http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/newsandevents/newsboard Latest from Science and Technology: News Items en-us Monday, May 13, 2013 2:07:41 PM PDT 244 05-13-2013

Two prominent aerospace industry organizations are recognizing the contributions of NASA, especially the achievements of the team that landed NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars in August, with coveted awards.]]> Monday, May 13, 2013 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-158 04-18-2013

The hunt is on for methods to aim a spacecraft at an asteroid.]]> Thursday, April 18, 2013 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-138 04-09-2013

NASA has announced recipients of the 2013 Sagan Exoplanet Fellowships, a program designed to encourage new talent in exoplanet research.]]> Tuesday, April 9, 2013 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-128 04-01-2013

Like bees buzzing around a hive, three repurposed military unmanned aircraft were sent by NASA into a Costa Rican volcano's plume last month to study its chemical environment.]]> Monday, April 1, 2013 http://1.usa.gov/13NaIhZ 02-26-2013

NASA has selected 24 small satellites, including three from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to fly as payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016.]]> Tuesday, February 26, 2013 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-073 02-19-2013

A collaborative effort between NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Delft University of Technology has demonstrated a novel optical sensor for the analysis of the composition and of the origin of geological formations. The image to the left shows the 1024 x 8 sensor integrated with the prototype FPGA board for the time-resolved laser spectroscopy instrument.]]> Tuesday, February 19, 2013 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=2102 02-14-2013

The National Space Club will honor NASA's Curiosity/Mars Science Laboratory team with three awards, including the prestigious Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy.]]> Thursday, February 14, 2013 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-058 01-17-2013

An area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of California continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, finds a new NASA-led study.]]> Thursday, January 17, 2013 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-025 01-16-2013

This week, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are running an experiment simulating a deep ocean hydrothermal vent to test theories about the origins of life.]]> Wednesday, January 16, 2013 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-023 01-16-2013

A new NASA-led study finds that when it comes to combating global warming caused by emissions of ozone-forming chemicals, location matters.]]> Wednesday, January 16, 2013 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-022 12-13-2012

JPL will present this event on March 5-6, 2013 in Los Angeles, Calif.]]> Thursday, December 13, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-014 12-12-2012

Dr. Todd Ely, principal investigator for NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., spotlights the paradigm-busting innovations now in development to revolutionize spaceflight navigation.]]> Wednesday, December 12, 2012 http://1.usa.gov/TPdxVZ 11-29-2012

Forecasters could be able to predict how intense tropical cyclones like Hurricane Sandy will be by analyzing relative-humidity levels within their large-scale environments.]]> Thursday, November 29, 2012 http://1.usa.gov/U4BfMo 11-19-2012

In 2010-11, global sea level fell nearly a quarter inch. But, when it comes to long-term sea level, what comes down must eventually come back up.]]> Monday, November 19, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-362 09-20-2012

NASA software that models the behavior of earthquake faults and NASA's first mobile application are co-winners of NASA's 2012 Software of the Year Award.]]> Thursday, September 20, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-296 09-18-2012

JPL researchers are creating concoctions of organics, or carbon-bearing molecules, on ice in the lab, then zapping them with lasers.]]> Tuesday, September 18, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-293 09-04-2012

Winners of the annual 2012 Postdoc Research Day gave seminars on their research and were presented with plaques to commemorate the event.]]> Tuesday, September 4, 2012 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1911 08-30-2012

Teams from JPL and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo conduct a balloon technology demonstration field test for an upcoming CubeSat launch.]]> Thursday, August 30, 2012 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1910 07-23-2012

President Obama has named six NASA individuals, including one from JPL, as recipients of the 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).]]> Monday, July 23, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-215 07-17-2012

Researchers at JPL and Caltech have developed an instrument for exploring the cosmos and the quantum world.]]> Tuesday, July 17, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-210 06-12-2012

For the first time in decades, NASA is reinventing the type of parachutes being used to land on Mars.]]> Tuesday, June 12, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-165 06-12-2012

JPL’s annual Open House event gave visitors an up close look at the lab’s science and technology research efforts.]]> Tuesday, June 12, 2012 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1842 05-31-2012

Recounting of the GALEX project shows small projects can be as technically challenging as big ones.]]> Thursday, May 31, 2012 http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/ask/issues/46/46s_managing_unexpected.html 05-31-2012

Come join the conversation on the new JPL Technology Facebook page.]]> Thursday, May 31, 2012 http://www.facebook.com/pages/JPL-Technology/257543087625329 05-31-2012

Follow announcements from the Office of the Chief Technologist at JPL]]> Thursday, May 31, 2012 http://www.twitter.com/JPL_Technology 05-30-2012

JPL's annual Open House will take place June 9-10, 2012. Check out the exciting exhibits on the science and technology research.]]> Wednesday, May 30, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/open-house.cfm 05-02-2012

The Discover JPL brochure, developed in partnership with JPL's University Research Affairs office, is the recent recipient of several Communicator Awards that recognize excellence in communications.]]> Wednesday, May 2, 2012 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1786 04-23-2012

The Arctic region is home to large reservoirs of the potent greenhouse gas methane. A new study with NASA contributions finds the Arctic Ocean may be an important source.]]> Monday, April 23, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-110 04-19-2012

JPL's MDL has released its annual report for 2011.]]> Thursday, April 19, 2012 http://microdevices.jpl.nasa.gov/about-mdl/annual-reports/MDL_AR11_022012.pdf 04-10-2012

