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Charles P. Sonett: the Legacy of a Pioneering Space Scientist

By Guest PostOctober 9, 2011Scienceames magnetic fields explorer, apollo program, arizona board of regents, astronomy, Berkeley, bernhard schmidt, charles chuck p sonett, charles p sonett, charles p sonett space sciences building, chuck, cycle, death valley, desert town, estonian optician, explorer 33 and 35, explorer program, geology, geophysical measurements, george willis ritchey, gerard p kuiper, global climate, henri jacques chrétien, hollywood high school, hungarian parents, j randy jokipii, japanese bombing of pearl harbor, los angeles, lpl, lunar and planetary laboratory, lunar orbiter magnetometer experiment, magnetosphere, michael j drake, pittsburgh, post apollo era, ritchey chrétien telescope, schmidt telescope, solar wind, space race, spacecraft, spacecraft missions, sputnik, stream of charged particles, sun, telescope optics, trona, university of california, us army air forces

*Charles P. Sonett, the first head of the UA’s department of planetary sciences, died at the age of 87. Sonett was involved in spacecraft missions that dramatically advanced our understanding of the solar system and beyond, including the Pioneer Program, the Explorer Program and the Apollo Program.*

Charles “Chuck” P. Sonett, a founding faculty member and the first department head of the University of Arizona’s department of planetary sciences, died on Sept. 30. He was 87.

As a space exploration pioneer, Sonett was involved in numerous spacecraft programs, including the Pioneer Program, the Explorer Program and the Apollo Program – missions that dramatically advanced our understanding of the solar system, its planets and moons and beyond. (more…)

Ocean Acidification Changes Nitrogen Cycling in World Seas

By Guest PostDecember 22, 20101 commentEnvironmentacidity, ammonia oxidizers, blue whales, carbon dioxide, cheryl emiliane chow, cycle, david garrison, marine ecosystems, michael beman, microbes, nitrification, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, nutrients, ocean acidification, oceanic nitrification, oceans, organisms, proteins, sea water

*New results indicate potential to reduce certain greenhouse gas emissions from oceans to atmosphere*

Increasing acidity in the sea’s waters may fundamentally change how nitrogen is cycled in them, say marine scientists who published their findings in this week’s issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients in the oceans. All organisms, from tiny microbes to blue whales, use nitrogen to make proteins and other important compounds. (more…)

Contact With Dads Drops When Women Ovulate

By Guest PostNovember 30, 2010Scienceanimal behavior, behavior, biological forces, cell phone, cycle, debra lieberman, elizabeth pillsworth, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary inbreeding, high-fertility days, martie haselton, ovulating, period, sexual decisions, women

*Evidence of evolutionary protection against inbreeding in women?*

Through an innovative use of cell phone records, researchers at UCLA, the University of Miami and Cal State, Fullerton, have found that women appear to avoid contact with their fathers during ovulation.

“Women call their dads less frequently on these high-fertility days and they hang up with them sooner if their dads initiate a call,” said Martie Haselton, a UCLA associate professor of communication in whose lab the research was conducted. (more…)

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Charles P. Sonett: the Legacy of a Pioneering Space Scientist

Ocean Acidification Changes Nitrogen Cycling in World Seas

Contact With Dads Drops When Women Ovulate