Sentences with phrase «short distances»

Astronomers found the river of particles was significantly affected by Pluto, but only for short distances from the icy sphere.

In particular, for dimension d > 1, Kondo physics dominates even at short distances, while the ferromagnetic RKKY state is energetically unfavorable.

Yet a secure quantum communication link over long distance is very challenging: Quantum links using patterns of light languish at short distances precisely because there is no way to protect the link against noise without detecting the photons, yet once they are detected their usefulness is destroyed.

A key practical limitation of terahertz technology, however, is that it only works over short distances.

The marbles move easily over short distances, but then they encounter an obstacle and are slowed down as they move along.

Red light travels such short distances in water that many scientists had questioned whether deep - sea animals could even see it.

High - frequency signals can also be reused across short distances by different cells in a network, meaning the available spectrum is used more efficiently.

Researchers are working on electric cars that can travel short distances autonomously.

The fact that Neanderthals — typically associated with hunting large prey over short distances in woodland settings — were seemingly unable to catch and kill such creatures is compounded by rapid changes in the environment.

The good news, Early explained, is that managers may only have to move species very short distances to give them access to suitable habitat.

Over short distances, some birds save energy by jumping at the most efficient angles and adding wingbeats for greater distance.

For short distances, she can remember simple directions.

Regardless of whether we evolved running short distances or long ones, we certainly did not evolve to run, or walk, with shoes.

The normal, fridge magnet type of spin interactions, mediated by photons, operate only at very short distances.

«We're just beginning to appreciate that much of cellular function happens at short distances, between nearly touching organelles,» says Dr. Hajnoczky.

At short distances (i.e. within the nucleus), a very strong force, more powerful than electromagnetism, takes over and attracts the protons and neutrons.

Archaeopteryx could probably fly short distances.

Musser: The distances, to which they were able to probe the energy that they have, the high energy corresponds to short distances; that's just the law of quantum mechanics.

(The weak force, which acts only over very short distances, is the force of nature responsible for radioactive decay, among other phenomena.)

Ultratight focusing over very short distances beats the best lenses; the discovery could bring the nanoworld up close and into focus

«Although these San communities live short distances apart, their arrow poisons are diverse, pointing to an incredibly intimate knowledge of their environment,» explain the researchers.

But their limitation is implied by the name: They can transfer power only over short distances, limiting their usefulness deep inside the body.

In the second experiment, researchers compared lifespan and colony health of migratory bees that traveled relatively short distances in North Carolina — 35 to 60 miles in a handful of trips — to stationary bees; both types of colonies were controlled by the researchers.

Limitations of the study include the small number of flights over short distances in good weather.

He is now working on a method of using the wireless antennas in smartphones to transmit power over short distances with the potential to recharge or even replace batteries in wearable electronics.

A team led by scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has reached another milestone in developing a promising technology for accelerating particles to high energies in short distances: They created a tiny tube of hot, ionized gas, or plasma, in which the particles remain tightly focused as they fly through it.

Although the researchers have shown that certain superconductors can carry spin currents, so far these only occur over short distances.

What they discovered at the end of the eight - week trial was that those who participated were better able to walk for short distances and longer periods of time, had better balance while reaching backwards, fine motor coordination, and were better able to go from sitting to standing.

«Especially in densely populated areas, any parent will tell you that their child travels over relatively short distances each day, but we simply don't have the data to back that up.»

According to this new analysis, school - age children accelerated the spread of the pandemic, which was transmitted over short distances, in contrast with widespread reports at the time linking the pandemic to international air travel and population density.

They often connect with a hand - held controller over short distances using Bluetooth.

Previous research on the pandemic found that environmental factors, timing of the end school holidays, population sizes and air travel contributed to its spread, but this new research has found that transmission occurred primarily over short distances and that school age children may have catalysed the spread.

In contrast, repeated transmission over short distances started chains of infection which then contributed to the overall spatial spread of the pandemic.

Alligators travel very quickly in water, are generally slow - moving on land and can lunge short distances very quickly.

But she's baffled by how free radicals — which have very short lifetimes and travel short distances — could reach the nucleus of even adjacent cells in time to inflict DNA damage.

Gravity, unlike other forces, should propagate into these dimensions and, as a result, grow unexpectedly stronger at short distances.

The circumstances in the Galapagos — frequent interisland travel due to short distances between islands and interbreeding — prevent the finches from truly forming distinct species.

This has profound implications for commuters who need only drive short distances to and from work every day and who may be able to do so solely on electric power.

Blind mole rats have been observed using both their sense of smell and their balance to navigate over short distances.

This «Casimir force» is strong enough at short distances for scientists to physically measure it.

While some of today's sea lilies are able to detach their holdfasts from the seafloor and walk short distances on their arms, they don't do it often.

Still, the material could be used to transmit light over very short distances in optical integrated circuits, says Polman.

But as two electrically charged droplets come close to each other, the spheres begin to warp — and at very short distances, a small bridge of fluid forms between the drops.

Intel researchers have produced an optical chip that could help revolutionize computer communications by making it affordable to connect computers with fiber optics over short distances.

Scaling up will mean creating magnetic fields that vary in strength over relatively short distances.

Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags — devices that can transmit data over short distances to identify objects, animals or people — have become increasingly popular for tracking everything from automobiles being manufactured on an assembly line to zoo animals in transit to their new homes.

The firm's CEO Andreas Raptopoulos is building an internet for stuff, which can transport small items over short distances using flying drones.

Some people may have been trading, only going short distances selling their goods on to the next person.

Pruetz and co-author Thomas LaDuke at the East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania suggest that the chimps were cognisant enough to predict the fire's movement, retreating short distances at a time while staying calm (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI: 10.1002 / ajpa.21245).

The recordings show that narwhal clicks are extremely intense and directional — meaning they can widen and narrow the beam of sound to find prey over long and short distances.