It has been announced that Kirby and Brockwell student teams from Kirby High School and Izard County Consolidated are the winners of the NASA TechRise Student Challenge, a national contest by NASA. NASA TechRise Student Challenge is a STEM competition…
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NASA recently got its closest look at Europa, the Jovian moon that scientists believe hides an ocean of liquid water under its icy crust and has a thin atmosphere of mostly oxygen. The smart guys in lab coats speculate that…
What Earthly Carbon-Based Nanomaterials Can Do for Intergalactic Farming For the next 50 years, the world’s farmers will have to feed more people than ever. Global population has risen to approximately 7 billion, leaving only 1.7 acres of agricultural…
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UAMS’ Nemec-Bakk Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship for Space Health Research
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAshley Nemec-Bakk, Ph.D., is one of three researchers nationwide to receive a postdoctoral fellowship from the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine. Nemec-Bakk is a postdoctoral fellow in the University of Arkansas for Medical…
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James Webb Telescope to Reveal its First Full Color Images of Space
At 5 p.m. EDT (4 p.m. CDT), President Biden will be releasing the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The next day, NASA, in partnership with the European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency, will release more full-color…
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NASA Selects Bentonville’s Canoo for Lunar Mission Vehicles
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffEV manufacturer Canoo announced Wednesday that NASA has selected the high-tech mobility company to provide crew transportation vehicles for upcoming crewed Artemis lunar exploration launches. Canoo will deliver multiple customized, all-electric LV models to NASA by June 2023. The seminal…
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Investing in AAM: Sky-High Possibilities for Economic Growth
by Chad Causeyby Chad CauseyFinding new ways to move people and cargo safely, efficiently and affordably is not a simple task. But advanced air mobility, commonly known as AAM, is expected to help ease the burden. Right now, Arkansas — like the rest of…
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Building a Plane While You’re Flying It: The Small Business Journey
by David Moodyby David MoodyI don’t believe I’ve ever met a small business owner or startup founder who got started in businesses because they were business experts. Most got started because they had experience and connections in an industry, saw a gap in the…
A famous picture, known as “Earthrise,” hangs in my home office. It was taken by Apollo 8 astronauts as they orbited the moon. It reminds me every day that when there is commitment to a clear vision and a strong…
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New NASA Grant Funding Venus Stimulations for University of Arkansas Researchers
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffUniversity of Arkansas researchers have received a $417,000 grant from NASA to study the interaction between the atmosphere and surface of Venus. This grant, which is for three years, will enable researchers to stimulate conditions on Venus’ surface in the…