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Largest Atmospheric Radar in the Antarctic Used to Measure Earth’s Ionosphere

About 60 to 600 miles above Earth’s surface, the night sky appears chaotic. This layer of Earth’s atmosphere is known as the ionosphere and gets blasted by solar radiation that splits the bonds of ions.

28 Nov 2019

No Thunder in Sight - AVTECH Sweden’s Proflight Helps Pilots Pick the Perfect Flight Path

Thunderstorms are not usually dangerous for airplanes, but they are often followed by turbulence that really can rock. Now all airline pilots have an option to try out an easy-to-use app, proFLIGHT by Swedish AVTECH, that very precisely shows where the actual threats are in real time along the trajectory.

From AVTECH Sweden AB 20 Nov 2019

Innovative, Smartphone-Based Device Rapidly Detects Toxin-Producing Algae

A highly sensitive system developed by a team of engineers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) utilizes a smartphone to quickly identify the presence of toxin-creating algae in water in just 15 minutes.

8 Nov 2019

Hanwell Technology Helps Museum Host Top Collection

Reliable environmental monitoring data gathered by wireless monitoring solutions from Hanwell Solutions Ltd proved invaluable for a charity museum looking to secure the Government Indemnity Scheme to insure an art collection borrowed from the Ben Uri Gallery.

From Hanwell Solutions Ltd 18 Oct 2019

New Laser-Based Sensor Effectively Detects Buried Objects Even While in Motion

The detection of landmines could be a slow and difficult process. Although the process can be expedited by detecting the landmines from a moving vehicle, this will have an impact on accuracy.

17 Sep 2019

Researchers Develop Novel System that Monitors Water Quality of Rivers

Scientists at the Nanophotonic Technology Centre (NTC) of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) have developed a new system that is based on a network of interconnected sensors. In case anomalies are identified, the system is capable of sending automated contamination alerts.

11 Sep 2019