TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida State University high-performance computing researcher has predicted a physical effect that would help physicists and astronomers provide fresh evidence of the correctness of Einstein's general theory of relativity.
Bin Chen, who works at the university's Research Computing Center, describes the yet-to-be-observed effect in the paper "Probing the Gravitational Faraday Rotation Using Quasar X-ray Microlensing," published today in the journal Scientific Reports.
The tropical low pressure area previously known as System 95W consolidated and was classified as a Tropical Depression 27W on Nov. 17, 2015. The Suomi NPP satellite captured a view of the strengthening storm as warnings were posted in Micronesia.
The tropical low pressure area previously known as System 95W consolidated and was classified as a Tropical Depression 27W on Nov. 17, 2015. The Suomi NPP satellite captured a view of the strengthening storm as warnings were posted in Micronesia.
During the past week extreme rainfall from two slow moving tropical low pressure areas caused severe flooding in southeastern India. One of the lows, designated System 97B continued to linger along the southeastern Indian coast on November 17. As System 97B and another low pressure area dropped heavy rainfall, NASA and partners around the world gathered data using an array of satellites.
The flooding has caused as many as 70 reported deaths. The city of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu were hit exceptionally hard, as 59 people were reported killed there.
To work with computational models is to work in a world of unknowns: Models that simulate complex physical processes -- from Earth's changing climate to the performance of hypersonic combustion engines -- are staggeringly complex, sometimes incorporating hundreds of parameters, each of which describes a piece of the larger process.
A plethora of images from live-bearing brittle stars allows a 3D look inside these unique starfish relatives and an insider's view of their soon-to-be offspring
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 16, 2015 - Researchers say medicated eye drops may be the key to fighting rapidly worsening eyesight in children with myopia. Results from a five-year clinical trial show that drops of low-dose atropine significantly slowed the progression of nearsightedness in children with fewer side effects than higher dosages. The research is being presented today at AAO 2015, the 119th annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The findings suggest that this medication could potentially be an effective treatment in the fight against the global surge in nearsightedness.
New research reveals that two different evolutionary shifts toward camouflage investment occurred in the the charismatic horned praying mantises. The most recent shift in increased accumulation of numerous cryptic features occurred only after the re-evolution of important leg lobes that help disguise the appearance of the mantis from predators.
This second evolution of camouflage investment followed a similar pathway to the first and suggests that cryptic features may originate through conserved developmental mechanisms.
An international team of researchers, led by Queen's University Belfast, has devised a high-precision method of examining magnetic fields in the Sun's atmosphere, representing a significant leap forward in the investigation of solar flares and potentially catastrophic 'space weather'.
New Haven, Conn. - Astronomers at Yale and Harvard have found a galaxy with a heartbeat -- and they've taken its pulse.
It is the first time scientists have measured the effect that pulsating, older red stars have on the light of their surrounding galaxy. The findings are published in the Nov. 16 online edition of the journal Nature.
If you've used the fitness-tracking app Map MyRun, there's a chance that your password has been leaked.
And the popular fitness app isn't the only one. Other apps may also be putting your information at risk.
A research team led by David Choffnes, an assistant professor in the College of Computer and Information Science, has found 'extensive' leakage of users' information -- device and user identifiers, locations, and passwords -- into network traffic from apps on mobile devices, including iOS, Android, and Windows phones.
In many ways stars are like living beings. They're born; they live; they die. And they even have a heartbeat. Using a novel technique, astronomers have detected thousands of stellar "pulses" in the galaxy Messier 87 (M87). Their measurements offer a new way of determining a galaxy's age.
A shortage of a rare mineral could spur global market instabilities, according to a new analysis of international commodity trade networks.
Shortages of natural resources--minerals such as copper, aluminum, and mercury--could lead to cascading shocks and lead to instabilities in the global trade system, according to a study published today in the journal Science Advances.
NASA and NOAA recently got three different views of former tropical cyclone Kate from space. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite saw heavy rainfall as Kate was transitioning into an extra-tropical cyclone on Nov. 11. The next day, NASA's RapidScat saw the system's tropical-storm force winds, and on Nov. 13, NOAA's GOES-East satellite spotted the former tropical storm in the Northern Atlantic.
Research provides first ever weather map of a planet outside our solar system
"This is the first ever weather map from outside of solar system."
Wind 20x faster than ever recorded on Earth