Uncovering the mysteries of alfalfa seed dormancy through multispectral imaging analysis
Tricorders & Sensors
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: Using Your Smartphone As A High-Resolution Handheld Holographic Microscope
SMART researchers create world’s smallest LED and holographic microscope that enable conversion of existing mobile phone cameras into high-resolution microscopes
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: Android-based Application For Photoacoustic Tomography Image Reconstruction
Editor’s note: Photoacoustic tomography allows unique capabilities to look deep inside an organism. Up until now such a capability required the use of a desktop computer to process the data […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Microbiology & Virology, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Tricorders & Sensors, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Tricorder Tech: Onboard Science Instrument Autonomy for the Detection of Microscopy Biosignatures on the Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor
The quest to find extraterrestrial life is a critical scientific endeavor with civilization-level implications. Icy moons in our solar system are promising targets for exploration because their liquid oceans make […]
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Tricorder Tech: Quantum Sensing In Your Pocket
Editor’s note: If you have seen a Tricorder on Star Trek then you know it pretty much answers a wide range of questions. It tells you about the planet you […]
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Tricorder Tech: How To Make Electronic Noses Smell Better
Editor’s note: Humans smell chemical compounds. Tricorders sense them. As you will see in this research there is an attempt to create an “e-nose” that merges both approaches. If you […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: New Biosensor For Manganese – A Metal That Is Essential For Life
A new biosensor engineered by Penn State researchers offers scientists the first dynamic glimpses of manganese, an elusive metal ion that is essential for life.
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Enceladus, Europa, Exploration Gear & Tech, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Tricorders & Sensors
Away Team Droids: Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS)
The EELS system is a mobile instrument platform conceived to explore internal terrain structures, assess habitability and ultimately search for evidence of life. It is designed to be adaptable to […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Titan, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS) Will Study Complex Chemistry On Titan
A new NASA mission to Saturn’s giant moon, Titan, is due to launch in 2027. When it arrives in the mid-2030s, it will begin a journey of discovery that could […]
Posted inMars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Tricorders & Sensors
The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Astrobiology Rover Mission Is Back On Track
A year has passed since the launch of the ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover mission was put on hold, but the work has not stopped for the ExoMars teams in Europe.