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Canadian Experiment to Track Space Radiation and Its Risks
December 20, 2012 — Space can be a potentially hazardous environment to live and work in, especially when it comes to radiation. Originating from violent storms on the Sun and galactic cosmic rays produced in distant ... > full story -
Nanoscale Impulse Radar Measures Depth of Snow and Ice for Alpine Ski Slopes
December 17, 2012 — Snow is the be-all and end-all for alpine ski resorts. Now a tiny sensor has been developed to determine how much cold gold there is on the slopes and how much more should be produced. The sensor is ... > full story -
New Tool to Enhance Tasks of Humanitarian Demining
December 10, 2012 — Researchers have developed a training tool to improve the use of hand-held detectors in humanitarian demining and to increase user security. The proposed tool opens a wide range of possibilities, ... > full story -
Apollo's Lunar Dust Data Being Restored
December 6, 2012 — Forty years after the last Apollo spacecraft launched, the science from those missions continues to shape our view of the moon. In one of the latest developments, readings from the Apollo 14 and 15 ... > full story -
Deception Can Be Perfected: Can a Repeated Lie Become 'a Truth? '
December 6, 2012 — With a little practice, one could learn to tell a lie that may be indistinguishable from the truth. New research shows that lying is more malleable than previously thought, and with a certain amount ... > full story -
NASA Investigates Use of 'Trailblazing' Material for New Sensors
December 6, 2012 — Tiny sensors -- made of a potentially trailblazing material just one atom thick and heralded as the "next best thing" since the invention of silicon -- are now being developed to detect trace ... > full story -
Tracking Down Smallest Biomarkers
November 27, 2012 — Scientists have developed a vacuum-compatible X-ray detector that allows the size of low-contrast nano-objects to be ... > full story -
Sensor Detects Bombs on Sea Floor
November 26, 2012 — A sensor has been developed to detect undetonated explosives on the sea floor. It is based on technology used to find mineral deposits ... > full story -
Discovering Hidden Art: Detective Work Using Terahertz Radiation
November 21, 2012 — Damaging biocides can be detected on old wooden sculptures, hidden wall paintings can be made visible again and the layered structures of pieces of art analyzed. Using terahertz scanners restorers ... > full story -
Nanotech Device Mimics Dog's Nose to Detect Explosives
November 20, 2012 — Engineers have designed a detector that uses microfluidic nanotechnology to mimic the biological mechanism behind canine scent receptors. The device is both highly sensitive to trace amounts of ... > full story
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