Space in Biological News

AGU journal highlights -- Aug. 6, 2009

... (111.55-feet) radio telescope of the Deep space Network, made measurements from 22 May to 16 June ... Gross: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ... California, USA; Bruce Cantor: Malin space Science Systems, Inc., San Diego, California, ....

Kornberg Associates Architects Selected to Develop Design for New Stanford University Imaging Center

... spaces. The MEG will be located in interior space on the 4th floor and the MRI facility will be in ... MEG will be located in existing interior office space and requires the complete demolition and ... facility will displace 3,200 ft(2)of mixed use space in the basement. "Many of the Psychology ...

SMOS and Proba-2 launch rescheduled for November

... Following an agreement between ESA, Krunichev space Centre and Eurockot Launch Services, ESA's next ... is a very small satellite, is being carried into space at the same time as SMOS. Proba-2 is the second ... to observe the Sun and do research into space weather. ...

'Platforms in space' to help businesses

... space researchers and enterprise experts from the ... a new business facing service that harnesses space technology for earth-bound benefits. A space Technology Exchange Partnership G-STEP- has been ...

SRI International announces findings from new upper atmospheric radar system for scientific research

... to accurately measure rapidly changing space weather events. "The AMISR system is unique ... dynamic phenomena such as the aurora and space weather storms. Scientists need to understand how ... Without this kind of detailed understanding, space weather models can not reproduce or predict ...

Public lecture at UC Riverside to discuss origin and fate of universe

... and its eventual fate will include the Hubble space Telescope's deepest image of the universe ever ... using ground based telescopes, as well as space observatories such as the Hubble space Telescope. He uses redshift, a change in light's ...

Star Trek-like technology offers noninvasive monitor for patients and athletes

... and portable monitor are funded by the National space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) for use in ... worked closely with researchers at NASA Johnson space Center in Houston to develop applications of the ... to provide health care to NASA astronauts in space and to improve health care on Earth. ...

When industrious ants go too far

... says. The larger the plant, the more living space the ants have. To test this assertion, ... the sterilized plants grew faster, providing more space for ants to inhabit. Octoarticulatus ants are ... are re-routed into growthand more living space for ants. So in this relationship, the ant ...

Former NASA astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar to speak at NJIT's biomedical engineering seminar

... The "MOF" is the largest private air and space museum in the world, with an education program ... Dr. Dunbar recently retired from the NASA Johnson space Center where she was Associate Director, Technology Integration and Risk Management for the space Life Sciences Directorate (SLSD) of the NASA ...

Biomedical researchers invited to design experiments for the International Space Station

... Institutes of Health and the National Air and space Administration are partnering to conduct ... astronauts could perform on the International space Station. In a notice to scientists at ... that could utilize the unique environment in space and produce breakthroughs to improve human health ...

Astronauts may need more intense workouts to maintain muscle fitness in space

... loss during missions onboard the International space Station (ISS). The latest NASA-sponsored ... to improve their muscle performance while in space for extended stays. Average stays on the ISS ... of exercise prescription programs into the space environment. Intensity wins, hands down." In ...

UAB space freezers deemed a success

... compact research freezers is performing well in space and have already boosted the scientific capacity of the International space Station (ISS), said engineers at the University ... flight to the station. This month's flight of space shuttle Discovery marks another milestone for ...

AGU journal highlights -- March 12, 2009

... Limaye, James P. Kossin, and Christopher Rozoff: space Science and Engineering Center, University of ... Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S.A; ... Sciences and Technology Center, NASA Goddard space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S.A. ...

GUMC young scientist selected postdoc Fellow at National Space Biomedical Research Institute

... Washington, DC The National space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) has ... the Fellows examine the acute effects of space radiation exposure to determine whether there are ... including inflammatory signaling induced by space radiation. The study will use a genetic approach ...

European satellites provide new insight into ozone-depleting species

... they shoot into the atmosphere. New findings from space suggest they are also a very important source of ... until recently it had never been measured by a space instrument. In August 2008, the Kasatochi ... from the Brussels-based Belgian Institute for space Aeronomy identified high bromine concentrations ...

ESA's water mission on track for launch

... ESA, CNES and the prime contractor Thales Alenia space are now making detailed preparations for the last ... and engineers from ESA, CNES and Thales Alenia space has just returned from Moscow after meeting with ... will carry a completely new type of instrument in space a microwave imaging radiometer that operates ...

Satellites search out South Pole snowfields

... than 20 times this level. Over 30 sensors from space agencies across the globe, including several from ... Innovation, Universities and Skills, the European space Agency and the British National space Centre, to address key issues in Earth ...

AGU journal highlights -- Dec. 31, 2008

... 3. Speediest sand dunes clocked from space Monitoring the speeds of migrating dunes and ... P. Elsegui and J. de Juan: Institute for space Sciences, CSIC/IEEC, Barcelona, Spain; G. S. ... L. Stenseng, and R. Forsberg: Danish National space Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. Source: ...

The medium is the message: Manipulating salmonella in spaceflight curtails infectiousness

... Institute, has explored the novel environment of space to investigate the cellular and molecular machinery of virulence. There, the space shuttle crew grow the bacteria in triple-enclosed ... ONE , are derived from experiments aboard NASA space shuttle mission STS-123, launched in March, 2008. ...

CT scans reveal that dinosaurs were airheads

... us sinus headaches. Overall, the amount of air space was much greater than the brain cavity. The ... sinuses our brain cavities take up much more space relative to our sinuses the scientist did find a ... and the ancient beasts under study. "Extra air space turns out to be a family characteristic," he ...