The swirling flows of tens of thousands of ocean currents are captured in a new NASA scientific visualization created with the help of JPL satellite and model data.]]> Tuesday, April 10, 2012 http://1.usa.gov/Hvtteu 04-10-2012

NASA is preparing to fly a Deep Space Atomic Clock, or DSAC, demonstration that will revolutionize the way we conduct deep-space navigation.]]> Tuesday, April 10, 2012 http://1.usa.gov/IhKiKw 04-03-2012

NASA has announced the 2012 Sagan Exoplanet Fellowships, a program designed to encourage new talent in the area of exoplanet research.]]> Tuesday, April 3, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-093 03-26-2012

How the Juno team focused on reducing risk for this mission to Jupiter.]]> Monday, March 26, 2012 http://1.usa.gov/HdDwlI 03-01-2012

A NASA-led study finds Arctic sea ice loss may be intensifying release of bromine into the atmosphere, depleting ground-level ozone and depositing toxic mercury in the Arctic.]]> Thursday, March 1, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-054 02-27-2012

NASA is helping lead a global effort to upgrade systems used to determine a terrestrial reference frame for Earth and improve the accuracy of Earth observations from space.]]> Monday, February 27, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-049 02-21-2012

A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the height of Earth's forests.]]> Tuesday, February 21, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-044 02-14-2012

Cubesats from JPL/Caltech have been selected by NASA to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2013 and 2014.]]> Tuesday, February 14, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-042 02-13-2012

An orbiting laboratory will soon provide new and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate.]]> Monday, February 13, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-041 02-13-2012

Only about 25 percent of the energy in every gallon of gasoline you buy actually helps your vehicle to run. What if you could recover some of the wasted energy? JPL and automakers and developing technology to do just that.]]> Monday, February 13, 2012 http://climate.nasa.gov/EnergyInnovations/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowEnergy&EiID=667 02-13-2012

KISS has announced that it will fund a new student-led mini program, giving a handful of students a chance to develop instruments for the Axel rover,]]> Monday, February 13, 2012 http://features.caltech.edu/features/316 01-31-2012

JPL will host the 24th annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on Tuesday, March 6, and Wednesday, March 7, at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel.]]> Tuesday, January 31, 2012 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-030 01-24-2012

Interested in spinoff technologies, commercialization, or licensing? Visit the new Technology Transfer site for more information.]]> Tuesday, January 24, 2012 http://techtransfer.jpl.nasa.gov 12-08-2011

Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS) software operating on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, is NASA's 2011 Software of the Year recipient.]]> Thursday, December 8, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-380 11-22-2011

Researchers at JPL have developed a new chip that can carry out wet-chemistry experiments without human interaction.]]> Tuesday, November 22, 2011 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1576 11-17-2011

NASA'S turning up the heat and weaving a path toward future exploration with development of new game-changing technologies.]]> Thursday, November 17, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-357 11-10-2011

The very first stars in our universe were not the behemoths scientists had once thought, according to new simulations performed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.]]> Thursday, November 10, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-348 10-12-2011

The 75th anniversary of the first rocket experiments at the site that became JPL will be celebrated with a free, public screening of a new documentary at Caltech on Oct. 25.]]> Wednesday, October 12, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-318 10-03-2011

A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperatures in the stratosphere.]]> Monday, October 3, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-308 09-29-2011

New observations by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, show there are significantly fewer near-Earth asteroids in the mid-size range than previously thought.]]> Thursday, September 29, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-304 09-19-2011

Winners of the annual 2011 Postdoc Research Day gave seminars on their research and were presented with plaques to commemorate the event.]]> Monday, September 19, 2011 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1478 09-19-2011

NASA has selected two game-changing space technology projects for development, both with JPL involvement.]]> Monday, September 19, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-295 09-15-2011

A NASA-led team has used radar sounding technology developed to explore Mars' subsurface to map, for the first time, freshwater aquifers buried deep beneath an Earth desert.]]> Thursday, September 15, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-290 09-01-2011

The new 'Discover JPL' brochure gives an inside look at JPL's collaborative relationships with the academic community. These partnerships provide accelerated innovation for NASA’s missions and lead to new science and technology opportunities.]]> Thursday, September 1, 2011 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/files/JPL_Student_Research_Brochure_2010.pdf 08-22-2011

NASA has selected three proposals, including one from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., as Technology Demonstration Missions to transform space communications, deep space navigation and in-space propulsion capabilities.]]> Monday, August 22, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-261 08-18-2011

NASA-funded researchers have created the first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica.]]> Thursday, August 18, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-256 08-16-2011

Our planet Earth is not expanding, as some scientists had previously speculated.]]> Tuesday, August 16, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-254 08-01-2011

The Herschel Space Observatory's large telescope and state-of-the-art infrared detectors have provided the first confirmed finding of oxygen molecules in space.]]> Monday, August 1, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-234 07-28-2011

NASA has selected the inaugural class of Space Technology Research Fellows.]]> Thursday, July 28, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jul/HQ_11-246_STRF_Awards.html 07-25-2011

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and Chevron Corporation in San Ramon, Calif., have announced a partnership to develop a range of advanced technologies that can be used in harsh environments, both on Earth and in space.]]> Monday, July 25, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-226 07-25-2011

Astronomers, including a team led by Matt Bradford of JPL, found a feeding black hole soaking in water vapor.]]> Monday, July 25, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-223 06-24-2011

A group of young Jet Propulsion Laboratory employees launch a mission and learn how to work as a team.]]> Friday, June 24, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/ask/issues/42/42s_reflecting_hope.html 06-15-2011

