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How 1,000 undergraduates helped solve an enduring mystery about the sun.

Source :
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA; 5/23/2023, p2035-2035, 1p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The results suggest that solar flares may not be responsible for superheating the sun's corona, as a popular theory in astrophysics suggests. Keywords: Emerging Technologies; Epidemiology; Health and Medicine; Information Technology; Information and Data Systems; Nanoflares; Nanotechnology; Pandemic; University of Colorado at Boulder EN Emerging Technologies Epidemiology Health and Medicine Information Technology Information and Data Systems Nanoflares Nanotechnology Pandemic University of Colorado at Boulder 2035 2035 1 05/22/23 20230526 NES 230526 2023 MAY 26 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA -- For a new study, a team of physicists recruited roughly 1,000 undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder to help answer one of the most enduring questions about the sun: How does the star's outermost atmosphere, or "corona", get so hot?. [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15324648
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
163791057