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 […]
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Tricorder In The Field: Solving Everest’s Wildlife Mysteries with eDNA
Scientists discover evidence of 187 taxonomic orders from just 20 liters of water collected in one of the Earth’s harshest environments A team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
A Tiny, High-Powered Laser To Find Water On The Moon
Finding water on the Moon could be easier with a Goddard technology that uses an effect called quantum tunneling to generate a high-powered terahertz laser, filling a gap in existing […]
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Tricorder Tech: Tiny Chip-based Device Performs Ultrafast X-ray Manipulation
The Science Optical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are tiny microchip-size devices that control light and communications. Separately, time-resolved X-ray probes are devices that help scientists study highly transient phenomena. These phenomena […]
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Spectropolarimetry Of Life: Airborne Measurements From A Hot Air Balloon
Does life exist outside our Solar System? A first step towards searching for life outside our Solar System is detecting life on Earth by using remote sensing applications. Does life […]
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A Tool That Can Detect Ancient Life On Earth And Beyond
An innovative scientific instrument developed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers is expected to be a game changer in the search for life–existing or extinct–on Earth and other planets. […]
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NASA Biofinder Detects Biological Remains In Green River Fish Fossils From Eocene Epoch At Video Speed
The “Search for life”, which may be extinct or extant on other planetary bodies is one of the major goals of NASA planetary exploration missions. Finding such evidence of biological […]
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Assessing Planetary Complexity and Potential Agnostic Biosignatures Using Epsilon Machines
We present a new approach to exoplanet characterisation using techniques from complexity science, with potential applications to biosignature detection.
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Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy Of Sublimating Salty Ice Analogues. Implications For Icy Moons
The composition of the surface of the Galilean icy moons has been debated since the Galileo mission. Several chemistries have been proposed to explain the composition of the non-icy component […]