No more zigzags: Scientists uncover mechanism that stabilizes fusion plasmas
Article describes simulation of mechanism that eliminates sawtooth instabilities in fusion plasmas.Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717182314.htm
The rise of secondary imaging interpretations
Among Medicare beneficiaries, the frequency of billed secondary interpretation services for diagnostic imaging services increased from 2003 to 2016 across a broad range of modalities and body regions, often dramatically.Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717142529.htm
The scent of coffee appears to boost performance in math
Research reveals that the scent of coffee alone may help people perform better on the analytical portion of the Graduate Management Aptitude Test, or GMAT, a computer adaptive test required by many business schools.Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717125836.htm
Solutions to water challenges reside at the interface
Researchers describe the most advanced research innovations that could address global clean water accessibility. A new comprehensive article focuses on understanding and controlling the interfaces between materials and water.Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717125832.htm
Close-ups of grain boundaries reveal how sulfur impurities make nickel brittle
Engineers have shed new light on a scientific mystery regarding the atomic-level mechanism of the sulfur embrittlement of nickel, a classic problem that has puzzled the scientific community for nearly a century. The discovery also enriches fundamental understanding of general grain boundaries that often control the mechanical and physical properties of polycrystalline materials.Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717125653.htm
Exploding waves from colliding dissipative pulses
The interaction of traveling waves in dissipative systems, physical systems driven by energy dissipation, can yield unexpected and sometimes chaotic results. These waves, known as dissipative pulses are driving experimental studies in a variety of areas that involve matter and energy flows.Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717112513.htm
New cost-effective instrument measures molecular dynamics on a picosecond timescale
Studying the photochemistry has shown that ultraviolet radiation can set off harmful chemical reactions in the human body and, alternatively, can provide 'photo-protection' by dispersing extra energy. To better understand the dynamics of these photochemical processes, a group of scientists irradiated the RNA base uracil with ultraviolet light and documented its behavior on a picosecond timescale.Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717112510.htm
High vinculin levels help keep aging fruit fly hearts young
A new discovery in how heart muscles maintain their shape in fruit flies sheds light on the crucial relationship between cardiac function, metabolism, and longevity. Researchers have discovered that maintaining high levels of the protein vinculin confers health benefits to fruit flies. Their work shows that fruit flies bred to produce 50 percent more vinculin enjoyed better cardiovascular health and lived a third of their average life span longer.Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717112505.htm
Transmission of specific colors of light over long distances
Researchers have reached a new milestone on the way to optical computing, or the use of light instead of electricity for computing. They explored a new way to select and send light of a specific color using long silicon wires that are several hundred nanometers in diameter and their work enabled a new type of nanoscale ''light switch'' that can turn on and off the transmission of one color of light over very long distances.Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717112459.htm
A dozen new moons of Jupiter discovered, including one 'oddball'
Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found -- 11 'normal' outer moons, and one that they're calling an 'oddball.' Astronomers first spotted the moons in the spring of 2017 while they were looking for very distant solar system objects as part of the hunt for a possible massive planet far beyond Pluto.Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717101256.htm
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