Students get the chance to design a sample return mission to a comet or asteroid.]]> Wednesday, June 15, 2011 http://features.caltech.edu/features/189 06-14-2011

Since 1611, humans have recorded the comings and goings of black spots on the sun.]]> Tuesday, June 14, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-181 06-02-2011

In a recent article in NASA's ASK magazine, Richard Cook of JPL discusses the technology challenges faced by the Mars Exploration Program.]]> Thursday, June 2, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/ask/issues/42/42s_challenge_complexity.html 05-31-2011

A NASA-led team has used NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever produced depicting the amount and location of carbon stored in Earth's tropical forests.]]> Tuesday, May 31, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-165 05-27-2011

A clean, efficient technology to generate grid-independent electricity from methanol, developed by a JPL team in partnership with USC, has been licensed to a private company.]]> Friday, May 27, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-163 05-16-2011

Visitors from around the country attended the 2011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Open House to see science and technology showcases.]]> Monday, May 16, 2011 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1329 05-13-2011

The Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has birthed robotic explorers sent to destinations throughout the solar system over the past five decades.]]> Friday, May 13, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-142 04-26-2011

The seeds from JPL rover technology are being used to examine buildings inside Japan’s damaged nuclear plant.]]> Tuesday, April 26, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-126 03-31-2011

It is with great sadness the AIRS Project announces the passing of AIRS mission visionary and founder, Team Leader Dr. Moustafa Chahine. Known affectionately as "Mous" to friends and colleagues, Mous leaves behind a distinguished legacy of science, discovery, mentorship, and deep friendship.]]> Thursday, March 31, 2011 http://blogs.jpl.nasa.gov/2011/03/in-memory-of-dr-moustafa-t-chahine-1935-2011/ 03-29-2011

NASA announces the 2011 Carl Sagan Fellowships, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.]]> Tuesday, March 29, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-099 03-10-2011

Visualization tools help researcher practice map the Vesta asteroid with still images and animations.]]> Thursday, March 10, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-075 03-08-2011

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an accelerating pace, according to a new NASA-funded satellite study.]]> Tuesday, March 8, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-070 03-03-2011

Former JPL physicist/engineer Eric Fossum will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for a sensor chip widely used in cell phone and other digital cameras, webcams and medical imaging applications.]]> Thursday, March 3, 2011 http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/scitech/display.cfm?ST_ID=2364 02-10-2011

NASA has selected 20 small satellites, including two from JPL, to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard new rockets planned to launch in 2011 and 2012.]]> Thursday, February 10, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-045 01-26-2011

A group of JPL researchers and their colleagues will hunt for new and exotic objects in the sky by using ceiling-fan-size antennas.]]> Wednesday, January 26, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-027 01-25-2011

Arcadia High School beat out 22 other local high schools in an all day 'buzzer-beater'-style competition held at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.]]> Tuesday, January 25, 2011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-024 01-03-2011

A JPL developed software architecture has been selected by the Apache Software Foundation to become a Top Level Project.]]> Monday, January 3, 2011 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1134 01-03-2011

NASA has released a solicitation for NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships (NSTRF) for Fall 2011. Graduate students are encouraged to apply for technology fellowship research opportunities at NASA centers, including JPL.]]> Monday, January 3, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/early_stage_innovation/grants/NSTRF.html 12-07-2010

A group of early-career employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., can now add “rocket launch” to their resumes.]]> Tuesday, December 7, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-408 12-06-2010

JPLs research community already operates in a highly professional and ethical manner that allows it to support NASA's mission. Recently the Office of the Chief Scientist and Chief Technologist (OCSCT) developed new guidelines to assist researchers by helping to inform their thinking about ethics in research.]]> Monday, December 6, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1112 11-23-2010

A team of scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has brought the world one step closer to 'hearing' gravitational waves.]]> Tuesday, November 23, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-394 11-23-2010

In the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in major lakes, NASA researchers determined Earth's largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate change.]]> Tuesday, November 23, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-393 11-16-2010

An astronomy team led by Dan Coe, formerly of JPL, has created one of the sharpest and most detailed maps of dark matter in the universe.]]> Tuesday, November 16, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-382 11-10-2010

A NASA analysis of satellite data has quantified, for the first time, the amount of older and thicker "multiyear" sea ice lost from the Arctic Ocean due to melting.]]> Wednesday, November 10, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-379 11-03-2010

JPL is a partner on a project that will develop and implement the next generation Global Differential GPS System.]]> Wednesday, November 3, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1063 10-19-2010

JPL has conducted the first test flight of a prototype instrument being developed for a future space mission to survey how clouds and aerosols affect Earth's changing climate.]]> Tuesday, October 19, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-342 10-05-2010

Many researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are recognized for their work by professional societies. A new list of society fellows at JPL is now available.]]> Tuesday, October 5, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/community/professionalsocietyfellows/ 09-20-2010

Snowmelt in the Colorado River basin is occurring earlier, reducing runoff and the amount of crucial water available downstream.]]> Monday, September 20, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-306 09-16-2010

Winners of the annual 2010 Postdoc Research Day gave seminars on their research and were presented with plaques to commemorate the event.]]> Thursday, September 16, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=1009 09-14-2010

New NASA research mixes satellite and surface measurements with an ocean model to estimate how water is moving around Earth and measure changes caused by the last major Ice Age.]]> Tuesday, September 14, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-298 09-08-2010

