News tagged with polarimetry
Scientist fine-tune Hubble Space Telescope
A scientist at Rochester Institute of Technology has expanded the Hubble Space Telescope's capability without the need for new instruments or billions of dollars.
Mar 25, 2009 |
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NJIT and UMDNJ license personal tonometer technology for innovative glaucoma testing
NJIT and UMDNJ have executed a license agreement with The Incubation Factory, St. Louis, MO, covering their personal tonometer technology on which a patent is pending. The tonometer was developed by a research team led ...
May 17, 2011 |
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NASA earth observation satellite fails to reach orbit (Update)
A NASA satellite that aimed to study the impact of aerosols on climate plunged into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, delivering a $424-million blow to the US space agency.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 04, 2011 |
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NASA earth observation satellite fails to reach orbit (Update)
A NASA satellite that aimed to study the impact of aerosols on climate plunged into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, delivering a $424-million blow to the US space agency.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Comparing glaucoma tests
Researchers are about to recruit almost 1,000 patients onto a study to establish which is the most effective diagnostic test for glaucoma.
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Feb. 23 NASA mission to tote $28 million CU-Boulder instrument and tiny student satellite
A $28 million University of Colorado Boulder instrument developed to study changes in the sun's brightness and its impact on Earth's climate is one of two primary payloads on NASA's Glory mission set to launch ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Glory promises new view of perplexing particles
Climatologists have known for decades that airborne particles called aerosols can have a powerful impact on the climate. However, pinpointing the magnitude of the effect has proven challenging because of difficulties ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 17, 2011 |
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With A-List help, Glory aims to unravel uncertainties about aerosols
NASA's Glory mission is scheduled to launch Wednesday, Feb. 23, from Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 5:09 a.m. EST (2:09 a.m. PST) in the middle ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Glory satellite to study aerosols' effect on climate (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth’s climate continues to change at a rapid pace. Last week, NASA announced that 2010 was tied as the warmest year on record. Likewise, the last decade was the warmest in the 130-year ...
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Jan 20, 2011 |
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New spacecraft could help break the climate debate gridlock
A new robotic probe is headed to the launch pad, aiming for a spot aboard what is called the A-train -- a fleet of Earth-orbiting spacecraft keeping tabs on the planet's changing climate.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Glory satellite team overcomes engineering obstacles (w/ Video)
Engineers have faced and overcome a number of unique challenges in recent years while preparing NASA's newest climate-monitoring mission for launch. Yet the engineering has begun to gel, and engineers are now reaching the fi ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 23, 2010 |
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