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A world without cables
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 days ago
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For a century the modern world has been caught in a growing web of copper cables. They have become arteries that power the globe, but, from the jumble of cords cluttering our desks to the miles of wires hidden in our walls, they are also an expensive...
Tags: Eric Giler, charged mats, magnetic field, Marin Soljacic, Tesla Motors, Nikola Tesla, electricity cars, wireless electricity, New York City, WiTricity, Wireless energy transfer, Inductive charging, Electric power transmission systems, Electricity distribution, Energy development, Technology Internet
Scientists urge action on e-waste
Tehrān :: Iran | 25 days ago
Credibility Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief says. Electronic waste is a growing problem in the U.S., and the country needs a comprehensive policy to deal with...
Tags: Earth, U.S, magnetic field
Variations in Earth's magnetic field maybe due to ebb and flow of world's oceans
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The origin and mechanism of the Earth's magnetic field are amongst the biggest unsolved questions in the earth sciences. Most geophysicists agree however that the main component of the field, which defines the magnetic poles, is a dipole generated by...
Tags: Earth, magnetic field
A Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Earth's magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. Solar wind can flow in through the opening to "load up" the magnetosphere for powerful geomagnetic storms...David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight Center. "This finding...
Tags: magnetic, scientists, magnetosphere, solar wind, solar, sun, Earth, magnetic field, solar winds
Solar storm particles bombard earth relentlessly
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility The discovery overturns a long-standing belief about how and when most of the solar particles penetrate earth's magnetic field, and could be used to predict when solar storms will be severe. Based on these results, we expect more severe storms during...
Tags: Earth, magnetic field
New force-field to make Mars space trip possible
York :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility However, latest research shows how advances in fusion research may reduce the threat to acceptable levels, making man's first Mars mission a much greater possibility. Solar energetic particles, although part of 'cosmic rays' spectrum, are causing the...
Tags: magnetic, mars, mission, shield, nasa, Earth, magnetic field
NASA probes unveil secret of Aurora borealis
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility In February of this year, the spacecraft spotted substorms originating in the tail of the magnetosphere that streams out away from the sun. As energy levels in the magnetic field lines built up, they drew ever closer to one another until they reconnected,...
Tags: Earth, lights dance, magnetic field, powers grids, moon, journal science, field lines, geomagnetic storms
Asteroid switched Mars magnetic field on and off!
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Asteroid switched Mars magnetic field on and off Toronto, July 20: A group of astronomers in Canada have suggested that an orbiting asteroid may have switched Mars's magnetic field on and off like a light switch. Mars once had a magnetic field, which...
Tags: magnetic field, switched mars, Earth
Volcanic eruptions helped shape planet Mercury -- study
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Volcanic activity played a key role in shaping the planet Mercury's crater-riddled surface, and not asteroid impacts as previously theorized, according to US research published Thursday. Scientists based their conclusion on numerous images transmitted...
Tags: messenger spacecraft, planet mercury, smooth plains, volcanic active, magnetic field
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