Some relatively lightweight exoplanets, only a few times more massive than Earth ( now known by the term Super-Earth ), are known as well ; statistical studies now indicate that they actually outnumber giant planets while recent discoveries have included Earth-sized and smaller planets and a handful that appear to exhibit other Earth-like properties.

In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene (" buckyballs "), and was a leading advocate of nanotechnology and its many applications, including its use in creating strong but lightweight materials as well as its potential to fight cancer.

He started his aviation career in 1909 flying Alberto Santos-Dumont's Demoiselle monoplane, an aircraft that only flew well with a small lightweight pilot.

Though the term is commonly used to refer to spinning or spin-cast rods and tackle, fly rods in smaller line weights ( size # 0-# 3 ) have also long been utilized for ultra-light fishing, as well as to protect the thin-diameter, lightweight end section of leader, or tippet, used in this type of angling.

Many women manage hot flashes by dressing in ways that dissipate heat quickly ( natural fibers, loose clothing, easily removable layers of lightweight garments ) as well as mechanical means which help the body to remove excess heat, such as fans, drinking ice water, and staying in cool rooms.

Flexibility and weight are primary concerns for materials ; ideally, spars would be sufficiently flexible to allow control over the shape of the sail without being too flexible, as well as lightweight in order to maintain a low and stable center of balance.

The judges, as well as most of the public present, felt Rosario had done enough to win, and Rosario had become world lightweight champion by the unanimous score of 115-113 on all 3 judging cards.

A lightweight gun that needed only a small gun crew and was devastating at short range was a weapon well suited to defending merchant ships against French and American privateers.

Practical concerns also dictate helmet design: a bicycling helmet should be aerodynamic in shape and well ventilated, while a rock climbing helmet must be lightweight and small so that it does not interfere with climbing.

Laurens is home to Gary Davis and Pink Anderson, acoustic blues musicians who were born in the city, as well as Redtop Davis, lightweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s.

Cross country racing with its emphasis on climbing as well as speed and endurance demands bikes that are both lightweight and efficient.

By the Great Depression, the T-shirt was often the default garment to be worn when doing farm or ranch chores, as well as other times when modesty called for a torso covering but conditions called for lightweight fabrics.

Because they are extremely small and lightweight, this type of stove tends to be favored by ultralight backpackers as well as those seeking to minimize weight and bulk, particularly for extended backpacking trips.

They went on to introduce a two-piece and the popular union suit, as well as a lightweight waffle-like fabric with the advertising slogan, " Next to Myself I Like BVD Best.

Real wood blinds are often made from this lightweight but strong and stable wood, which is well suited to natural and stained finishes.

It produced 11 " lightweight Galaxies ", making use of fiberglass panels, as well as aluminum bumpers, fender aprons, and brackets ; the result was a Galaxie weighing in at under.

It was General Motors ' response to the growing popularity of small, lightweight imported cars such as the original Volkswagen Beetle, as well as to compete with domestic-built compact cars, the Rambler American and Studebaker Lark.

When a bird is caught, a ring of suitable size ( usually made of aluminium or other lightweight material ) is attached to the bird's leg, and has on it a unique number, as well as a contact address.

This early type of magnetic pickup completely dominated the market well into the 1930s, but by the end of that decade it had been superseded by a comparatively lightweight piezoelectric crystal pickup type.

In a narrow row boat the rowlocks are held well outboard in a lightweight outrigger ( rigger ) which is often equipped with a locking pin to hold the oar securely.

* the political lightweight: neither leads nor follows very well ; does not represent a posture easily sustained ; is not confident in own ideals or particularly concerned with adapting to the needs and wants of constituents.

Turbopumps are usually extremely lightweight and can give excellent performance ; with an on-Earth weight well under 1 % of the thrust.

* Updated to 15-inch lightweight aerodynamic alloy wheels ( later featured on the Civic DX-G in Canada as well ).

For children with pain in their hands and wrists, utensils and devices that are lightweight with large handles as well as other devices ( such as angled knives, strap-on utensils, jar and bottle openers, turning handles, door knob extensions, etc.

