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...f the landing site depended on factors such as the angle of descent and wind speed. The landing site (11N, 90E) was chosen for its low elevation, since a greater depth of atmosphere would assist the parachute in braking the lander's descent. Its equatorial location also means that temperatures are warmer,...Reverse-direction movement of a molecular motor
...onal movement of the tip of a lever depends on the angle of rotation and the direction in which the lever projects away from the axis of rotation. The difficult part was to rotate the direction of the lever arm in precisely the right orientation without creating sterical clashes between domains and comprom...Three personal ads for physics
.... "I've never had to shoot an arrow at a 45-degree angle off a cliff and measure the time it takes to hit the ground," Kakalios admitted. And while this example may resonate for the archery team, Kakalios has found that his students prefer to figure out if Spider Man's webbing could support his weight if i...Secondary complications and restoration of function in SCI
...weight distribution, which in turn affected stroke angle and push frequency. Identifying predictors of lo... SCI were asked to slowly tilt their heads to a 45 angle to measure artery dilation and blood flow. Investigators found that carotid diastolic diameter and f...Key gene identified for development of inner-ear structure required for balance
...et hear perfectly well, but carry their head at an angle and lack coordination. Mice and humans sense motion in the same way. When our heads move, a cluster of crystalline structures known as otoconia in the inner ear moves somewhat independently. This shearing motion stimulates underlying nerve endings to...Alcohol consumption can damage hearing
... time-dependent voltage. Diseases like cerebellar angle tumours or multiple sclerosis cause defects in the transmission of brain currents, affecting the amplitude and/or latency of the current response, which can in turn be detected by means of BAEP." The results indicate that cumulative life-long alcohol...Culture of primate non-aggression
...ture affecting this troop. Typically, male baboons angle either to assume or maintain dominance with higher ranking males or engage in bloody battles with lower ranking males. Females are often harassed and attacked and internecine feuds are routine. However, in the mid-1980s an unexpected outbreak of TB i...Inflammation, hypertension are focus of major new MCG research program
...on. "We have been interested in the hypertension angle because we know blood vessels in the kidney don't function correctly; they also don't function correctly in diabetes. These two diseases are major players for kidney damage and it's a huge problem in Western society today," Dr. Inscho said. "Our stud...Radiologists provide safe delivery method for gene therapy
...he tumor, eliminating any guesswork about where to angle the needle and how deeply to inject the therapy," said Dr. Suh. Twenty-nine patients with kidney cancer that had spread to the chest or abdomen received up to three cycles of six weekly injections directly into their tumors. A total of 284 CT-guided...ESA's minature Earth observer put to many uses
...s while differing canopy shadows seen in multiple angle views yielded data on woodland density, tree height and limb span. Ray Merton of the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences of the University of New South Wales in Australia explained how his team used CHRIS imagery as part of an inv...Chemical reaction in birds provides sense of direction during migratory flights
...tz oscillating field, aligned at a 24 or 48 degree angle to the Earths magnetic field. When the same 7 megahertz oscillating field was aligned parallel to the Earths magnetic field, the robins showed normal migratory orientation again. Unlike our senses involving vision, hearing, smell and touch, we do no...AGU journal highlights - 29 July 2004
...for years before discovering the optimalheight and angle for creating the optical emissions, which they suggest aregenerated by electrons colliding with neutral gas in the thermosphere. Suchhigh-frequency radio wave induced emissions are identical to those created innatural auroras. The authors were able ...Peering inside the body, with a new spinliterally
...resolution if they spun a sample at a 54.74-degree angle to the magnetic field. The faster they spun a sample oriented in this so-called magic angle, the more structural detail they obtained. "This was very fast spinning, an ultra-centrifuge, thousands of rotations per second," Wind said. "If you tried tha...Study reveals why eyes in some paintings seem to follow viewers
...the rest. "The core idea is simple: no matter what angle you look at a painting from, the painting itself d... it will always appear that way, regardless of the angle at which it is viewed." The study was conducted at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands in c...