Scientists confirm Sierra Nevada Medieval megadroughts - Record-Courier
25 May 2012, 4:16 am
Using side-scan and multibeam sonar  technology developed to map underwater earthquake fault lines such as the West Tahoe fault beneath Fallen Leaf Lake, the team also imaged standing trees up to 130 feet beneath the lake surface as well as ...

Photoelectric Sensor helps maximize machine productivity. - ThomasNet Industrial News Room
24 May 2012, 7:23 am
A number of new models are available to help maximize machine productivity by delivering faster response times, multibeam redundant detection, independent outputs and zero deadband sensing, among other significant benefits. "New ML4.2 high speed models ...

From green rust in Indonesia to historical sulfide concentrations in the Black Sea - sciencecodex.com
24 May 2012, 7:01 am
Posted online 23 May 2012; doi: 10.1130/G32972.1. This paper by T. Mulder and colleagues presents new high-quality multibeam and seismic data image the western slope of the Great Bahama Bank and the adjacent floor of the Straits of Florida.

ATCi Tailors Simulsat Transport System for Cable TV Operators - Marketwatch
23 May 2012, 11:42 am
BOSTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Cable Show - ATCi - Antenna Technology Communications Inc., a provider of satellite communications systems, today introduced at the Cable Show 2012 being held in Boston, its Simulsat multibeam ...

Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation is First to Acquire New … - YAHOO!
21 May 2012, 8:02 am
BlueView contributed their industry-leading multibeam sonar, with ProViewer Plus advanced target tracking software by SeeByte. The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) is the Australian government's lead agency charged with applying science ...

200-Year-Old Shipwreck Found Off Gulf Coast - news.discovery.com
17 May 2012, 12:39 pm
Scientists on board the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer used a state-of-the-art multibeam mapping sonar and a remote-controlled underwater explorer, Little Hercules, that is equipped with lights and high definition cameras. They were able to view a variety of ...

Geosphere introduces a new special issue theme - EurekAlert
16 May 2012, 6:59 pm
Posted online 17 May 2012; doi: 10.1130/GES00766.1. Detailed multibeam bathymetry data in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica, delineate a field of unusual flat-topped seafloor mounds located ~50 km west of Franklin Island and an arcuate zone of pockmarks to ...

NOAA, BOEM: Historic, 19th century shipwreck discovered in northern Gulf of Mexico - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
16 May 2012, 1:16 pm
Download here. (Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program.) Okeanos Explorer is equipped with: a state-of-the-art multibeam mapping sonar; the Institute for Exploration’s Little Hercules ROV, which made 29 dives; and telepresence technology that ...

Oil seeps and slicks studied near BP’s Macondo well - Louisiana Weekly
14 May 2012, 11:09 am
Meanwhile, NOAA has gathered data on seeps that can be viewed by the public. Scientists on board NOAA’s ship Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf have tested multibeam sonar, or echo-sounding technology, to detect and map gaseous seeps in the water column ...

Scientists on quest to map brain's wiring - Hindustan Times
12 May 2012, 12:45 pm
He says he is about to submit a paper on mapping a minuscule volume of the mouse connectome and is working with a German company on building a multibeam microscope to speed up imaging. For some scientists, mapping the human connectome down to ...