Solicitation Release Date: 08 September 2010 Application Deadline: 5pm PST 24 November 2010]]> Wednesday, September 8, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=994 08-25-2010

A new type of El Nino is becoming more common and progressively stronger, according to a new NASA/NOAA study that has potential implications for long-term weather forecasting.]]> Wednesday, August 25, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-277 08-19-2010

Astronomers have devised a new method for measuring perhaps the greatest puzzle of our universe -- dark energy.]]> Thursday, August 19, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-272 08-12-2010

A new model developed by scientists working with radar data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows that differing densities in the outermost layers of Titan can account for the unusual surface behavior.]]> Thursday, August 12, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-266 08-05-2010

Device built to aid note-taking wins worldwide competition]]> Thursday, August 5, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=964 07-26-2010

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) and The Mount Wilson Institute have awarded JPL's Dr. Michael Shao the 2010 Michelson Prize.]]> Monday, July 26, 2010 http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/news/michaelShao.cfm 07-07-2010

NASA's proposed FY 2011 budget could include new opportunities for academic collaborations in technology research and development.]]> Wednesday, July 7, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=940 06-24-2010

A new website is now available that highlights JPL's airborne earth science instruments]]> Thursday, June 24, 2010 http://airbornescience.jpl.nasa.gov 06-14-2010

A NASA-led research team has successfully demonstrated for the first time elements of a prototype tsunami prediction system that quickly and accurately assesses large earthquakes and estimates the size of resulting tsunamis.]]> Monday, June 14, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-198 06-08-2010

Scientists at JPL have found an improved method to help predict space weather.]]> Tuesday, June 8, 2010 http://www.iop.org/news/jun10/page_43720.html 06-08-2010

Using concurrent engineering tools and processes, Team X does rapid and thorough design and review of space missions. Team members recently celebrated reaching a milestone - their 1,000th study.]]> Tuesday, June 8, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=912 06-02-2010

Going against the grain may turn out to be a powerful move for black holes.]]> Wednesday, June 2, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-186 05-28-2010

Hurricanes, air quality and Arctic ecosystems are among the research areas to be investigated during the next five years by new NASA airborne science missions announced today.]]> Friday, May 28, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-182 05-20-2010

New mission planning software for the EO-1 satellite increases the number of images it can take each day and delivers additional value to NASA.]]> Thursday, May 20, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=886 05-20-2010

A new study co-authored by JPL’s Josh Willis finds the upper layer of Earth’s ocean has warmed significantly over the past 16 years, indicating a strong climate change signal.]]> Thursday, May 20, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-169 05-12-2010

JPL instruments and personnel are among the NASA assets being used by U.S. disaster response agencies to assess the spread and impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.]]> Wednesday, May 12, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-158 05-10-2010

The annual JPL Open House will take place on May 15th & 16th and is open to the public. Scientists and technologists will be on-hand to interact with visitors.]]> Monday, May 10, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/open-house.cfm 04-07-2010

Selections for the Director's Research and Development Fund for 2010 have been posted.]]> Wednesday, April 7, 2010 http://drdf.jpl.nasa.gov/awards/awards2010.cfm 04-05-2010

NASA, U.S. Navy and university researchers have successfully demonstrated the first robotic underwater vehicle to be powered entirely by natural, renewable, ocean thermal energy.]]> Monday, April 5, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-111 04-05-2010

Thanks to the delivery of a new instrument developed by JPL and successfully launched Monday, April 5, astronauts aboard the International Space Station may soon be breathing a bit easier.
Photo: Members of the Vehicle Cabin Atmosphere Monitor team, from left: Ara Chutjian, Dan Karmon, Jim Hofman, Benny Toomarian, Murray Darrach, John MacAskill, Stojan Madzunkov, Arvid Croonquist and Richard Kidd.]]> Monday, April 5, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=825 03-29-2010

New NASA measurements of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, part of the global ocean conveyor belt that helps regulate climate around the North Atlantic, show no significant slowing over the past 15 years.]]> Monday, March 29, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-101 03-25-2010

You can now follow announcements and updates from JPL's Postdoctoral Programs on Facebook]]> Thursday, March 25, 2010 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pasadena-CA/JPL-Postdoctoral-Programs/358402695549 03-24-2010

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, now in its seventh year on Mars, has a new capability to make its own choices about whether to make additional observations of rocks that it spots on arrival at a new location.]]> Wednesday, March 24, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-094 03-17-2010

Scientists get first look at weather inside the solar system's biggest storm.]]> Wednesday, March 17, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-086 03-17-2010

The Spitzer Space Telescope team has been selected to receive the 2010 Muhlmann Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.]]> Wednesday, March 17, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=798 03-02-2010

The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the length of each Earth day.]]> Tuesday, March 2, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-071 03-01-2010

NASA has selected seven scientists as recipients of Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in exoplanet exploration for 2010.]]> Monday, March 1, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-066 03-01-2010

JPL researchers John Krist (left) and Karl Stapelfeldt (right) are part of a team that has won a major award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.]]> Monday, March 1, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=755 02-25-2010

NASA officials broke ground near Canberra, Australia on Wednesday, Feb. 24, beginning a new antenna-building campaign to improve Deep Space Network communications.]]> Thursday, February 25, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-065 02-19-2010

In 2007, the Arctic lost a massive amount of thick, multiyear sea ice, contributing to that year's record-low extent of Arctic sea ice.]]> Friday, February 19, 2010 http://jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-056 02-17-2010

A new NASA study finds undersea melting of glaciers in west Greenland due to ocean warming is playing a major, previously overlooked, role in their evolution.]]> Wednesday, February 17, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-050 02-11-2010

