Hot Off the Press Archives - Page 23 of 27

Geostationary satellite enables better precipitation and flood predictions

by jens wilkinson | Jan 18, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

Data from the Himawari-8 geosynchronous satellite was used in weather simulations to improve forecasts of sudden precipitation and tropical storm development.

Clean and green: a moss that removes lead (Pb) from water

by adam phillips | Jan 17, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

Scientists show that the moss Funaria hygrometrica can remove harmful lead from water when in the protonema stage of development.

The brain’s GPS has a buddy system

by amanda alvarez | Jan 15, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

In addition to encoding self location, brain cells in the rat hippocampus act like a GPS that encodes the location of other rats.

What’s that smell? The advantage of sniffing

by adam phillips | Dec 7, 2017 | Hot Off the Press

Rhythmic sniffing boosts phase-coded neuronal signals in the mouse olfactory bulb that allow odors to be identified.

Most precise measurement ever of proton magnetic moment

by jens wilkinson | Nov 24, 2017 | Hot Off the Press

Using a sophisticated setup, scientists have made the most precise measurement to date of the proton magnetic moment.

Proton and antiproton still seem identical

by jens wilkinson | Nov 9, 2017 | Hot Off the Press

Using a novel two-particle measurement method, scientists have measured the magnetic moment of the antiproton at a precision 350 times higher than any previous measurement.