The atoms in question were stripped of their outer electrons and trapped in an electric field, in a vacuum, at extremely low temperatures.
Bacteriorhodopsin has the habit of changing from blue to pale yellow in an electric field, which might be useful in colour displays.
Helium nuclei are positively charged and thus easier to rein in using an electric field, in order to strip them of their energy.
In the Nature study, Brian Naranjo and colleagues, from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), initiated fusion of heavy hydrogen, or deuterium, using the strong electric field generated in a pyroelectric crystal.
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Creating a magnetic field using electricity is easy: an electric current flowing in a wire generates a magnetic field around that wire.
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In fact, Chinese companies like Changhong Electric are fast becoming leaders in the Smart TV field, recently announcing a partnership with San Francisco startup Flingo (a developer of Social TV apps) to better enable second screen engagement for Asian consumers.
The trace of this electrical charge left behind in the fingerprint is imaged using an electric field microscopy system.
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And when a magnetic field line vibrates, he says, it makes an electric field which excites current in wires.
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The duo were inspired by the energy needs of people who would not have ready access to the electric grid, particularly soldiers in the field, who often carry as much as 20 pounds of batteries to power their communications equipment, laptops and night-vision goggles, according to the news release.
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Harvey allowed one run in seven innings against the Nationals, out-dueling Strasburg in perhaps the most electric game of the season at Citi Field.
Malcolm MacIver and colleagues at Northwestern University have created an "artificial electric-field sensing system that could ultimately give robotic subs the same additional sensory capabilities" as found in weakly electric fish.
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The method works because the electrical field polarises the electric charge on water molecules in the air around the icy tip and then draws them in electrostatically.
My proposal with this fellowship will use the novel method of applying an electric field gradient instead of chemical substitution to induce charge carriers in large gap insulators, and thereby create new superconductors.
As the train's magnets pass over a frame, they induce an electric current in it and this, in turn, generates a magnetic field which repels the magnet that started the whole process and thus levitates the train.
Several companies have already started field-testing battery-electric passenger cars and light trucks for use in their fleets.
On the field, the rivalry continues to be played out in what is perhaps one of the most electric sporting occasions outside the Superbowl.
Simbol Materials, a California-based startup, is piggy-backing on geothermal development in the geothermal-rich Salton Sea field, with plans to extract lithium from geothermal brine for use in innovative battery applications like electric cars.
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