A localized dust storm on Mars may have played a key role in driving water into the planet’s upper atmosphere, offering fresh clues to how the Red Planet lost much of its water over billions…
Where no mission has gone before
[caption id="attachment_14272" align="alignright" width="305"] Solar loops after eruption[/caption] Living near a star is risky business, and positioning a spacecraft near the Sun is a very good way to observe rapidly changing solar activity and deliver…
Freely shared satellite data improves weather forecasting
[caption id="attachment_14266" align="alignnone" width="636"] Artist’s rendering of NOAA-20, originally known as JPSS-1, orbiting Earth. It is the first in an advanced series of polar-orbiting weather satellites. NOAA, NASA[/caption] On Nov. 18, 2017, the National Oceanic…
An unbiased approach for sifting through big data
A new method could help researchers develop unbiased indicators for assessing complex systems such as population health. [caption id="attachment_14263" align="alignnone" width="618"] The maximum entropy network (MENet) of all variables of health data analysed. Nodes and…
Fantastic frozen fascination: UW-Madison stages one-of-a-kind ice cream…
[caption id="attachment_14260" align="alignnone" width="620"] Participants prepare a batch of ice cream during the second of a three-day, ice cream-making workshop held at Babcock Hall. PHOTO: JEFF MILLER[/caption] As a dozen “students” of all ages buzz…