This photograph, taken a short hike from the Geographic South Pole in Antarctica, shows some of the antennas comprising the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) array. They are visible here as the chain of antennas and wiring stretching away into the distance. The red lights along the horizon in the background are lights marking…

Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York, were set to uncover the secrets that lie beneath Alcatraz penitentiary’s former recreation yard, now a national historic landmark. The team used laser scans, ground-penetrating radar, and a process known as georectification, which links old, digitized maps to a coordinate system “so they can be accurately…

Five years ago, on Feb. 27, 2014, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint satellite project by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), lifted off aboard a Japanese H-IIA rocket. Since then, the cutting-edge instruments on GPM have provided advanced measurements about the rain and snow particles within clouds, Earth’s precipitation…

As a kid, snow brought bounds of excitement, spending the day building snow forts, booking it down a hill on an overcrowded sled, planning a snow ball sneak attack on unsuspecting family members, and ending the day with a warm glass of hot cocoa. Now, snow means shoveling, plowing, and tricky commutes to work, among…

Lush, green forests brimming with vibrancy are the staple contrast to Earth’s vast oceans. Beyond their beautiful exteriors, forests play a vital role for life on our planet. To better monitor these domains, researchers looked toward a fleet of automated, low-cost drones. According to CORDIS, about 1.6 billion people, which is more than a quarter…

UNSW Sydney researchers are providing accurate maps of the Townsville flood frontier within an hour using the latest satellite radar imaging technology. Record-breaking floods threatening North Queensland are being mapped by UNSW Sydney researchers within an hour to provide snapshots of rising floodwaters where previously such images were slow to produce and hampered by poor…

When vacationers buy a stake in a beachfront timeshare, they decide in advance who gets to use the property when. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) institute a similar plan for when commercial wireless providers and the U.S. Navy attempt to share a desirable 150-megahertz (MHz)-wide…

This week, at the 2019 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC2019), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, announces an exceptional radar transceiver designed as an efficient, low-cost solution for presence detection in smart building solutions. The power consumption of the radar is below 1mW, which is 100 times lower than…

Although the concept of sensor fusion has been around for a while, we’re beginning to see real-world deliverability around the premise. Indeed, sensor fusion is rapidly evolving into a hot trend, with roots in mobile phone and portable technology, now beginning to spread into context awareness for IoT sensors, the next generations of autonomous road…

For creating the most comprehensive global map of the ocean floor, Dr. David Sandwell received the Charles A. Whitten Medal, sponsored by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Sandwell, a geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, accepted the award at the AGU Fall Meeting in December 2018. Named after scientist Charles A. Whitten, the medal is…