News tagged with microwave sensors

NIST tunes 'metasurface' with fluid in new concept for sensing and chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like an opera singer hitting a note that shatters a glass, a signal at a particular resonant frequency can concentrate energy in a material and change its properties. And as with 18th century ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Portable microwave sensors for measuring vital signs

Current medical techniques for monitoring the heart rate and other vital signs use electrodes attached to the body, which are impractical for patients who want to move around. Plasma physicist Atsushi Mase, a scientist at ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arctic sea ice captured by satellite

The Arctic Ocean is covered by a dynamic layer of sea ice that grows each winter and shrinks each summer, reaching its yearly minimum size each fall. While the 2010 minimum remains to be seen, NASA's Aqua ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Arctic 'Melt Season' Is Growing Longer, New Research Demonstrates

New NASA-led research shows that the melt season for Arctic sea ice has lengthened by an average of 20 days over the span of 28 years, or 6.4 days per decade. The finding stems from scientists' work to compile ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (17) | comments 9

NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Passes Major Review

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements for the Global Precipitation ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weaknesses in dikes detected by space tech spin-off

A company from one of ESA's Business Incubation Centres has used space technology to develop a scanner to spot weaknesses in dike structures. It is being used to inspect dikes and dams on the Danube river ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

CT Scan To Help Scientists Diagnose Role of Clouds in Climate

(PhysOrg.com) -- During May and June 2009, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Colorado at Boulder will use high-tech ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2