News articles tagged with 'instrument' (Page 2)
New technology to speed cleanup of nuclear contaminated sites
— 4 Jan 2011 21:35 | EnvironmentMembers of the engineering faculty at Oregon State University have invented a new type of radiation detection and measurement device that will be particularly useful for cleanup of…
New observations of exploding stars reveal pauses, flickers and flares
— 5 Dec 2010 18:06 | AstronomyAstronomers have traced the waxing and waning light of exploding stars more closely than ever before and seen patterns that aren't yet accounted for in our current understanding of…
ORNL's research reactor revamps veteran neutron scattering tool
— 22 Oct 2010 19:07 | TechnologyThe Cold Triple Axis spectrometer, a new addition to Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor and a complementary tool to other neutron scattering instruments at ORNL,…
CU-Boulder student dust counter breaks distance record on New Horizons mission to Pluto
— 13 Oct 2010 15:33 | AstronomyA University of Colorado at Boulder space dust counter designed, tested and operated by students that is flying aboard NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto now holds the record for…
Can you analyse me now? Cell phones bring spectroscopy to the classroom
— 8 Oct 2010 13:45 | TechnologyUniversity of Illinois chemistry professor Alexander Scheeline wants to see high school students using their cell phones in class. Not for texting or surfing the Web, but as an analytical…
UD researcher on project team for NASA's first visit to the sun
— 7 Oct 2010 16:33 | AstronomyA University of Delaware researcher is helping to design instruments for a robotic space probe that will go where no other has gone before: the sun…
NASA'S Mars atmosphere mission given the green light to proceed to development
— 6 Oct 2010 05:44 | AstronomyNASA's mission to investigate the mystery of how Mars lost much of its atmosphere passed a critical milestone on October 4, 2010. NASA has given approval for the development and 2013…
NASA's Webb telescope MIRI instrument takes one step closer to space
— 2 Oct 2010 12:38 | AstronomyA major instrument due to fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is getting its first taste of space in the test facilities at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the…
NASA's Webb Telescope unique structural 'heart' passes extreme tests
— 29 Sep 2010 16:35 | AstronomyNASA engineers have created a unique engineering marvel called the ISIM structure that recently survived exposure to extreme cryogenic temperatures, proving that the structure will…
Goddard team obtains the 'unobtainium' for NASA's next space observatory
— 29 Sep 2010 16:32 | TechnologyImagine building a car chassis without a blueprint or even a list of recommended construction materials…