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PIXL Blasts Off for Mars

Ultrasonic Tweezers: Technology to Lift and Steer Solid Objects in a Living Body

Satellite Laser Measurements Reveal Response of Earth's Ice Sheets to Early 21st-Century Climate

PIXL Blasts Off for Mars

PIXL is an X-ray spectrometer integrated into the Perseverance rover that began its journey on July 30th. After landing in early 2021, PIXL will measure the microstructure of rocks in search of fossils and evidence of ancient Martian microbial life.

Ultrasonic Tweezers: Technology to Lift and Steer Solid Objects in a Living Body

In a recent paper, a CIMU team describes successful experiments to manipulate a solid object with ultrasound beams transmitted through the skin.

Satellite Laser Measurements Reveal Response of Earth's Ice Sheets to Early 21st-Century Climate

Recent findings from ICESat-2 are reported in Science: Pervasive ice sheet loss driven by competing ocean and atmosphere processes.

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HOT Bluewater Magazine

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Newsweek

Hannah Osborne

7 October 2020

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UW News

Hannah Hickey

23 September 2020

An assessment of marine atmospheric boundary layer roll detection using Sentinel-1 SAR data

Wang, C., D. Vandemark, A. Mouche, B. Chapron, H. Li, and R.C. Foster

1 December 2020

Spatiotemporal segregation of ocean sunfish species (Molidae) in the eastern North Pacific

Arostegui, M.C., C.D. Braun, P.A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, D.R. Kobayashi, and P. Gaube

12 November 2020

Research Needs, Challenges, and Strategic Approaches for Natural Hazards and Disaster Reconnaissance

Wartman, J., and 12 others including T. Tanner

10 November 2020

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