Clemson forum may help decide design of future space suits
... necessary technology is developed to the point of flight readiness," Dooley said. This unique interdiscipli...the annals of science and technology. The initial flight itself will take three years, with astronauts expected to stay on the planet1s surface for up to 500...UNC-CH marine scientist says hurricane could be catastrophic for Pamlico Sound
CHAPEL HILL - Water testing and a flight over North Carolina's PamlicoSound - the nation's largest lagoonal estuary - provided new evidence this weekthat the catastrophic flooding and runoff following Hurricane Floyd will damagethe sound and connected waters. Both commercial and rec...Scientists look for signs of pollution in the superhighway in the sky
...reased levels of smog chemistry coveringthe entire flight corridor, they couldn't find them, she said. What complicated the gas analyses is that ozone and nitrogen oxides haveseveral ways of working their way six miles up into the atmosphere. The gasescan come from below, when man-made smog is fu...CU-Boulder to send experiments ranging from ladybugs to water quality on NASA shuttle
...d for launch from Cape Kennedy, Fla., the five-day flight of NASA'sspace shuttle Columbia may be the last of BioServe's 13 microgravity spaceshuttle missions prior to the center's first International Space Station missionin July 2000. Founded by NASA in 1987, BioServe is a joint venture of CU-Boulder's aero......ess susceptible to icing. In addition to improving flight safety, such a coating could also reduce the amount of environmentally-undesirable ethylene glycol used for aircraft de-icing. Eliminating the hazardous solvent from the coatings could also make them easier to use and reduce the amoun...The Sagan criteria for life revisited
...eo spacecraft found clear signs of life during its flight past the earth including: 1. strong absorption of light at the red end of the visible spectrum, particularly over the continents. The light-absorbing pigment that causes this is chlorophyl, a molecule essential to plant life and photosynthesis. (Pl...Sandia, University Of Montana Researchers Try Training Bees To Find Buried Landmines
...Bromenshenk's team has shown that subtle changesin flight activity and other bee behaviors can signal thatth...beehives near the suspected mines, monitoringbees' flight activity, and analyzing hive samples. "If this method works and it's reliable, you could foreseegivi...Bees The Buzz In Landmine Detection
... sends the bee's identification code, direction of flight and thetime to a modem. The modem downloads the data to a central computer. Thisprocess also will occur when a bee returns to the hive. Then, a system of analysis tools being developed by Sandia NationalLaboratories in New Mexico, Oak Rid...First North Americans Had Chance To Be Avid Birders
...uman eyes followed theprobable southward migratory flight of these Eastern Beringian birds as much as25,000 years ago. Humans that would have pondered, where, over the wall ofglaciers, these birds were going. Note to Editors and Producers: To see and download media quality images ofBeringian bird fossils an...USGS Finds That Mysterious Arkansas Bald Eagle Disease Has Spread To Ducks In Eastern States
...rvations of birds exhibiting wobbly, uncoordinated flight or impairedswimming ability to Wildlife Disease Specialists at NWHC or SCWDS. Additionalinformation can be found at http://www.emtc.usgs.gov/http_data/nwhc/news/news.html ....L.A.Times Book Prize Finalist: Book On Evolution Of Bird Flight
...ntalquestions: How do birds fly? Did birds evolve flight "ground up" or "treesdown?" Are birds really just evolved dinosaurs? And, how do scientists actuallydo science? The book has been hailed by reviewers as "gripping," "an absolutelyterrific book," and "as well structured as any mystery novel." The ...Brief Exposure To High Temperature Has Lasting Effect On Nervous System
...at it might reduce the sensitivity of the locust's flight motorneurons, allowing the insect to fly in ultra-high temperatures. "There isdefinitely adaptive significance to the change in potassium levels, althoughmore investigation is required to determine exactly how the changes influencethe locust's abili...Largest Acoustics Meeting In History Expected
...ey are looking to the owl--whose remarkably silent flight results from its feathers, which have features different from all other birds. Geoffrey M. Lilley of NASA-Langley and the University of Southampton in England ( gml@aero.soton.ac.uk ) will discuss new experiments exploring the noise-minimizing effec...X-Ray Concentrator Will Expand Window On High-Energy Universe
... of the energy that arrives at theaperture. Test flight The technology of capillary optics is relatively new, having been conceived inthe Former USSR in the 1980s. "Any new technology takes a while to become commonplace," Joy said. That isstarting to happen, and NASA/Marshall is working with various co...Fall Meeting: Updated Press Conference Schedule
...ic Hazards to Aviation Relates to Session V31D The flight paths over the northern lands of the Pacific are among the busiest in the world. Ninety-three percent of all cargo flights between Asia and the U.S. fly along the "great circle route" or the shortest distance between Asia and the U.S. This region is...Book By Shipman Wins Phi Beta Kappa Award In Science
...ntalquestions: How do birds fly? Did birds evolve flight "ground up" or "treesdown?" Are birds really just evolved dinosaurs? And, how do scientists actuallydo science? Reviewers have described Taking Wing: as "as well structured as any mysterynovel" and "an absolutely fascinating . . . truly interestin...Glenn To Perform Purdue Soybean Experiment In Space
..., Wis., in February 1997, with an eye on a shuttle flight sometime in 2000. "It was just an idea. I didn't even have any preliminary data when I pitched it to the Commercialization Center," Vierling says. In January, NASA told Vierling his experiment had been bumped up and was now listed on the manifest for...Hurricane Georges Puts On A Light Show
... Tuesday's Georges synoptic/water vapor inflow flight was a success. The hurricane had already made land...ay was the DC-8 Airborne Laboratory's last CAMEX-3 flight - the team sent special thanks to the flight crew for its excellent support. Monday's Georges eye...Detecting Deer: New Method For Counting Population In Urban Areas
...icopter and observers straying off theirdesignated flight paths. Departure from a flight path increases the chance ofcounting the same deer more than once. The study also is the first ove...The Shape Of Life: How Does The Computer "Know" When It Sees It?
...k. Noever isconducting innovative research inspace flight experiments to make improved forms of Aerogel, a superinsulationwith broad applications, and otherareas....