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Taking Precise Measurements of the Microscopic Particles of Pollution in the Air What if we could have air pollution monitors on every street of every city without having to install any costly new high - tech equipment?
Where the literature was sparse, they tried to fill in the blanks by
taking precise measurements of a healthy human leg and creating a mathematical model that spelled out how the different components of the leg interact.
The sensors, which can be installed easily by laminating onto surfaces by hot pressing with heat and pressure,
took precise measurements even when stretched by 250 percent.
Scientists
took precise measurements with calibrated instruments as Ernst Beck thoroughly documented.
Take precise measurements and plot existing building, structures and surrounding areas in connection with renovations.
Not exact matches
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.
Just like the big name «brands», we
take 4 - 6 compression
measurements at
precise intervals between the ankle and end of garment.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends the parents to
take a rectal temperature in infants and children who are younger than age 3, because it is the most
precise measurement.
They
took the dog bone - shaped tissues to the lab of Christian Franck, assistant professor of engineering, and together made
precise measurements of the tissue strength under the force of being pulled apart.
The upgrade — funded by the National Science Foundation — will enable researchers to
take core microclimate
measurements and
precise wind
measurements as well as measure carbon dioxide (CO2) differences up through the rainforest's canopy.
These predictions, made using powerful computers, were verified using highly
precise measurements taken using an extremely sensitive technique called «cavity - ring down spectroscopy».
TAKING MEASURE New units based on fundamental properties of the universe will make
measurements more
precise.
«Neutron lifetime
measurements take new shape for in situ detection: A new magnetic - gravitational trap has a specially shaped design, providing more
precise neutron lifetime
measurements.»
LiDAR is a method of mapping from the sky: An airplane - mounted device sends a constant pulse of laser light across a swath of terrain;
precise measurements of how long it
takes the emitted breams to bounce off surfaces are
taken and translated into topographic data.
Spectro - radiometric monitoring
takes precise pond
measurements every five minutes, without physical contact with the pond itself.
They also use
measurements of the CMB, this time
taken with the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft, which collected data from 2009 to 2013 and provided far more
precise CMB maps than WMAP.
Bower says his team next will be
taking more
precise measurements of nearby low - mass stars to detect the telltale wobble in their motion that reveals orbiting extrasolar planets.
It will then
take more
precise measurements, such as the angle between the edge of the mouth and the nose, for added security.
Usually, it
takes a nose to smell, but now — for the first time — scientists have developed a convincing model able to measure odours from pig farms by means of
precise measurements of the content of odorants in the atmosphere.
The approach
taken by the JET Collaboration to achieve it, by combining efforts of several groups of theorists and experimentalists, shows how to make other
precise measurements of properties of the quark gluon plasma in the future.»
Fermilab's Holometer is currently the only machine with the ability to
take these very
precise measurements of space and time, and recently collected data has improved the limits on theories about exotic objects from the early universe.
By adjusting the time delay between the two pulses, the scientists gained a very
precise measurement — within a matter of attoseconds — of how long it
takes the electron to decay.
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.
Take the distance from the centre of the Earth to the centre of the moon: 240,000 miles would be an accurate but imprecise
measurement; 289,562 miles would be
precise but inaccurate; 238,857 miles would be both accurate and
precise.
NICER will
take the most
precise measurements yet of neutron stars, and test technology to use these dense stellar corpses as beacons for interstellar navigation.
The team is sending tighter bunches of particles from CERN, allowing a more
precise measurement of the time it
takes neutrinos to get from one lab to the other.
«By watching the stars move over 20 years using very
precise measurements taken from Keck Observatory data, you can see and put constraints on how gravity works.
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.
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.
Science Buddies is excited about the Science Journal app and the ways in which it will empower students to
take precise, sensor - based scientific
measurements, record and visualize data, and perform data analysis.
Measurement would be
taken from a console vent using a
precise stick & dial thermometer.
Time, speed, and distance
measurements are
taken with a
precise GPS - based device that's hooked to a data - logging computer.
at MASS MoCA, «Finch's efforts toward accuracy — the
precise measurements he
takes under different conditions and at different times of day — resist, in the end, a definitive result or single empirical truth about his subject.
Recent and very
precise satellite
measurements taken over the past few decades have confirmed this trend.
«The scientists kept detailed records of how each
measurement was
taken, problems encountered, and how accurate and
precise their
measurements were,» Will said.
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precise when it comes to
taking measurements and designing layouts based on client preferences.