185 articles from FRIDAY 9.10.2020

Media Invited to Virtual Briefing on Launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite

Portal origin URL: Media Invited to Virtual Briefing on Launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich SatellitePortal origin nid: 465407Published: Friday, October 9, 2020 - 15:57Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Officials from NASA and partner agencies will discuss the upcoming launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite during a media...

'Universal law of touch' will enable new advances in virtual reality

Seismic waves, commonly associated with earthquakes, have been used by scientists to develop a universal scaling law for the sense of touch. A team, led by researchers at the University of Birmingham, used Rayleigh waves to create the first scaling law for touch sensitivity. The results are published in Science Advances.

A new look at sunspots

NASA's extensive fleet of spacecraft allows scientists to study the Sun extremely close-up—one of the agency's spacecraft is even on its way to fly through the Sun's outer atmosphere. But sometimes taking a step back can provide new insight.