Teams from NASA’s Johnson Space Center and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center continue to conduct field work as part of this week’s NASA Expeditions in Hawaii.
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Tricorder Tech: Solid-State Single-Molecule Sensing With The Electronic Life-detection Instrument For Enceladus/Europa (ELIE)
Growing evidence of the potential habitability of Ocean Worlds across our Solar System is motivating the advancement of technologies capable of detecting life as we know it – sharing a […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Astrogeology, Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: NASA Goddard Instrument Field Team Tests Astrobiology Instrumentation
We’re the Goddard Instrument Field Team (and friends), and we study Earth’s most otherworldly places. This week we’re in Hawaii working to answer questions about our solar system’s history and […]
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Tricorder Tech: Thermal Imaging Lets Researchers See Beyond The Surface of Butterfly Wings
It turns out that butterflies are just as striking in thermal as they are in the visible light spectrum. According to a study published in Nature by researchers from Columbia […]
Posted inSpace Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Space Stations, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: NASA Manages Astronaut Health With Effective Diagnostics Research
As NASA prepares to send astronauts further into space for longer durations, managing and maintaining their health is a top priority. Researchers and engineers are currently testing a suite of […]
Posted inImaging & Spectroscopy, Microbiology & Virology, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: Intelligent Microscopes For Detecting Rare Biological Events
Imagine you’re a PhD student with a fluorescent microscope and a sample of live bacteria. What’s the best way use these resources to obtain detailed observations of bacterial division from […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: Miniaturized Lab-on-a-chip For Real-time Chemical Analysis Of Liquids
In analytical chemistry, it is often necessary to accurately monitor the concentration change of certain substances in liquids on a time scale of seconds. Especially in the pharmaceutical industry, such […]
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Tricorder Tech: NASA Technology Solution: Standoff Ultra-Compact Micro-Raman Sensor
Easy to use Raman sensor for numerous applications – Traditional micro-Raman systems are capable of performing fine-scale mineralogy; but these are used for in situ analysis. Most of the micro- […]
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Tricorder Tech: NeoSpectra FT-NIR Handheld Spectrometer
New Partnership: NeoSpectra by Si-Ware and NutriControl provides customers with improved solutions for accurate in-field materials analysis NeoSpectra by Si-Ware, the creator of NeoSpectra material analysis solutions built on single-chip […]
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A Real Tricorder For Mobile Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy
BASF Animal Nutrition and trinamiX GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF SE, join forces to introduce trinamiX’ Mobile Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy Solution to the feed industry. With today’s […]