Condensation nucleus discriminator making optical measurements on fog: a tool for environmental research     

Hart EJ  Schmidt KH  Vasudevan KN 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1973,180(4090):1064-1067

An instrument providing a new, rapid, and accurate method of determining the number and critical radii of condensation nuclei with radii under 200 angstroms is described. Based on the principle of the cloud chamber, the instrument measures transient changes in the attenuation and scattering of a monochromatic light beam by the growing fog droplets. From data obtained the absolute number concentration and radii of condensation nuclei can be calculated. Preliminary studies of aerosol formation in beta-irradiated mixtures of air and sulfur dioxide showed that carbon monoxide and methane inhibit the formation of nuclei; relative rate constants can be deduced. Some applications of this instrument for environmental and basic research are pointed out.  相似文献   

Earthquake potential along the northern hayward fault, california   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Burgmann R  Schmidt D  Nadeau RM  d'Alessio M  Fielding E  Manaker D  McEvilly TV  Murray MH 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2000,289(5482):1178-1182

The Hayward fault slips in large earthquakes and by aseismic creep observed along its surface trace. Dislocation models of the surface deformation adjacent to the Hayward fault measured with the global positioning system and interferometric synthetic aperture radar favor creep at approximately 7 millimeters per year to the bottom of the seismogenic zone along a approximately 20-kilometer-long northern fault segment. Microearthquakes with the same waveform repeatedly occur at 4- to 10-kilometer depths and indicate deep creep at 5 to 7 millimeters per year. The difference between current creep rates and the long-term slip rate of approximately 10 millimeters per year can be reconciled in a mechanical model of a freely slipping northern Hayward fault adjacent to the locked 1868 earthquake rupture, which broke the southern 40 to 50 kilometers of the fault. The potential for a major independent earthquake of the northern Hayward fault might be less than previously thought.  相似文献   

国产农用喷雾器喷头性能参数测定与分析     

李秉礼  吴罗罗  阴景润  E.Moser  K.Schmidt 《中国农业大学学报》1989,(1):119-125

本文介绍了国产喷雾器喷头的几个主要性能参数与国外著名喷头公司产品的对比结果、并提出了改进我国喷头产品的若干建议。如:1.影响侧向进液式喷头喷量变异的因素。2.缝隙式扇雾喷头药液沉积横向分布中的牛角、对喷杆式喷雾器药液沉积分布均匀性有着极坏的影响。  相似文献   

A maximum in the strength of nanocrystalline copper     

Schiøtz J  Jacobsen KW 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2003,301(5638):1357-1359

We used molecular dynamics simulations with system sizes up to 100 million atoms to simulate plastic deformation of nanocrystalline copper. By varying the grain size between 5 and 50 nanometers, we show that the flow stress and thus the strength exhibit a maximum at a grain size of 10 to 15 nanometers. This maximum is because of a shift in the microscopic deformation mechanism from dislocation-mediated plasticity in the coarse-grained material to grain boundary sliding in the nanocrystalline region. The simulations allow us to observe the mechanisms behind the grain-size dependence of the strength of polycrystalline metals.  相似文献   

A CHEMICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROTEIN-LINKED AND FREE NUCLEIC ACID     

Schmidt G 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1936,83(2140):15

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Physical mapping of a translocation breakpoint in neurofibromatosis   总被引：13，自引：0，他引：13  

J W Fountain  M R Wallace  M A Bruce  B R Seizinger  A G Menon  J F Gusella  V V Michels  M A Schmidt  G W Dewald  F S Collins 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1989,244(4908):1085-1087

The gene for von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis (NF1), one of the most common autosomal-dominant disorders of humans, was recently mapped to chromosome 17 by linkage analysis. The identification of two NF1 patients with balanced translocations that involved chromosome 17q11.2 suggests that the disease can arise by gross rearrangement of the NF1 locus, and that the NF1 gene might be identified by cloning the region around these translocation breakpoints. To further define the region of these translocations, a series of chromosome 17 Not I-linking clones has been mapped to proximal 17q and studied by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. One clone, 17L1 (D17S133), clearly identifies the breakpoint in an NF1 patient with a t(1;17) translocation. A 2.3-megabase pulsed-field map of this region was constructed and indicates that the NF1 breakpoint is only 10 to 240 kilobases away from 17L1. This finding prepares the way for the cloning of NF1.  相似文献   

Spatial regulators for bacterial cell division self-organize into surface waves in vitro     

Loose M  Fischer-Friedrich E  Ries J  Kruse K  Schwille P 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2008,320(5877):789-792

In the bacterium Escherichia coli, the Min proteins oscillate between the cell poles to select the cell center as division site. This dynamic pattern has been proposed to arise by self-organization of these proteins, and several models have suggested a reaction-diffusion type mechanism. Here, we found that the Min proteins spontaneously formed planar surface waves on a flat membrane in vitro. The formation and maintenance of these patterns, which extended for hundreds of micrometers, required adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), and they persisted for hours. We present a reaction-diffusion model of the MinD and MinE dynamics that accounts for our experimental observations and also captures the in vivo oscillations.  相似文献   

Materials science. How nanowires grow     

Schmidt V  Gösele U 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2007,316(5825):698-699

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Pyroclastic activity at Home Plate in Gusev Crater, Mars     

Squyres SW  Aharonson O  Clark BC  Cohen BA  Crumpler L  de Souza PA  Farrand WH  Gellert R  Grant J  Grotzinger JP  Haldemann AF  Johnson JR  Klingelhöfer G  Lewis KW  Li R  McCoy T  McEwen AS  McSween HY  Ming DW  Moore JM  Morris RV  Parker TJ  Rice JW  Ruff S  Schmidt M  Schröder C  Soderblom LA  Yen A 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2007,316(5825):738-742

Home Plate is a layered plateau in Gusev crater on Mars. It is composed of clastic rocks of moderately altered alkali basalt composition, enriched in some highly volatile elements. A coarsegrained lower unit lies under a finer-grained upper unit. Textural observations indicate that the lower strata were emplaced in an explosive event, and geochemical considerations favor an explosive volcanic origin over an impact origin. The lower unit likely represents accumulation of pyroclastic materials, whereas the upper unit may represent eolian reworking of the same pyroclastic materials.  相似文献   

TAF1B is a TFIIB-like component of the basal transcription machinery for RNA polymerase I     

Naidu S  Friedrich JK  Russell J  Zomerdijk JC 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2011,333(6049):1640-1642

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