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New Miniature Radar Device Could be Used for Mining and Moon Missions

A miniature radar device that scans deep below ground is being developed to identify ice deposits and even hollowed out lava tubes on the Moon to support possible human settlement.

23 Jul 2021

Mini Radar Could Find Water and Habitable Tunnels on the Moon or Mars

A miniature radar device that scans deep below ground is being developed to identify ice deposits and even hollowed out lava tubes on the Moon to support possible human settlement.

22 Jul 2021

Learning Aids: Skoltech Method Helps Train Computer Vision Algorithms on Limited Data

Researchers from Skoltech have found a way to help computer vision algorithms process satellite images of the Earth more accurately even with very limited data for training.

16 Jul 2021

Ecologists Employ Lidar Technologies to Inspect Forest Vegetation

Researchers working on forest ecology and ecological restoration have been employing state-of-the-art light detection and ranging (lidar) technology in extensive applications.

9 Jul 2021

Highly Sensitive Seismic Instruments Enable Groundwater Monitoring

Scientists from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), along with collaborators from Nepal, have revealed a sophisticated technique to monitor the dynamics of groundwater in high-mountain regions.

20 May 2021

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Commences Cutting-edge Scientific Measurements on Mars with Finnish Equipment

NASA’s Perseverance rover has now spent its first months on the surface of Mars. The testing and deployment phase is proceeding well, and after the first technology demonstration with the Ingenuity helicopter, the rover is commencing the continuous scientific measurements.

15 Apr 2021

Major Turkish grower benefits from the WET-2 Sensor’s multi-parameter soil measurements

SBR Agricultural Products (SBR) was founded in 1990 and operates in the Mersin Silifke region of Turkey. It specialises in the cultivation of fruit, especially berries – using cutting edge techniques.

From Delta-T Devices Ltd 9 Feb 2021

EPFL to Launch New Satellites by 2023

The EPFL Spacecraft Team has set an aspiring goal of launching a couple of satellites by 2023.

8 Feb 2021

New Semiconductor Schottky Contact Sensors Outshine Infrared Sensors

At Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Institute of Materials Science, a research team has developed new silicon and graphene Schottky contact-based infrared radiation sensors with higher efficiency than the infrared sensors available in the market.

21 Oct 2020

MIPT Researchers Develop a Prototype Detector of Solar Particles

Researchers from MIPT have developed a prototype detector of solar particles. The device is capable of picking up protons at kinetic energies between 10 and 100 megaelectronvolts, and electrons at 1-10 MeV.

14 Oct 2020