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A sea otter munches a snack in this photo taken with a camera on an Aeryon Scout unmanned aircraft. Photo courtesy of ACUASI.

Researchers study sea otters with unmanned aircraft

June 3, 2015

Watching marine life to gather data about behavior and abundance can be tedious and time-consuming for researchers, but recent studies indicate...

Federal certificate smoothes way for unmanned aircraft missions

May 28, 2015

A new federal certificate will allow the unmanned aircraft center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to respond more rapidly to clients’...

This topographic map of the ice north of Barrow in April was shared with whaling crew captains. UAF map by Eyal Saiet.

Unmanned aircraft used to survey ice for whalers

May 20, 2015

Researchers used an unmanned aircraft to map the sea ice north of Barrow in April as part of a cooperative effort between the Native community of...

Researcher helps understand vast under-ocean waves

May 18, 2015

The University of Alaska Fairbanks lent both brain and supercomputing power to a recently published international study of the life cycle of...

Eyal Saiet, a researcher with the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration, works with the Ptarmigan unmanned aircraft in Barrow, Alaska.

Unmanned aircraft group part of FAA Center of Excellence

May 8, 2015

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is part of the team selected by the Federal Aviation Administration as a new National Center of Excellence for...

The HySpex imaging system will support data acquisition, processing and analysis for resource exploration and ecological research. Graphic by C. Haselwimmer.

Hyperspectral device will benefit ecology, mineral research

May 4, 2015

A new mapping instrument at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute creates such detailed images of the landscape that...

Blue boxes represent some of the areas in and around Nepal for which the Alaska Satellite Facility has made synthetic aperture radar images available in the wake of a major earthquake in the region. Image courtesy Alaska Satellite Facility.

UAF aids Nepal relief effort with satellite information

April 29, 2015

Relief efforts in Nepal have a new source of vital satellite information through the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Alaska Satellite...

Lecture explores changes among hunters, wildlife, habitat

February 18, 2015

Climate and landscape play a large part in successful large-game hunting across Alaska, and changes have challenged common hunting practices...

Flying robots revolutionize science in Alaska

February 4, 2015

Studying erupting volcanoes, thrashing winds and burning wildfires in Alaska are dirty and dangerous jobs, but they’re ones that can be done...

New satellite will monitor soil moisture

February 2, 2015

As NASA’s newest satellite made its first orbit Saturday morning, the University of Alaska Fairbanks was ready to track it, receive data from it...

The Sikuliaq crew tests systems in the Great Lakes in February 2014. Photo by Val Ihde.

The polar voyages of the research vessel Sikuliaq

January 28, 2015

The Sikuliaq will dock at Alaska ports early this February, ending the first leg of a journey that started 30 years ago. Mike Castellini will...

Last rocket of the season launches into the aurora

January 28, 2015

At 1:41 a.m. on January 27, 2014, a NASA sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range 30 miles north of Fairbanks. The rocket arced...

This composite photograph shows four NASA sounding rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range on the morning of Jan. 26, 2015. A vapor released by one of the rockets is visible as small white clouds. The green beam of a lidar system is visible in the upper left. Photo by J. Adkins, NASA.

UAF researchers launch rockets

January 26, 2015

Scientists launched four NASA sounding rockets in the same half-hour from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks at just after midnight on...

Lecture to highlight the next big earthquake

January 21, 2015

The very notion of the “the big one” — a singular well-defined earthquake catastrophe — does not apply in Alaska. There are many “big ones,” said...

Left to right: Arni Sigfusson of UAS Iceland, Marty Rogers of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration; Robert McCoy of UAF’s Geophysical Institute; Sigurdur Hrafnsson of UAS Iceland; and UAF Vice Chancellors Mike Sfraga and Pat Pitney. Photo courtesy of UAF Geophysical Institute.

Geophysical Institute opens office for unmanned aircraft in Iceland

November 6, 2014

The UAF Geophysical Institute now has an office in Iceland. As an expansion of their partnership with Unmanned Aircraft Systems Iceland, UAF and...

A Black Brant rocket is now permanently installed in the green area in front of the Elvey Building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Photo by Sue Mitchell.

Rocket display adds to UAF’s landscape

October 20, 2014

A 50-foot Black Brant IX rocket now graces the landscape of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. A small ribbon-cutting ceremony in honor of the...

Permafrost tunnel education project receives grant

October 3, 2014

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute has received a $1.5 million grant to use a frozen underground tunnel near Fairbanks to...

Successful launch from Poker Flat Research Range

February 4, 2013

Conditions at Poker Flat Research Range weren’t indicative of a possible launch on the evening of Feb. 6, 2013. The skies were cloudy and the...