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According to the theory behind the Weibel instability, the two sets of plasma break into filaments as they stream by one another, like two hands with fingers interlaced.
GIANT LASERS HELP RE-CREATE SUPERNOVAS’ EXPLOSIVE, MYSTERIOUS PHYSICSEMILY CONOVERNOVEMBER 12, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
It may be in the halos around galaxies or, as another paper recently suggested, in filaments stretching between galaxies.
MEET THE DISK-SHAPED HALO OF HOT GAS YOU CURRENTLY LIVE INKATE BAGGALEYOCTOBER 21, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
Each magnificent wing is covered in billions of tiny filaments, each a tenth of the width of a human hair.
IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF ENVIRONMENTALISM - ISSUE 90: SOMETHING GREENANASTASIA BENDEBURY & MICHAEL SHILO DELAYOCTOBER 7, 2020NAUTILUS
Give Dan Rhodes a small sample of a novel polymer, and he’ll figure out how to extrude it into a filament, and how to fine-tune the process to see whether the material can be made to work in high-speed manufacturing.
UNMADE IN AMERICATATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 14, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The team actually gathered data from the filament back in 2014 during a single eight-hour stretch, but the data sat waiting as the radio astronomy community spent years figuring out how to improve the calibration of LOFAR’s measurements.
THE HIDDEN MAGNETIC UNIVERSE BEGINS TO COME INTO VIEWNATALIE WOLCHOVERJULY 2, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
In the gill filament the blood comes into contact with the free oxygen of the water bathing the gills.
A CIVIC BIOLOGYGEORGE WILLIAM HUNTER
Something has been previously said of the difficulties attending the making of the filament for the incandescent light.
STEAM STEEL AND ELECTRICITYJAMES W. STEELE
The large hairs have their root, and even part of the filament, enclosed in a small membraneous vessel or capsule.
THE BOOK OF CURIOSITIESI. PLATTS
When a sufficient current was passed through the filament, it glowed with a dazzling lustre.
HEROES OF THE TELEGRAPHJ. MUNRO
At one side stand the warps, very tall and interesting to see, with their lines of delicate filament and high tiers of bobbins.
MAKING BOTH ENDS MEETSUE AINSLIE CLARK AND EDITH WYATT
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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