Very small plans

The Very Small Array

The Very Small Array (VSA) is a fourteen-element interferometer designed to study the cosmic microwave background on angular scales of 2.4 to 0.2 degrees (angular multipoles l = 150 to 1800). It operates at frequencies between 26 and 36 GHz, with a bandwidth of 1.5 GHz, and is situated at the Teide Observatory, Tenerife. The instrument also incorporates a single-baseline interferometer, with la...

Very small P values.

Small and Very Small Interstellar Grains

This review summarizes the observational characteristics of those interstellar grains, which are prevented from entering the solar system by interactions with the heliopause. Such grains are typically less than 100 nm in radius and they reveal their presence by interstellar absorption at ultraviolet wavelengths and by non-equilibrium emissions in the red and near-infrared portions of the spectrum.

What very small numbers mean.

This article presents a theoretical and experimental framework for assessing the biases associated with the interpretation of numbers. This framework consists of having participants convert between different representations of quantities. These representations should include both variations in numerical labels that symbolize quantities and variations in displays in which quantity is inherent. F...

Brain Science: From the Very Small to the Very Large

We still lack a clear understanding of how brain imaging signals relate to neuronal activity. Recent work shows that the simultaneous activity of neuronal ensembles strongly correlates with local field potentials and imaging measurements.