LAUREL, Md., March 12 (UPI) -- A new U.S. orbiting satellite is carrying a tiny analyzer to study plasma depletions, known as plasma bubbles, that can disrupt communications. Researchers from the ...

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel helped develop a tiny analyzer to study empty pockets in the plasma of the ionosphere ? a phenomenon that can disrupt ...

In a previous DEV-monkey column I described several low-cost logic analyzers. While talking with exhibitors at the April 2010 Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA, I came across several other ...

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., in conjunction with scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the U.S. Air Force Academy, ...

Thermo Electron Corp., based in Billerica, Mass., has announced the release of its new Niton XLt 797X XRF analyzer that offers small-spot focus capability. According to Thermo, the product was ...

A newly launched spacecraft includes a tiny analyzer to study plasma bubbles in the ionosphere that disrupt satellite communications. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics ...

A piece of paper no bigger than a business card could enrich struggling coffee farmers and their soil, a growing challenge as temperatures rise and prices fluctuate. Enveritas, a U.S. nonprofit, ...

Remember mood rings? Those '70s gadgets that turned different colors as they gauged the mood of the wearer by measuring the vibes in the air or body? Well, Da-Ren Chen, Ph.D., mechanical engineer at ...

The Wi-Spy is a 2.4-GHz spectrum analyzer that s about the size of a small USB flash drive. According to its manufacturer, MetaGeek LLC, it s the smallest such analyzer in the world and it only costs ...

When I was at Maker Faire this year (2013), my friend Phil Sittner came up to the Atmel booth and told me that I had to see something on the other side of the show floor. (Phil is the guy that built a ...