Sentences with phrase «surface electrical charge»

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The satellite, which swoops on an egg - shaped orbit to within 350 kilometers of Earth's surface, detected electrical impulses from electrons coursing upward within charged sheets that shadow the downward flowing auroral electrons.

The new 3 - D structure, which was obtained using X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy, revealed that the outer surface of the Zika NS1 protein has substantially different electrical - charge properties than those of other flaviviruses — indicating it may interact differently with the members of an infected person's immune system.

It is not clear how the lights are produced, but Friedmann Freund of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, thinks that when rocks in the crust are squeezed, chemical bonds break to produce a pulse of electrical charge that travels up to the surface.

Among the features that determine the catalytic efficiency of a nanoparticle is its electrical charge, which is difficult to quantify in technologically relevant systems, where the particles interact with the surfaces of other materials.

Each simulation allowed the researchers to predict, down to the atom, how K - Ras would spin and orient itself in response to the membrane's composition, and the extent of electrical charges on each of its surfaces.

When this part of the tire surface comes into contact with the ground, the friction between those two surfaces ultimately produces an electrical charge - a type of contact electrification known as the triboelectric effect.

Because of their repeating patterns, fractal electrodes provide a large surface area that holds more electrical charge than the Euclidean electrodes, said the study's lead author, William J. Watterson, a doctoral student of Taylor's.

And because an insect's exoskeleton has a waxy surface that acts as an electrical insulator, that charge isn't easily dissipated, even when the insect lands on objects, says Randolf Menzel, a neurobiologist at the Free University of Berlin in Germany.

«When a charged particle sits on the surface of a material, the material undergoes a small change in its electrical property,» says Kar.

The flow of electrical charge and ions are controlled by the structure while the interface is charged, and the stronger binding of water molecules at the surface might explain why hematite dissolves more slowly than predicted.

Negative electrical charges on their outer surfaces help to align them with the positive charges on one inner surface of the chamber.

Hair detangler is a type of hair conditioner that smooths your hair by coating it with an oil or polymer and / or by acidifying it so that the hair's surface tightens up, smoothing the scales on the hair's outer surface or cuticle and imparting a positive electrical charge to prevent the static that can worsen tangles.»

Bentonite clay is made up of a high number of tiny platelets, with negative electrical charges on their flat surfaces and positive charges on their edges.

It's called earthing because some scientists theorize that to stay healthy, particularly with all the stray electrons we're exposed to from constant smart phone and computer use to insulation from our cars and shoes from earth energy, our bodies need a daily charge from mild electrical currents surging through the earth's surface.

E-ink pixels are made of a bunch of capsules, and inside each are a bunch of tiny pigmented microcapsules that are pulled around by electrical charges to form an all - black or all - white surface.

The positively charged white particles and negatively charged black particles react to changes in electrical current, moving to the display surface and coloring the surface.

The in - room work space was outfitted with a proper writing surface, ergonomic chair and lots of electrical outlets to keep all my devices fully charged.

«Mindscape» (2017) is obsessive in its level of detail and the artist adds further skeins of white paint across the surface of the canvas as if the painting itself is capable of delivering an electrical charge.

The Life Pod is a small free standing structure that implements solar panels as a roof surface providing dry covered shelter and water catchment, the water off the solar roof is stored in rain barrels, on the south side there is a Hydroponic food system mounted that produces fresh organic supply of greens, on the north side of the structure is a small utility closet that houses the solar battery and all the food system equipment, on the side of the utility closet there are 4 electrical outlets and an EV charging station, you can run the AC power over to your home or business and power any of your electrical needs with the off grid energy from the Life Pod.

A silver coating on the elastomer distributes an electrical charge across its surface causing it to deform.

Static electricity results from a difference in electrical charge between two surfaces.

A second reason that airborne particles are attracted to a surface is that all airborne particles and surfaces carry an electrical charge.

A pull - out tray provides added surface space while electrical outlets with USB charging stations are great if you love bringing your laptop to bed.