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There’s an interesting story on Space.com about a secret technology mission set to launch today on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office. While there’s little insight into the secret payload, other than speculation that it may be testing new radar or imaging sensors, there is a strong focus on the research and development efforts that [...]
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Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) are testing infrared remote sensing technology to evaluate the pollutant emissions from traffic jams. The new innovation comes with a technique called Open-Path FTIR that looks or specific infrared signatures from specific gas particle, weeding out those compounds that aren’t of interest. The technique can take [...]
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A new study of the geochemistry of the Brazos River in Texas find that human activity has disrupted the natural carbon dioxide cycle of the largest river in the state. According to the researchers, the natural carbon cycles of sources and sinks have been completely overprinted by human activities. The researchers used radiocarbon dating to [...]
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IBM is opening a Smarter Infrastructure Lab at Carnegie Mellon University to develop sensors and systems to monitor the state of infrastructure. The intent is to monitor and analyze the state of buildings, roads, water lines and other urban infrastructure. The software and systems will be tuned to process, monitor and analyze the data from [...]
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Wright State University’s Knowledge-Enabled Computing (Kno.e.sis) lab has been designated as an Ohio Center of Excellence. Kno.e.sis is involved in a number of projects that harness sensor webs and the latest technology in semantic computing to translate massive amounts of data into meaningful information. Example uses of the Center’s research include making sense out of [...]
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The National Science Foundation has awarded three large Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grants to study the earthquake in Chile, which at magnitude 8.8 was the fifth largest earthquake ever recorded. One of the grants will enable a network of 25 continuously operating GPS (CGPS) stations, and a satellite communications link for data delivery. A preliminary [...]
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture have announced a joint research program to produce high-resolution models for predicting climate change and its resulting impacts. The program is called Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction Using Earth System Models (EaSM), and is designed to generate much higher resolution models to [...]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is undertaking an in-depth research project to determine the agricultural productivity of the eastern seaboard. The project is being led by the Agricultural Research Service and involves a large umber of academic research partners. The researchers are compiling data on weather, soil types, land availability, water availability, change in climate [...]
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There’s a position open at the Université Laval in Quebec, Canada for a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Remote Sensing. The chairholder will be awarded $10 million over seven years to conduct research in areas of strategic importance to Canada, and will be awarded full professor tenure and an attractive salary as well as considerable [...]
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