A new website from JPL's Microdevices Laboratory has recently been launched.]]> Thursday, February 11, 2010 http://microdevices.jpl.nasa.gov 02-10-2010

New lab studies are increasing our understanding of how well current models can detect organics on icy bodies. At left is a view of icy body Europa's core.]]> Wednesday, February 10, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=736 02-08-2010

Retired JPL researcher Marcia Neugebauer has been named a recipient of the National Academy of Sciences’ Arctowski Medal for her work that definitively established the existence of the solar wind.]]> Monday, February 8, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=729 02-03-2010

NASA astronomers have successfully demonstrated that a David of a telescope can tackle Goliath-size questions in the quest to study Earth-like planets around other stars.]]> Wednesday, February 3, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-038 01-26-2010

JPL’s Microdevices Laboratory garnered high marks from a recent safety audit conducted by NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance.]]> Tuesday, January 26, 2010 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=704 01-20-2010

JPL research scientist Tim Liu has been honored by the American Meteorological Society for his space-based research on Earth's climate.]]> Wednesday, January 20, 2010 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-019 01-19-2010

JPL Oceanographer Josh Willis was among 100 outstanding early career scientists honored by President Obama Jan. 13 at the White House.]]> Tuesday, January 19, 2010 http://jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2450 12-16-2009

Researchers studying carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas and a key driver of global climate change, now have a new tool at their disposal.]]> Wednesday, December 16, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-196 12-14-2009

A new flight software system will enable NASA’s Mars rovers to identify and image targets of interest that might otherwise be missed during long drives. The image to the left shows an area outlined in blue on the Martian terrain that AEGIS has selected as a target of interest.]]> Monday, December 14, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=677 11-30-2009

Brian Muirhead will return to JPL from his assignment as chief architect and program systems engineer for NASA’s Constellation Program and be reinstated as JPL’s chief engineer.]]> Monday, November 30, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=666 11-25-2009

JPL researcher Eric Rignot contributed to "The Copenhagen Diagnosis," a new report that synthesizes pertinent climate research over the past four years.]]> Wednesday, November 25, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2380 11-16-2009

Two events, including an all-day symposium and a film shot on location at his house, will celebrate the anniversary of Galileo's discoveries through the use of the telescope and reflect upon the significance of his discoveries to the development of our culture and to science. Galileo's home in Florence is shown at the left.]]> Monday, November 16, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=652 11-11-2009

The MOHAVE 2009 campaign focused much of its efforts on using lidar to obtain high-precision measurements of water vapor in the upper troposphere. The image to the left shows a lidar from the 1990s at Table Mountain that used green laser beams. Today's lidar instruments use UV beams that are invisible to the naked eye.]]> Wednesday, November 11, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=645 10-29-2009

Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineers are developing a balloon system that could support a future NASA mission to roam the acidic atmosphere of Venus. At the left is an artist’s concept of a balloon at Venus.]]> Thursday, October 29, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=622 10-27-2009

Winners of the annual Postdoctoral Research Day gave lectures on their research and were presented with plaques to commemorate the event. This year's winners are pictured at left with Chief Scientist Dan McCleese, Chief Technologist Paul Dimotakis, and Science Division Manager Hal Yorke.]]> Tuesday, October 27, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=617 10-20-2009

Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet, advancing astronomers toward the goal of being able to characterize planets where life could exist.]]> Tuesday, October 20, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2340 10-20-2009

A chemist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has developed a technology intended to rapidly assess any presence of microbial life on spacecraft.]]> Tuesday, October 20, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-154 09-30-2009

From instruments to spacecraft systems to entire mission architectures, Team X helps projects in the early planning phase to understand challenges and create roadmaps for turning ideas into reality.]]> Wednesday, September 30, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=578 09-29-2009

Solicitation Release Date: 25 September 2009 W.M. Keck Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships Announcement of Opportunity Application Deadline: 5pm PST 25 November 2009]]> Tuesday, September 29, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=577 09-21-2009

There is so much advanced technology involved in a mission such as Mars Science Laboratory that it's difficult to believe a seemingly simple task like drilling could cause any trouble. But drilling in space isn't as easy as making a trip down to the local Home Depot. Right, an artist's impression of how humans could one day use drills on other planets. Image Credit: Adi Marom, Graphic Artist.]]> Monday, September 21, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=557 09-14-2009

Sniffing out any potential contaminants on the International Space Station where it was stationed for the last six months, the JPL-built electronic nose, or ENose, is homeward bound.]]> Monday, September 14, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2309 09-02-2009

The JPL Strategic Technology Directions 2009 document identifies technology areas essential for JPL’s continuing contribution to NASA’s future success and that should be developed with JPL leadership. The image to the left shows an Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter optical navigation camera validation.]]> Wednesday, September 2, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=543 09-01-2009

A new study led by JPL scientist Ron Kwok combines recent NASA satellite data with submarine data to chronicle a nearly half- century history of Arctic ice thickness.]]> Tuesday, September 1, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2299 08-27-2009

JPL scientists have applied a gravity calculation method first used on Apollo moon missions to measure pressure at the ocean bottom, shedding new light on our ocean and climate.]]> Thursday, August 27, 2009 http://climate.nasa.gov/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=152 08-27-2009

A JPL Robotics research task will allow unmanned vehicles to operate more safely around both military personnel and pedestrians in cluttered urban environments. The image to the left shows objects that the technology has identified as 'human'.]]> Thursday, August 27, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=540 08-24-2009

