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Busy rocket season to launch at Poker Flat Research Range
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2009 |
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A total of eight National Aeronautics and Space Administration sounding rockets will launch from Poker Flat Research Range in 2009. The rocket season is split into two launch windows. The first launch window opens Jan. 10, ...
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Scientists isolate new antifreeze molecule in Alaska beetle
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Scientists have identified a novel antifreeze molecule in a freeze-tolerant Alaska beetle able to survive temperatures below minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Unlike all previously described biological antifreezes that contain ...
Final rocket launches, measures aurora movement
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2009 |
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It's been a long wait, but it was worth it. The Black Brant XII sounding rocket with the CASCADES II experiment launched and flew through an active aurora display March 20 at 3:04 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time. The successful ...
Scientists find that lightning is good indicator of volcanic activity
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Although it's been more than a year since Mount Augustine had its memorable eruption, work continues for University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers. The work of Alaska Volcano Observatory employees from UAF's ...
UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 09, 2009 |
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More than three decades ago, marine scientists in the United States first identified the need for a research vessel capable of bringing scientists to Alaska's icy northern waters.
6 aurora-research rockets to launch from Poker Flat
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2007 |
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Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of New Hampshire have experiments ready on the launch rails at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, and another scientist is waiting in New Hampshire ...
HEX2 a success: 4-rocket aurora experiment launches from Poker Flat
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2007 |
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An experiment called HEX2 that consisted of four NASA suborbital sounding rockets, launched from Poker Flat Research Range during an aurora display over northern Alaska this morning. Each rocket emitted vapor trails in an ...
Greenland ice sheet larger contributor to sea-level rise
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2009 |
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The Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than expected according to a new study led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher and published in the journal Hydrological Processes.
1 moose, 2 moose: Scientist seeks correction in number of species
Jun 13, 2009 |
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It is a misinterpretation of the application of the bedrock of scientific naming with regard to the number of moose species that Kris Hundertmark, a University of Alaska Fairbanks wildlife geneticist at the Institute of Arctic ...
Freshwater runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet will more than double by the end of the century
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2008 |
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The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously calculated according to a recently released scientific paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Sebastian H. Mernild.
Strong earthquake jolts Anchorage, Alaska
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A strong earthquake jolted a swath of southern Alaska on Monday, sending people diving under desks and huddling in doorways but causing little damage.
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