October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
... can also monitor concentrations of volcanic ash for air safety, and warn against high levels of the UV radiation that can cause skin cancer. About the author Nicolas Lévêque joined Airbus (then Astrium) in 2007...
June 2019
Solar superstorms and their effects on Earth
... currents in our high-voltage power grids and electrical systems, affect GPS signal reception and produce radiation effects on aircraft avionics, just to name a few. These solar superstorm events were believed to be very rare, but...
June 2021
The coolest experiment on the ISS
... to around 200 nano-Kelvin by three key processes. First, a magneto-optical trap holds atoms in place, while radiation and pressure from lasers slows them down. Six lasers are focussed on the atoms, meaning whichever...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... volume. By doing this, Dsup is able to protect DNA from damaging hydroxyl radicals which are produced when radiation interacts with water. Microphotograph of the Archea Thermococcus Gammatolerans. Directed panspermia – seeding the Universe with life...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... together as a team. Cultural and language differences did not create significant problems but the effects of cosmic radiation and weightlessness could obviously not be factored into such an experiment. NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
..., each carried by successively lesser-energy photons. Also neutrons and other subatomic particles. The blast wave of radiation vaporises and ionizes the nuclear device and its surroundings, creating a rapidly expanding cloud of superhot radioactive...
