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Dancing atoms now understood

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:00:00 -0600

(National Science Foundation) In developing a model to explain the motion of atoms in a magnetic field, scientists have overcome a decades-old obstacle to understanding a key component of magnetic resonance.

Dancing Atoms Now Understood

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:15:04 -0600

In developing a model to explain the motion of atoms in a magnetic field, scientists have overcome a decades-old obstacle to understanding a key component of magnetic resonance.

Iron 'Snow' Helps Maintain Mercury's Magnetic Field, Scientists ...

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:30:11 -0500

New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron "snow" forms and falls toward the center of the planet, much like snowflakes form in Earth's atmosphere and fall to the ground. The movement of this iron snow could be responsible for Mercury's mysterious magnetic field.

Iron 'snow' helps maintain Mercury's magnetic field, scientists ...

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron "snow" forms and falls toward the center of the planet, much like snowflakes form in Earth's atmosphere and fall to the ground. The movement of this iron snow could be responsible for Mercury's mysterious magnetic field.

Insects Evolved Radically Different Strategy To Smell

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Insects have adopted a strategy to detect odors that is radically different from those of other organisms. This is an unexpected and controversial finding that may dissolve a dominant ideology in the field. Scientists find that insects use fast-acting ion channels to smell odors, a major break with the ideology of the field -- and evolution.