With a rocky surface, hills and craters covering the moon’s vast landscape, astronauts approaching a landing will have to be particularly careful. But thanks to a technology developed by JPL, it should be easier for future explorers to achieve a safe touchdown.]]> Monday, August 24, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=530 08-20-2009

The SURP website has been updated and is now available.]]> Thursday, August 20, 2009 http://surp.jpl.nasa.gov 08-17-2009

When Constellation first began in 2004, JPL was seen as a center whose focus was solely on robotic exploration. But with approximately 150 people now engaged in Constellation and exploration technology programs, JPL has shown it can contribute to human spaceflight as well.]]> Monday, August 17, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=529 08-17-2009

A new website for postdocs has been released with information and resources for applicants, advisors, and current postdocs at JPL.]]> Monday, August 17, 2009 http://postdocs.jpl.nasa.gov 08-17-2009

Scientists have placed high-tech "spiders" inside and around the mouth of Mount St. Helens, the site of the most active volcano in the United States.]]> Monday, August 17, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-117 08-17-2009

Research with tiny artificial muscles may yield a full-page active Braille system that can refresh automatically and come to life right beneath your fingertips.]]> Monday, August 17, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2278 08-06-2009

Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on June 12 and 14, 2009, revealed that near-Earth asteroid 1994 CC is a triple system.]]> Thursday, August 6, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2259 08-03-2009

When Neil Chamberlain and his colleagues from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Spacecraft Antennas Group discovered a weakness in their antenna design, they not only fixed the problem – they invented a new type of antenna. And they did it in record time.]]> Monday, August 3, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=509 08-03-2009

JPL proposals to the 2009 NASA Innovation Fund have recently been funded.]]> Monday, August 3, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=507 07-22-2009

Wolfgang Fink and his associate at Caltech have devised and implemented a versatile image-processing software system called the Artificial Retinal Implant Vision Simulator.]]> Wednesday, July 22, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2240 07-20-2009

Mayor Villaraigosa, JPL Director Charles Elachi and Los Angeles DWP General Manager David Nahai made the announcement today at a JPL ceremony to sign the memorandum of understanding.]]> Monday, July 20, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-111a 07-13-2009

Josh Willis has been named a recipient of a 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.]]> Monday, July 13, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=483 07-08-2009

JPL's Mars Phoenix is the winner of two Rotary National Awards.]]> Wednesday, July 8, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=471 07-08-2009

Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record.]]> Wednesday, July 8, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-107 07-06-2009

A team of JPL engineers is developing a system that would allow precision landings on the surface of Mars and other planetary bodies. The image to the left shows a future Mars lander jettisoning its heat shield as it descends under an open parachute.]]> Monday, July 6, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=462 06-29-2009

NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft.]]> Monday, June 29, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-103 06-29-2009

NASA's new airborne radars have capped off their Arctic expedition by measuring Iceland's topography and studying the flow of its glaciers and ice streams.]]> Monday, June 29, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2204 06-22-2009

A team from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has successfully demonstrated a system that will serve as a test-bed for exploring quantum mechanics in new limits and could shed light on fundamental issues such as the division between the classical and quantum worlds.]]> Monday, June 22, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=438 06-18-2009

A new lunar topography map with the highest resolution of the moon's rugged south polar region provides new information on some of our natural satellite's darkest inhabitants - permanently shadowed craters.]]> Thursday, June 18, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-099 06-18-2009

A new NASA 3-D airborne radar, capable of seeing below the surface, will study earthquake faults in California.]]> Thursday, June 18, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2190 06-16-2009

The most exotic frozen cocktails on Earth won’t be found in a chic restaurant or trendy bar. Scientists are mixing up icy concoctions in a laboratory not much bigger than a janitor’s closet.]]> Tuesday, June 16, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2188 06-11-2009

NPP Senior Fellow Michael Russell is featured in Nature.]]> Thursday, June 11, 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090520/full/459316a.html 06-02-2009

JPL researchers are selected as PI under NASA's Definition and Development Program.]]> Tuesday, June 2, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=395 05-28-2009

JPL’s Microdevices Laboratory harnesses powerful and continuously improving microfabrication tools developed by the semiconductor industry to develop critical technologies that are otherwise unavailable for space instruments and missions. This image on the left is a picture of the inside of a new VEECO Gen200 silicon Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) system that can process 8-inch silicon wafers. Here, multiple three-inch wafers are shown while heating in the sample holder in the MBE.]]> Thursday, May 28, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=383 05-28-2009

A long-proposed tool for hunting planets has netted its first catch - a Jupiter-like planet orbiting one of the smallest stars known.]]> Thursday, May 28, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-090 05-20-2009

This image to the left shows large plumes of smoke rising from wildfires burning near Los Angeles and San Diego on Sunday, October 26, 2003 are highlighted in this image from JPL's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR). Plumes are apparent from fires burning near the California-Mexico border, San Diego, Camp Pendleton, the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains, and in and around Simi Valley.]]> Wednesday, May 20, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=379 05-18-2009

New cube-based simulations are helping to improve estimates of ocean circulation and climate.]]> Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/supercomputing_051409.html 05-12-2009

Water is constantly being moved about our planet. The water, or hydrologic, cycle describes how water changes from liquid to solid to vapor and how it is stored in a variety of places.]]> Tuesday, May 12, 2009 http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=67 05-05-2009

An online cornucopia of tropical storm data and analysis tools will make it easier for researchers to validate and improve hurricane forecast models.]]> Tuesday, May 5, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=358 05-04-2009

