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In contrast, the Yellowstone system appeared to respond quickly and noticeably to the pulse of seismic energy.

In clinical trials, patients with rheumatoid arthritis who received mild electrical pulses to the vagus nerve from the implant had fewer flare-ups and lower disease activity.

They exposed the hatchlings to a strong magnetic pulse, which temporarily interfered with the turtles' ability to feel magnetic forces.

"We take advantage of a synthetic effective field that arises when a terahertz pulse drives ions in the crystal lattice in circles," explains lead author Zhiyang Zeng.

They say that this White Dwarf wrapped itself in a blanket of stolen gas that caught alight quickly, sending a pulse of pressure into the core of the star that ignited the supernova.