Science news articles about 'hundredths'
Method uses 'Bluetooth' to track travel time for vehicles, pedestrians
... . "That's important because it means basically every hundredth vehicle is tracked, so the travel-time ...Sprinters closest to starter pistol have advantage over those farther away, says study
... of the test subjects. "In sprint events, where hundredths of a second can make the difference between a gold medal ...Lyall Watson, 69, Adventurer and Explorer of the ‘Soft Edges of Science,’ Dies
Mr. Watson was a maverick scientific polymath and explorer who wrote the best-selling book “Supernature” and introduced the “hundredth monkey” theory.Key advance toward 'micro-spacecraft'
... solar radiation. Although the film is under one hundredth of an inch thick, it is tough enough to withstand ...Sensitive laser instrument could aid search for life on Mars
... . By focusing a laser beam on a spot less than one-hundredth the width of a pencil point, the researchers can knock ...Cave's climate clues show ancient empires declined during dry spell
... -SIMS) laboratory to sample spots just one-hundredth of a millimeter across. That represents about 100 times ...New imaging technique reveals the atomic structure of nanocrystals
... nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom (less than one hundredth-millionth of a centimeter). Optical and electronic properties ...Precision measurement of W boson mass portends stricter limits for Higgs particle
... particle detector with an accuracy around three hundredths of one percent, an arduous task that required several ...Rocket launches may need regulation to prevent ozone depletion, says study
... deplete the ozone layer by no more than a few hundredths of 1 percent annually, said Toohey. But as the space ...Neuroscience: One hundred years of Rita
... other. Alison Abbott meets the first Nobel prizewinner set to reach her hundredth birthday ...Electrosmog on the circuit board
... electrical and magnetic fields to an accuracy of a few hundredths of a millimeter. Where are there areas of conspicuously high ...UBC, U of T team helps solve mystery of starlight's origins
... -metre-in-diameter telescope – the largest of its kind – to one one-hundredth of a degree in precision. The complex electronics monitored ...Color-shifting cuttlefish inspire TV screens
Scientists are developing cuttlefish-inspired electronic ink and screens that use less than one-hundredth the power of traditional television screens.Discovery of a water snake that startles fish in a way that makes them flee into its jaws
... strikes. The snakes' motions take only a few hundredths of a second and are too fast for the human eye ...The sound of light: Innovative technology shatters the barriers of modern light microscopy
... resolution better than 40 micrometers (four hundredths of a millimeter). And best of all, the sedated fish wakes ...
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