NASA Science to Host Community Town Hall Meeting
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 3 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 17, to…
Silk Road contains genomic resources for improving apples
Research News The apple’s domestication history has led to untapped sources of genes November 10, 2020 The fabled Silk Road — the 4,000-mile stretch between China and Western Europe where…
New smartwatch app alerts deaf and hard-of-hearing users to common home-related sounds
Research News Prototype used machine learning to classify sounds in real time November 10, 2020 Smartwatches offer people a private method for getting notifications about their surroundings — such as…
Independent Review Indicates NASA Prepared for Mars Sample Return Campaign
NASA released an independent review report Tuesday indicating the agency is now ready to undertake its Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign to bring pristine samples from Mars to Earth for…
New NASA Partnerships to Mature Commercial Space Technologies, Capabilities
NASA has selected 17 U.S. companies for 20 partnerships to mature industry-developed space technologies for the Moon and beyond. The NASA and industry teams will design a 3D printing system…
Autonomous multi-drone aerial surveys of Antarctic penguin colonies
Research News Documenting a colony of Adélie penguins November 9, 2020 Scientist Mac Schwager at Stanford University, an aeronautics and astronautics researcher, learned that biologists were seeking a better way…
Genomic data ‘catches corals in the act’ of speciation and adaptation
Research News Diversity in Hawaiian corals is likely driven by co-evolution November 9, 2020 A U.S. National Science Foundation-funded study led by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa researchers has revealed…
NASA Invites Media to Briefing on Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board Report
NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 10, to discuss the findings and recommendations of the report by an agency-commissioned independent board about NASA’s plans…