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October 27, 2009 Robot Armada Might Scale New WorldsAn armada of robots may one day fly above the mountain tops of Saturn's moon Titan, cross its vast dunes and sail in its liquid lakes. |
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October 19, 2009 JPL Develops High-Speed Test to Improve Pathogen DecontaminationA chemist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has developed a technology intended to rapidly assess any presence of microbial life on spacecraft. |
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September 10, 2009 Electronic Nose to Return from Space StationSniffing out any potential contaminants on the International Space Station where it was stationed for the last six months, the JPL-built electronic nose, or ENose, is homeward bound. |
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August 13, 2009 Braille Displays Get New Life With Artificial MusclesResearch with tiny artificial muscles may yield a full-page active Braille system that can refresh automatically and come to life right beneath your fingertips. |
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July 22, 2009 Technology to Treat Blindness Earns AwardWolfgang Fink, senior researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., is part of a Department of Energy-funded consortium that has received one of R&D Magazine's 2009 R&D 100 awards for developing an artificial retina. |
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May 28, 2009 Honey, I Shrunk the ChipsJPL is home to the Microdevices Lab, a world-class facility where spacecraft chips are shrunk in size while growing in capability. |
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March 25, 2009 Researchers Pump Up Artificial MusclesEngineers from JPL and around the world are exploring the field of artificial muscles to invent "smart" devices that can grab and move objects. |
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March 16, 2009 Lunacy Rules at First Robotics CompetitionSixty-one teams from Southern California, Arizona, Brazil and Chile faced off in the Los Angeles regional FIRST Robotics Competition on March 13 and 14. |
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March 12, 2009 The Robotic 'Right Stuff'Watch students compete using LEGO® robots against the clock in a competition at JPL. |
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January 29, 2009 JPL to Host High-Tech Conference for Small BusinessNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host the 21st Annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 3 and 4, at the Westin Los Angeles Airport hotel. |
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November 19, 2008 NASA Plans Test of 'Electronic Nose' on International Space StationNASA astronauts on Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can "smell" dangerous chemicals in the air. |
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November 6, 2008 NASA Science Showcased at Supercomputing ConferenceNASA will highlight some inspiring science and engineering achievements at an international conference in Austin, Texas, Nov. 15-21. The conference includes research from JPL and five other NASA field centers. |
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July 22, 2008 NASA's JPL, Ames Win 2007 NASA Software of Year AwardNASA has selected JPL as one of two winners of the agency's 2007 Software of the Year Award for software to help detect planets outside our solar system. |
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July 11, 2008 New Nano-Device to See Invisible LightJPL physicist Boris S. Karasik co-leads a research team that will help astronomers see invisible light. |
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March 13, 2008 JPL Technologies Chosen for Space Technology Hall of FamePASADENA, CALIF. -- Two technologies developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been selected for the Space Foundation's 2008 Space Technology Hall of Fame. |
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Kepler Starts Hunt for Earth-Like Worlds |
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Herschel and Planck Launch |
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Parachute Test for Mars |
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Eyes on the Earth 3D |
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Cool Stars |
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