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SwRI delivers innovative instrument for NASA’s Europa Clipper mission

MASPEX will analyze gases around Jupiter moon to understand its potential habitability. A groundbreaking new mass spectrometer designed and built by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been delivered for integration…

Team projects 2 out of 3 glaciers could be lost by 2100

Assistant Professor David Rounce of Civil and Environmental Engineering led an international effort to produce new projections of glacier mass loss through the century under different emissions scenarios. The projections…

IOW starts with RV SONNE into the New Year

Expedition investigates shelf and fjord areas of Central and South America. On December 27, 2022, Germany’s second largest research vessel, the “SONNE”, will set off for several months on a…

Slime for the climate, delivered by brown algae

Brown algae take up large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and release parts of the carbon contained therein back into the environment in mucous form. This mucus is…

What it would take to discover life on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus

Surrounded by a vast ocean underneath a thick ice shell, Enceladus is a hot candidate for potentially harboring alien life. A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona…

Study identifies new cause of melting Antarctic ice shelves

Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic. An international team of scientists found that adjacent ice shelves play a role…

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