Unfortunately, the fatal Miles accident was attributed at least partly to the unproven aerodynamics of the J-car design, as well as the experimental chassis ' strength.

Designed for professional car use, the rear of the Cadillac commercial chassis was considerably lower than the passenger car frame, thereby lowering the rear deck height as well for ease of loading and unloading.

It consisted of a hexagonal base, 1. 04 meters across and 0. 36 meters thick, which contained six magnesium chassis housing the electronics for the science experiments, communications, data encoding, computing, timing, and altitude control, and the power control, battery, and battery charger, as well as the altitude control gas bottles and the rocket engine.

Mariner 1 consisted of a hexagonal base, 1. 04 meters across and 0. 36 meters thick, which contained six magnesium chassis housing the electronics for the science experiments, communications, data encoding, computing, timing, and attitude control and the power control, battery, and battery charger, as well as the attitude control gas bottles and the rocket engine.

Avanti, Tony Kart, Trulli, Birel, CRG, Gillard, Intrepid, Kosmic, Zanardi or FA Kart are a few well known examples of the many European manufacturers of race-quality chassis.

The chassis were numbered from 1 ( containing all 10 PPUs and their memories, as well as the 12 rather minimal I / O channels ) to 16.

The split grille returned, as well as all-new bodies and a new design of a perimeter-frame chassis for all its full-size models ( something which would be adopted for all of GM's intermediate-sized cars in 1964, and all its full-sized cars in 1965 ).

However, after coming into service in 1996 this 50-unit class experienced problems both with the newly-developed tilting system as well as chassis and axles, so it was judged not successful.

For larger systems, the base unit could be attached to an external S-100 expansion chassis that sat behind the console, allowing cards to expand the system as well as offering floppy disk support.

The original Riga-made Minox had a brass chassis covered in a stainless steel shell, which telescopes to reveal or cover the lens and viewfinder windows, as well as to advance the film.

Commercial vehicle manufacturers sell “ chassis only ”, “ cowl and chassis ”, as well as " chassis cab " versions that can be outfitted with specialized bodies.

The French coachbuilder, Marcel Pourtout, custom-built other examples of Paulins designs on a larger Peugeot chassis as well.

When a BMP-1 hit the obsolete kind of " tilt-rod " anti-tank land mine, its steeply sloped lower front glacis armour plate allowed the mine's arming rod to tilt with little resistance until the maximum deflection was reached with the mine already well under the chassis.

The race started well with the AC, chassis number A98, maintaining its position in the top two in GT and even leading the class for a time.

The initial CSX4000 series cars were completed from the chassis built by McCluskey Ltd as well as other new parts and reconditioned Ford engines.

* Mechanical friction noise generated by micro motors and fan bearings, as well as vibration noise from low quality chassis and improper assemblies.

For operation in high temperatures, the engine's ventilation was improved by creating slits over the engine deck to the rear of the chassis, and cold weather performance was boosted by adding a device to heat the engine's coolant, as well as a starter fluid injector.

Although the basic design and styling of the chassis remained consistent, the Speed Wagon was manufactured in a variety of configurations ( pickup and panel truck, passenger bus ) to serve as delivery, tow, dump, and fire trucks as well as hearses and ambulances.

Brabham, who first won the Grand Prix in 1955 in an obsolete sports-bodied Cooper T40 Bristol he had brought home from his first foray into English racing, would test new developments for Cooper during the European winter, beginning a flood of Cooper-Climax Grand Prix machinery into Australia and New Zealand before Brabham started building his own cars, as well as the appearance of Lotus chassis as well, finally killing off the Australian ' specials '.

In the United States, three trim grades ( Standard, S, and XRS ) are offered, as well as two I4 engines: a 2ZR-FE for the base model ( chassis code ZRE142 ) and a 2AZ-FE for the S and XRS grades.

Torinos had serious problems with chassis and body corrosion as well as having a less-than-perfect reliability record.