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Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer Data on Solar Tsunami Used to Estimate Sun's Magnetic Field

A solar tsunami observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun's magnetic field.

12 Jul 2013

P&P Optica’s SWIR Spectrometer Wins 2013 R&D 100 Award

P&P Optica Inc., has been named a winner of the 2013 R&D 100 Awards by R&D Magazine for its breakthrough Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) Spectrometer - The PPO SWIR. The R&D 100 Award recognizes the top technology products of the year, and this year the PPO SWIR was chosen for the "Oscars for Innovation," as one of the most revolutionary, newly introduced technologies to the market. This is the second consecutive year P&P Optica has won an R&D 100 award.

From P&P Optica 11 Jul 2013

Super-Lightweight Miniature Spectrometers Help Investigate Plant Parameters in New Zealand Grasslands

A pair of super-lightweight miniature spectrometers from Ocean Optics is helping researchers investigate plant parameters in a verdant patch of New Zealand grassland. The compact STS model spectrometers, one deployed as a ground unit and the other aboard an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), are making synchronized hyperspectral measurements of barley and sugar beet crops to assess plant characteristics for more effective crop management.

4 Jul 2013

Launch of Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph Spacecraft Will Enable Better Observation of the Sun

Scientists will soon be able to observe the sun like never before, thanks to the successful launch of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft and science instrument, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for NASA. The IRIS spacecraft was launched at 7:27 pm PDT. IRIS ground stations received telemetry and verified the health of the spacecraft at 8:25 pm PDT.

29 Jun 2013

Mars Microbeam Raman Spectrometer Analyzes Atacama Desert Subsurface Samples

A film director looking for a location where a movie about Mars could be shot might consider the Atacama Desert, one of the harshest landscapes the planet has to offer. Due to the accidents of its geography, Atacama is the driest place on Earth. Some scientists believe there was no rain to speak of in part of the Atacama between 1570 and 1971. With little moisture in the air its salt lakes, sand dunes and lava flows broil or freeze and are blasted by ultraviolet radiation.

25 Jun 2013

Agilent’s Ion Mobility Technology Enhances High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced analytical research findings using new ion mobility technology combined with a modified high-resolution iFunnel Quadrupole-Time-of-Fight LC/MS system.

From Agilent Technologies, Inc. 11 Jun 2013

AB SCIEX to Unveil New Tools at American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference

Automation, ease of use and balancing capabilities with lower cost are at the top of the list of priorities for laboratory technicians in search of faster, more accurate answers in applied sciences, according to food safety testing, environmental and clinical research analysts who attended the AB SCIEX Users Meeting in Minneapolis yesterday.

11 Jun 2013

NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph Mission to Study Sun's Lower Atmosphere

NASA's next scientific satellite, which is scheduled for launch June 26, will provide the most detailed look ever at the sun's lower atmosphere or interface region.

6 Jun 2013

Gemini Observatory Images Show Comet ISON Racing Towards a Close Brush with the Sun

Images of Comet ISON over the past three months hint at coming changes as comet speeds into the inner solar system.

1 Jun 2013

Rapid Scanning Spectroscopy Holds Potential to Advance Greenhouse Gas Detection

Detecting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could soon become far easier with the help of an innovative technique* developed by a team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists have overcome an issue preventing the effective use of lasers to rapidly scan samples.

16 May 2013

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