Posts Tagged ‘gases’
‘Gilligan and Skipper’ dwarf galaxies discovered
CASE WESTERN RESERVE (US) — Astronomers have discovered a faint dwarf galaxy and another possible young dwarf caught before it had a chance to form any stars. Continue…
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Science & Technology - Jan 21, 2013 12:19 - 0 Comments
Polymer sieve divides gases by size
CARDIFF U. (UK) — A new polymer efficiently separates gas mixtures by the size of the molecules, report researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 19, 2012 12:34 - 0 Comments
Rise in temperature may clarify convection
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Physicists are working to learn more about the fundamental physical laws at work in convection, which occurs in a boiling pot of water as well as in the liquid outer core of the Earth. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 22, 2010 11:16 - 0 Comments
Upside-down answer for deep Earth mystery
RICE (US)—When Earth was young, it exhaled the atmosphere. Now, a team of scientists is offering a new answer to a longstanding mystery: What caused Earth to hold its last breath? (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 27, 2009 13:02 - 0 Comments
At extremes, hot and cold act oddly alike
DUKE (US)—Observations suggest the superhot world shares similarities with the ultracold—a special kind of superfluidity where substances seem to move so effortlessly that nothing can stop them. Now theoretical physicists are using complicated mathematical tools to explain why. (more…)
