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Scientists and engineers are joining forces at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to monitor the weather– and they’re doing it with satellite images.

Managing the volume on the television can sometimes make family viewing a hassle. But a Ph.D. student at the University of Southampton may have a solution that targets the audio to a single spot in the room.

In the movie, The Martian, the code you see on Astronaut Mark’s computer screen is code that can actually be found in the NASA Prototype Verification System, or PVS library.

On any given day, East Coast shipping lanes are filled with ships, sailboats, and barges. But this part of the sea is also home to seven whale species, so scientists have designed a buoy to listen in to the sounds beneath the sea.

From dishwashing liquid to mayonnaise, we have all experienced those plastic bottles that are virtually impossible to empty. But Ohio State researchers have designed a microscopic bottle lining that lets product slide right off.

A mosaic of six pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope captures in stunning detail the energy debris from a supernova.

In the 1960’s as NASA was preparing to go to the moon, thin, reflective metallic materials were developed to protect spacecraft from the dangers of radiation. Now thanks to a Portland based company, our cell phones can benefit from the NASA technology.

Looking at the chemical content of the print rather than simply relying on the fingerprint image could rule out many suspects before you started looking in the database for a match.

The team struggled for more than 2 decades to bring a Pluto mission to life. But the effort was worth the time because New Horizons turned out better than anyone could have dreamed.

The United States National Research Council recommended sample return missions as a priority for the next decade. And one concept in development is looking at icy moons as their target.