Two rockets set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range

January 26, 2011
Scientists at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks are preparing to launch two NASA sounding rockets for two experiments. The launch...
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Photo courtesy of Vladimir Romanovsky.

Lecture to highlight the effects of thawing permafrost

January 26, 2011
For many years, scientists have been tracking the thaw of permafrost throughout the Arctic. Since permafrost with the highest ice content is...
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Photo courtesy of the Center for Alaska Native Health Research.

Lecture to offer toxicology report on Alaska fish

January 21, 2011
Fish are the primary food for many animals in Alaska, including humans. Scientific research has revealed possible contaminates affecting fish in...
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Auroral display. Photo by Jan Curtis, courtesy of the UAF Geophysical Institute.

Lecture to explore the causes of low aurora activity

January 13, 2011
Auroral displays in the night sky are one of the pleasures Alaskans look forward to during the long winters. The intensity of the aurora is...
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Martin Susser, left, program manager at Insitu, Inc., and the UAF Geophysical Institute’s Don Hampton load a 40-pound unmanned aerial system onto its launcher at the Stewart Creek impact area in June 2007. Geophysical Institute photo by Kevin Engle.

UAF secures up to $47 million for unmanned aircraft studies

September 24, 2010
The United States Navy has awarded the University of Alaska Fairbanks up to $47 million to test and evaluate payloads aboard small, unmanned...
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Mather Library designated patent, trademark depository

September 17, 2010
The Keith B. Mather Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute now houses the state’s only Patent and Trademark...
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Science lecture reveals ‘The World from Above’

July 19, 2010
The 2009 eruption of Mount Redoubt provided the perfect opportunity for volcanologist Peter Webley of the University of Alaska Fairbanks...
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UAF scientists collaborate to study Eyjafjallajokull lightning

April 30, 2010
For travelers in Europe, the recent eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull [AY-uh-fyat-luh-YOE-kuutl-uh] meant a major disruption in business and...
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The 40-pound Insitu ScanEagle is catapulted from the launcher to begin a test flight at Poker Flat Research Range in preparation for the upcoming Alaska Shield Exercise. Photo by Amy Hartley.

Unmanned aircraft to assist statewide emergency exercise

April 23, 2010
Three 40-pound unmanned aircraft from Poker Flat Research Range will support Alaska Shield, a statewide exercise April 26 through May 2, 2010...
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