June 22, 2016 coming from an object roughly 9,000 light - years from Earth.

However, because they occur in short bursts and originate in distant galaxies — sometimes even billions of light years from Earth — scientists have not been able to exactly pinpoint what causes them.

But under special reaction circumstances, a burst of energy, perhaps from a light source, creates two short - lived radicals — compounds with one unpaired electron each.

First they blasted the molecule with short bursts of UV laser light.

When a massive star dies, it explodes as a supernova, which includes a short burst of visible light, as in this illustration.

In 2008, Eleftherios Goulielmakis at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, and his colleagues generated what were then the shortest pulses of light ever achieved: extreme ultraviolet bursts just 80 attoseconds long.

If that jet is aimed directly at Earth, telescopes can see it as an ephemeral flash of light called a short gamma - ray burst, or GRB.

A team of researchers led by Nial Tanvir of the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom has used Hubble to study a recent short - duration burst in near - infrared light.

The definitive evidence came from Hubble observations in near - infrared light of the fading fireball produced in the aftermath of a short gamma - ray burst (GRB).

«Previously, astronomers had been looking at the aftermath of short - period bursts largely in optical light, and were not really finding anything besides the light of the gamma - ray burst itself,» explained Andrew Fruchter of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., a member of Tanvir's research team.

Exposing a small cluster of neon atoms to a very short and intense burst of extreme ultraviolet light initiates a novel mechanism that produces a large number of electrons and ions.

Scientists spotted a phenomenon called a short gamma - ray burst, a brief spurt of high - energy light, less than two seconds long.

The observations supported a 25 - year - old conjecture that neutron star mergers produce short gamma - ray bursts, and confirmed that gravitational waves travel at the same speed of light, ruling out some speculative alternatives to Einstein's theory of gravity and general relativity.

On 3 June, NASA's Swift satellite caught a short burst of energetic gamma rays coming from a galaxy 3.9 billion light years away.

Just two seconds after LIGO's detection, scientists had already snagged another piece of the puzzle: a satellite flagged a giant short gamma ray burst of high - energy light, «a firehouse of material,» as Fong describes it.

The circuit board, known as an Arduino, runs simple software programs, like the one Cooper wrote to flash short bursts of blue light at dishes of cells.

Abstract: Based on more than four weeks of continuous high cadence photometric monitoring of several hundred members of the young cluster NGC 2264 with two space telescopes, NASA's Spitzer and the CNES CoRoT (Convection, Rotation, and planetary Transits), we provide high quality, multi-wavelength light curves for young stellar objects (YSOs) whose optical variability is dominated by short duration flux burs... ▽ More Based on more than four weeks of continuous high cadence photometric monitoring of several hundred members of the young cluster NGC 2264 with two space telescopes, NASA's Spitzer and the CNES CoRoT (Convection, Rotation, and planetary Transits), we provide high quality, multi-wavelength light curves for young stellar objects (YSOs) whose optical variability is dominated by short duration flux bursts, which we infer are due to enhanced mass accretion rates.

Most of the energy from the supernova turns into light when it hits this previously ejected material, resulting in a short, but brilliant burst of radiation.

Our earliest glimpse of vice detectives Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Tubbs (Foxx) is in just such a strobe - lit box, the two cruising through the insensate bacchanal, meting out violence in short, impersonal bursts and meeting on a rooftop against an impossibly bright, DV panorama to mumble tough words and promises into satellite phones while the rest of the world falls apart.

Returning to artificial light there is evidence to suggest that «light showers», short bursts of blue rich light, can have an energising effect and promote concentration at certain times of the day and studies have shown this concept can deliver positive effects in schools.

Shorter bursts like pulling away from the lights, nipping out of junctions, or accelerating from 30 - 50mph are completed extremely quickly, and the Ioniq Electric doesn't struggle at all in this regard.

The game has its moments, but never really becomes more than a short burst of time filling between major games, at the best of times it just works, other times it can get glitchy, sure it's easy to control the bike, but for one reason or another the AI can't do it to save their lives, it doesn't help that their as light as a small child and have about as much physical tolerance as one too, one hit can be all you need to dethrone your competition only for them to get back up and get stuck in a wall, or to the back of a parked car.

LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids continues the tradition of LEGO games that provide fun and light gameplay in short bursts.

Meant to be played in short bursts, Deca Sports offers a a quick and light experience instead of a long one.

Light gun games are awesome and a great way to get in shorter bursts of game time!

Why they were chosen: It's no secret that lightgun games are usually light on content, especially since most of the good ones are ports of arcade titles designed for short bursts of gameplay.

The engine output will be approximately 20 kilowatts, with short - term bursts of 40 kilowatts possible, which should be enough for such a light and aerodynamic car.

It's bolstered by nifty features like Smartburst, which captures a burst of photos and automatically identifies the best one; enhanced HDR +, which combines multiple short exposures to extend dynamic range and better lighting; the fastest shutter on the market; and enhanced video stabilization.