An investigation selected by NASA will help researchers dissect the internal structure of Mars by analyzing variations in the planet's rotation.]]> Monday, May 4, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2135 05-04-2009

Several hundred never before seen galaxies are visible in this "deepest-ever" view of the universe, called the Hubble Deep Field (HDF), made with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.]]> Monday, May 4, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2132 05-04-2009

JPL's annual Open House allowed the public access to many demonstrations and activities related to science and technology topics. Researchers were on-hand to answer questions and show the public what exciting work has recently been conducted.]]> Monday, May 4, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=356 04-30-2009

John Casani of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has been honored with the National Air and Space Museum's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, the museum's highest honor, was presented to Casani during an April 29, black tie event at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum building in Washington.]]> Thursday, April 30, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-076 04-30-2009

NASA will 'break the ice' on a pair of new airborne radars that can help monitor climate change when a team of scientists embarks this week on a two-month expedition to the vast, frigid terrain of Greenland and Iceland.]]> Thursday, April 30, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-075 04-27-2009

JPL's annual Open House will feature many demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies along with activities and presentations related to scientific research.]]> Monday, April 27, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=345 04-06-2009

The latest Arctic sea ice data from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center show that the decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice cover is continuing. New evidence from satellite observations also shows that the ice cap is thinning as well.]]> Monday, April 6, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-062 03-31-2009

The JPL-developed GeoSTAR microwave atmospheric sounder employs interferometry techniques pioneered in radio astronomy and could be a climate modeler’s dream come true. As seen in the picture on the left, GeoSTAR's unique capabilities are enabled by three linear arrays arranged in a “Y” shape to create an effective aperture.]]> Tuesday, March 31, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=290 03-25-2009

During a demonstration at the SPIE 2009 conference, a team from the University of Pisa, Italy showed off how they used folded film to create an actuator muscle (image to the left).]]> Wednesday, March 25, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=308 03-24-2009

The Keck Institute for Space Studies brings together the expertise of JPL and the Caltech Campus to address high-return concepts for space mission science and technology.]]> Tuesday, March 24, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=300 03-17-2009

The image to the left shows the integrated amplifier chip mounted in its waveguide module. The wire bonds seen here are DC gate and drain bonds.]]> Tuesday, March 17, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=298 03-11-2009

Congress passed a resolution Wednesday recognizing scientific contributions of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, and commending the JPL and Cornell University teams.]]> Wednesday, March 11, 2009 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.RES.67: 03-10-2009

NASA research into powering robotic underwater vehicles could some day help convert ocean energy into electrical energy on a much larger scale.]]> Tuesday, March 10, 2009 http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=48 03-04-2009

Using satellite radar data, NASA-funded scientists have observed, for the first time, the healing of subtle, natural surface scars from an earthquake that occurred on a 'buried' fault several miles below the surface-a fault whose fractures are not easily observed at Earth's surface.]]> Wednesday, March 4, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-039 02-25-2009

Winners of the annual 2008 Lew Allen Award for Excellence receive research funding and commemorative plaques.]]> Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=247 02-19-2009

The JPL-developed Gopher (seen in the image on the left) created a 1.76-m deep borehole in the ice Lake Vida, Antarctica in Dec. 2005. The Gopher’s planned successor will drill autonomously.]]> Thursday, February 19, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=274 02-09-2009

The National Academy of Engineering has elected Moustafa T. Chahine, a senior research scientist at JPL, as a member of its organization.]]> Monday, February 9, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-018 02-05-2009

About half a year before Phoenix began digging into the arctic plain of Mars, six scientists traveled to one of the coldest, driest places on Earth for soil-and-ice studies that would end up aiding analysis of the Mars data.]]> Thursday, February 5, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2017 02-04-2009

Engineers from JPL and students at Caltech have designed and tested a versatile, low-mass robot that can rappel off cliffs and travel nimbly over steep and rocky terrain.]]> Wednesday, February 4, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-016 02-03-2009

The Pheonix lander will received the John "Jack" Swigert Jr. Award.]]> Tuesday, February 3, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=258 02-03-2009

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics recently announced 2009 honors of JPLers.]]> Tuesday, February 3, 2009 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=259 01-29-2009

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host the 21st Annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 3 and 4, at the Westin Los Angeles Airport hotel.]]> Thursday, January 29, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm 01-07-2009

Some stars go ballistic, racing through interstellar space like bullets and tearing through clouds of gas. Images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken by Raghvendra Sahai of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and colleagues reveal 14 of these young, runaway stars.]]> Wednesday, January 7, 2009 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-002 12-19-2008

The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics -- the type associated with severe storms and rainfall -- is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a study by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.]]> Friday, December 19, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-242 12-09-2008

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star.]]> Tuesday, December 9, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-230 11-26-2008

Scientists continue to search for the cause of the geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus]]> Wednesday, November 26, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1962 11-19-2008

NASA astronauts on Space Shuttle Endeavours STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can smell dangerous chemicals in the air.]]> Wednesday, November 19, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-218 11-18-2008

The Earth-observing satellite has been recognized for helping scientists better understand our home planet.]]> Tuesday, November 18, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-217 11-18-2008

NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet.]]> Tuesday, November 18, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-216 11-17-2008

Call for Concept Ideas for the 2009-2010 Large Study Programs at the Keck Institute for Space Studies]]> Monday, November 17, 2008 http://www.kiss.caltech.edu/large-study/call.html 11-13-2008

NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander has won recognition from Popular Science magazine as an innovation worthy of the publications "Best of Whats New" Grand Award in the aviation and space category.]]> Thursday, November 13, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-213 11-10-2008

Solicitation Release Date: 07 November 2008 W.M. Keck Institute Fellowships Announcement of Opportunity Application Deadline: 5pm PST on 01 January 2009]]> Monday, November 10, 2008 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=156 10-31-2008

NASA has selected 142 proposals for possible contract awards in its Small Business Innovation Research program. JPL is providing technical oversight for 19 of these projects to develop technology for future missions.]]> Friday, October 31, 2008 http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/oct/HQ_08272_SBIR.html 10-28-2008

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed a new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars, suggesting that liquid water remained on the planet's surface a billion years later than scientists believed.]]> Tuesday, October 28, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-198 10-23-2008

The National Space Club presented NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission team with its Astronautics Engineer Award last night in Huntsville, Ala.]]> Thursday, October 23, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1913 10-09-2008

A NASA/university team has published the first global satellite maps of the key greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in Earth's mid-troposphere, an area about 8 kilometers, or 5 miles, above Earth.]]> Thursday, October 9, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-189 10-07-2008

Winners of the annual 2008 Post Doc Research Day gave lectures on their research and were presented with plaques to commemorate the event.]]> Tuesday, October 7, 2008 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=116 10-02-2008

NASA has awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country, including two from NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory.]]> Thursday, October 2, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1889 10-01-2008

Hot spots near the shattered remains of an exploded star are echoing the blast's first moments, say scientists using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.]]> Wednesday, October 1, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1887 09-25-2008

More than 300 high school and college interns worked at JPL this summer in areas such as robotic hardware systems and nano- and micro-systems. New web videos profile two of the students.]]> Thursday, September 25, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1885 09-23-2008

Data from the Ulysses spacecraft show the sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available.]]> Tuesday, September 23, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-178 09-18-2008

Water is being blasted to pieces by a young star's laser-like jets, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.]]> Thursday, September 18, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1869 09-17-2008

You might think that shaking and freezing a state-of-the-art, meticulously crafted machine is a bad idea.]]> Wednesday, September 17, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1867 09-09-2008

In recent weeks, JPLers have been joined by six lieutenants and a captain from Los Angeles Air Force Base taking part in a a six-month employee exchange program.]]> Tuesday, September 9, 2008 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=105 09-05-2008

Movement of the Cosmos supercomputer center was completed in six days.]]> Friday, September 5, 2008 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=97 09-03-2008

NASA announced Wednesday the new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.]]> Wednesday, September 3, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-170 09-03-2008

Michele Judd has been named managing director of the Keck Institute.]]> Wednesday, September 3, 2008 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=101 07-22-2008

NASA has selected JPL as one of two winners of the agency's 2007 Software of the Year Award for software to help detect planets outside our solar system.]]> Tuesday, July 22, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-141 07-10-2008

Astronomers have uncovered an extreme stellar machine -- a galaxy in the very remote universe pumping out stars at a surprising rate of up to 4,000 per year.]]> Thursday, July 10, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-129 07-09-2008

Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth's ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool: global satellite maps from NASA.]]> Wednesday, July 9, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?start_row=31&year=2008 05-27-2008

On May 29 and 30, astronomers and scientists from all around the world will gather in Pasadena to discuss how we might find another Earth, and how we might detect possible life on it.]]> Tuesday, May 27, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1716 05-13-2008

The 9th biannual event will be held at the Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale in Glendale, California. The one-day conference provides a forum for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory leadership to engage industry partners by providing insight into future business opportunities at JPL. It brings key JPL decision makers into direct contact with industry personnel. This years conference will focus on partnering. This briefing is sponsored by the National Space Club West Coast Committee and hosted by JPL.]]> Tuesday, May 13, 2008 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=110 05-13-2008

Two technologies developed by NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been selected for the Space Foundations 2008 Space Technology Hall of Fame.]]> Tuesday, May 13, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-041 03-19-2008

A team of astronomers, led by JPLs Mark Swain, has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting another star.]]> Wednesday, March 19, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-046 02-27-2008

Scientists at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. collected the data using the Deep Space Networks Goldstone Solar System Radar located in Californias Mojave Desert. Internal investment at JPL is seeding future development of this capability, namely to increase the resolution to ~5 meters, and possibly even to 1 meter.]]> Wednesday, February 27, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-034 02-22-2008

Talks and posters on all aspects of current and future exoplanet science will be on display Friday, Feb. 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in von Karman.]]> Friday, February 22, 2008 http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov//newsandevents/newsdetails/?FuseAction=ShowNewsDetails&NewsID=81 02-08-2008

Lee-Lueng Fu, a senior research scientist at JPL and Yahya Rahmat-Samii, a former JPL scientist who is now an engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering among the highest professional distinctions accorded an engineer. JPL Scientists Earn Highest National Engineering Honor.]]> Friday, February 8, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-022 01-16-2008

The potential of carbon nanotubes to diagnose and treat brain tumors is being explored through a partnership between NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and City of Hope, a leading cancer research and treatment center in Duarte, Calif.Nanotube Technology May Help in the Development of New Advanced Medical Treatments.]]> Wednesday, January 16, 2008 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-006 07-07-2007

Spitzer science team member Giovanni Fazio has won a prestigious award for his outstanding contributions to space science.]]> Saturday, July 7, 2007 http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/features/fazio_massey_award.html