Instrument from the University of Bern flies to the Moon
As the second man to step out of the lunar module on July 21st, 1969, the first thing that Buzz ...
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NRL and NASA to launch ComPair instrument to measure gamma-ray emissions
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will launch ComPair aboard a high-altitude balloon ...
Investigators identify translation gaps in instrument that measures nursing practice environment
PHILADELPHIA (July 27, 2023) – Two decades ago, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index was published to ...
NIRISS instrument on Webb maps an ultra-hot Jupiter’s atmosphere
There’s an intriguing exoplanet out there – 400 light-years out there – that is so tantalising that astronomers have been ...
Portugal participates in the development of a first-class instrument for the largest telescope in the world
A research team from the University of Lisbon and University of Oporto (Portugal) participate in the development of METIS (Mid-infrared ...
NASA’s high-resolution air quality control instrument launches
A NASA instrument to provide unprecedented resolution of monitoring major air pollutants – down to four square miles – lifted ...
Instrument adapted from astronomy observation helps capture singular quantum interference effects
By adapting technology used for gamma-ray astronomy, a group of experimental researchers has found that X-ray transitions previously thought to ...
SwRI delivers innovative instrument for NASA’s Europa Clipper mission
SAN ANTONIO — Jan. 5, 2023 — A groundbreaking new mass spectrometer designed and built by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) ...
Warwick University to host UK’s most powerful Nuclear Magnetic Resonance instrument
A consortium led by the University of Warwick has been awarded £17M to procure the UK’s most powerful Nuclear Magnetic ...
New instrument measures supercurrent flow, data has applications in quantum computing
AMES, Iowa – Jigang Wang offered a quick walk-around of a new sort of microscope that can help researchers understand, ...
NASA instrument to measure temperature, pressure, and wind on Venus
The VASI (Venus Atmospheric Structure Investigation) instrument aboard NASA’s Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging, or DAVINCI, ...
New laser-based instrument designed to boost hydrogen research
WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed an analytical instrument that uses an ultrafast laser for precise temperature and concentration measurements of ...
NASA’s Webb telescope in full focus, ready for instrument commissioning
Alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be ...
Webb telescope’s coldest instrument reaches operating temperature
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will see the first galaxies to form after the big bang, but to do that its ...
NASA’s Webb’ telescope’s mid-infrared instrument cooldown continues
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and other Webb instruments have been cooling by radiating their thermal energy into the dark of ...
SwRI-designed ultraviolet instrument to play integral part of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission
SAN ANTONIO — March 3, 2022 — An ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS) designed and built by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is ...
High-flying NASA ‘NACHOS’ instrument may help predict volcanic eruptions
NASA is launching a prototype instrument that could make it easier to monitor volcanic activity and air quality. Perched aboard ...
NASA’s MinXSS instrument CubeSat launches to study sun’s flares
The Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer 3, or MinXSS-3, successfully launched on the InspireSat-1 small satellite at 7:29 p.m. EST on Feb. ...
Underestimated ozone production in cities: Researchers observe higher HOx with self-developed instrument
The local ozone generation was greatly underestimated with current mechanism under high NOx conditions, according to a recent research conducted ...
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) creates largest 3d map of the cosmos
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has capped off the first seven months of its survey run by smashing through ...