ESA tests laser to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide

... Explorer A-SCOPE mission. A-SCOPE (Advanced space Carbon and climate Observation of Planet Earth) ... measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide from space is a challenge. The accuracy required to ... total atmospheric column carbon dioxide from space to improve our understanding of the carbon cycle. ...

Alpine rivers hold important clues for preserving biodiversity and coping with climate change

... with managers, whereby the river is given more space to adjust its morphology (structure) in a dynamic way within reaches where space can be made available for this," said Gurnell. ... the banks and even floodplains in cases where space is available but past management has severed such ...

Small satellite takes on large thunderstorms

... of scientists and students at the NASA Goddard space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; Siena College, Loudonville, N.Y.; Universities space Research Association, Columbia, Md.; Hawk Institute for space Science, Pocomoke City, Md.; and University of ...

Compact research freezers to debut in space

... BIRMINGHAM, Ala. When the space shuttle Endeavour lifts off this month, its ... capacity of the shuttle and the International space Station (ISS). Capable of minus 160 degrees ... Refrigerator. This Endeavour flight is the first space travel for the GLACIER project, part of a ...

Space researchers developing tool to help disoriented pilots

... a major concern for astronaut pilots. A National space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) study is ... and analyzing data from aircraft accidents and space missions. The group has consulted with experts ... Dr. Thomas Jones. "As we go forward with deep space exploration and return to the moon, it's ...

Measuring water from space

... by a brand new satellite technique, called space gravimetry. The GRACE mission comprises two ... water. Meanwhile, scientists at the European space Agency, collaborating with DeMontfort University ... unmeasured," says Jrme Benveniste of the European space Agency's data processing centre ESRIN, in ...

AGU journal highlights: Nov. 11, 2008

... from an ion mass analyzer on board the European space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft, the authors ... H. Nilsson, and M. Yamauchi: Swedish Institute of space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden; M. Fraenz and E. M. ... 6. Magnetic fields reconnecting in near-Earth space Interplanetary magnetic field lines can ...

Satellites helping aid workers in Honduras

... activation of the International Charter on space and Major Disasters. Tens of thousands of ... founded in October 2000 by ESA, the French space Agency (CNES) and the Canadian space Agency (CSA), works to provide satellite data ...

Researchers at UH explore use of fat cells as heart attack therapy

... of the invention of the bioreactor, the space agency named Kleis this spring as the winner of ... which carries a $500 purse issued under the NASA space Act, a program that honors scientific and ... achieve the agency's aeronautical, technology and space goals. While conducting research for her ...

University of Leicester professor adds new perspective to rainforest debate

... of Leicester, had been invited by the Brazilian space Research Institute (INPE) to speak at the ... US, Finland and other countries. The European space Agency, NASA and the Brazilian space Research Institute are currently studying ...

Deep biosphere research points to new methods for recovering petroleum

... Shock, a professor in ASU's School of Earth and space Exploration and the Department of Chemistry and ... an assistant professor in the School of Earth and space Exploration and ASU's Department of Chemistry and ... emeritus faculty in the School of Earth and space Exploration and ASU's Department of Chemistry and ...

NASA picks ASU research team to guide study of search for life

... announced Oct. 2 that ASU's School of Earth and space Exploration is one of 10 research teams from ... The team is centered in the School of Earth and space Exploration, an academic unit in ASU's College of ... Anbar, a professor in the School of Earth and space Exploration and the department of chemistry and ...

Sweat it out: UH study examines ability of sweat patches to monitor bone loss

... "patients" are free-floating astronauts on long space flights, such as missions to Mars or the Moon. A ... require large equipment that's not practical on a space station," said Mark Clarke, associate professor ... This is a critical concern, especially as the space program considers ...

Coming soon: Self-guided, computer-based depression treatment

... click away. Scientists with the National space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) are ... The depression treatment is part of the Virtual space Station, a multi-media program that addresses ... Other problems being addressed via the Virtual space Station include interpersonal conflict, and ...

Unique animal species can survive in space

... microscopic water bears sent up on a twelve-day space trip. The aim of the research project, which was supported by the European space Agency, was to find out more about the basic ... of tardigrades by seeing if they can survive in a space environment. Now Ingemar Jnsson and his ...

Wilkins Ice Shelf hanging by its last thread

... during IPY, ESA is coordinating with other space agencies worldwide, such as Japan's JAXA, the Canadian space Agency and the German and Italian space agencies, to acquire additional SAR data over ...

Extended cyclone relief efforts aided from space

... with timely and synoptic damage information, space agencies and service providers worked around the ... other EO missions' data were made available by space agencies, such as the Italian space Agency (ASI) and the ...

Laser fluorescence could find life on Mars

... are looking at habitability or the European space Agency's ExoMars mission in 2013 that will look ... often are found on comets, meteorites and in space between the stars, and are considered candidates ... would expect some of that material to fall from space onto the surface of Mars," Fisk said. "But we ...

Sun to set on Ulysses solar mission on July 1

... studied the Sun and its effect on the surrounding space for almost four times its expected lifespan, will ... about our star and the way it interacts with the space surrounding it," said Richard Marsden, ESA's ... "Many solar missions have appeared on the space scene in recent years, but Ulysses is still ...

NASA presentations at American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly

... Temperature Measurements from the International space Station Time: Thurs, May 29, 8:30AM EDT, Hall A ... SA41A-03 Instruments onboard the International space Station provide unique measurements about the station's electromagnetic charge and the immediate space weather environment. Researchers will discuss how ...