UT Southwestern doctors track Oklahoma Alzheimer's patients via telemedicine
...ection is made using equipment in Dallas linked to satellites located where patients in the Choctaw Nation live. Patients' family members bring them to one of the four Oklahoma locations including the primary memory disorders clinic in Talihina, Broken Bow, McAlester and Hugo. "They can see me, and I can see th...Views from space help oil prospectors see deep underground
... hydrocarbons. Today, seismic surveys planned with satellites are yielding clearer, deeper subterranean views at...equired. Instead, data from a variety of different satellites are collected and combined within a geographic information system to yield information on accessibil......t have to fly over the South Atlantic. There, even satellites in low orbits suffer many hits by atomic bullets f... (2000) measures both magnetism and gravity. These satellites show that the danger zone for satellites over Brazil and the South Atlantic is growing wider towards...ESA presents space solutions at post-Kyoto climate summit
...ng with such countries in order to demonstrate how satellites can help fill gaps in data on land use, land-use c...mistry. Another project called CONTRAILS is using satellites to study aircraft condensation trails with a view to assessing their impact on the climate. The UNFC...Space sentinels track desertification on Mediterranean shores
... is needed of areas most at risk, and this is what satellites can provide. As well as highlighting any relevant land use change, the view from space can reveal increased surface reflectivity, temperature, dryness and dustiness. Infrared sensors can be used to detect vegetation stress from environmental changes...TIGER Workshop puts focus on space for African water management
...t as well as data from ERS and Japan's past JERS-1 satellites to guide well diggers to sites most likely to yiel...and non-governmental organisations. Epidemio uses satellites to provide environmental information in the service of epidemiology, including the charting of water...Coast-mapping satellites will follow the tides
... began using radar data from Envisat's predecessor satellites ERS back in the early 1990s to update maps of Fren...h military. Coastal changes occur very rapidly but satellites makes possible the easy updating of charts in a way that ships and aircraft cannot." To qualify the......r at scanning images from security cameras or spy satellites could lead to better training programs. ...Envisat Symposium report day 4: Assistance from space to combat hazards and natural disasters
... EOMD. "We make use of imagery from all available satellites including Envisat and Spot-5" said Henry. "Our aim is to make the final map products available no more than 12 hours after data acquisition, for use during the crisis, post-crisis and prevention stages of an emergency." On call 24 hours a day, seven...Envisat Symposium report day 2: GMES turns science to services
...iew granted by Envisat and other Earth Observation satellites represents a crucial capability for GMES, but it relies on integrating data from many sources and multi-disciplinary fields. GMES is being enlarged on a modular basis, the session heard, and scientific research represents the source of services to c...Envisat Symposium day one: Steady symphony of Europe's largest satellite
...ng the design of the new generation of operational satellites at the centre of the space segment of GMES known ...Explorers five have been selected so far smaller satellites will eventually succeed Envisat. Achache concluded by stressing his view that even as individual mi...Taking apart a hurricane: Multi-sensor Envisat sees through Frances
...imilar radar altimeters aboard the Jason-1 and GFO satellites to enhance overall accuracy and spatial and temporal coverage, forming the source for altimetry products which, in turn, form the basis for NOAA/AOML-produced maps of tropical cyclone heat potential depicting the upper ocean thermal conditions, shown...Envisat witnesses return of the South Polar ozone hole
... phenomenon was first discovered in the mid-1980s, satellites have served as an important means of monitoring it...ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes. "ESA satellites have been routinely observing stratospheric ozone concentrations for the last decade. "And because ...Siberian forest fires partly to blame for Seattle area violating EPA ozone limit
...g May and June, and the smoke plume was tracked by satellites and detected during a research flight off the Washington coast on June 2. Between May 27 and June 9, air quality monitors in British Columbia and Washington detected levels of ozone that were higher than average for that period. Previous daily data ...Envisat's rainbow vision detects ground moving at pace fingernails grow
Radar data from satellites such as ESA's Envisat are used to construct 'interferograms' that show millimetre-scale land movements. These rainbow-hued images provide scientists with new insights into tectonic motion, and an enhanced ability to calculate hazards arising when thi...Researchers define mechanism that enables stem cells to track migrating brain tumor cells
...cer cells migrate away from the main tumor to form satellites that often escape treatment and lead to recurrence...ility of neural stem cells to seek out and destroy satellites of tumor cells in the brain. Now we know at least one component of tumor cells that is attracting ne...National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2004 class of inventors
...950s, he advanced the concept of using a system of satellites to allow the calculation of precise positioning data for rapidly moving vehicles ranging from cars to missiles. Getting also made significant contributions to the early development of radar and Projects Mercury and Gemini. Parkinson created and ran...World Summit on the Information Society
...rogrammes, spoke of the contribution that Europe's satellites make to safeguarding our environment. One example...antitative and qualitative information supplied by satellites to help improve the management of natural resources, mitigate the impact of disasters and facilitate...Enormous X-ray solar flare seen by SOHO
...hat followed (called a 'proton storm') could upset satellites by interfering with their electronics systems and damaging exposed components. During these storms, astronauts are advised to reduce exposure, particularly during spacewalks. Our atmosphere protects people on the Earth, but passengers and crews on c...Mapping the air to safeguard your looks, the environment and planes in flight
...ara. Part of EMPA's interest in TEMIS is in using satellites to track pollution as it travels from 'hotspot' re...bservation stations, pilots and also webcams. But satellites are well suited to detect ash and also sulphur dioxide gas, typically a 'signature' of volcanic erup...