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Features
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Application Briefs
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Who's Who
Dr. Robert Youngquist, Lead Scientist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Kennedy Space Center, FL
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Articles
Making Multicore Work With Minimal Pain Points
PCI-Express Cards to Support Ares-1 Launch Vehicle
Software Gives Strength-Testing System a Lift
Vote for NASA Tech Briefs’ 16th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards
Tech Briefs
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Physical Sciences
Surface-Enhanced X-Ray Fluorescence
Slopes To Prevent Trapping of Bubbles in Microfluidic Channels
Infrared Sensor on Unmanned Aircraft Transmits Time-Critical Wildfire Data
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Manufacturing & Prototyping
Propulsion Design With Freeform Fabrication (PDFF)
Economical Fabrication of Thick-Section Ceramic Matrix Composites
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Software
Planetary Image Geometry Library
Automation Framework for Flight Dynamics Products Generation
Product Operations Status Summary Metrics
Application-Controlled Parallel Asynchronous Input/Output Utility
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Mechanics & Machinery
Refinements in an Mg/MgH₂/H₂O - Based Hydrogen Generator
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Electronics & Computers
Coherent Frequency Reference System for the NASA Deep Space Network
180-GHz I-Q Second Harmonic Resistive Mixer MMIC
Diamond Heat-Spreader for Submillimeter-Wave Frequency Multipliers
Power Amplifier Module With 734-mW Continuous Wave Output Power
Ultra-Low-Noise W-Band MMIC Detector Modules
338-GHz Semiconductor Amplifier Module
Multi-Stage System for Automatic Target Recognition
Multiple Differential-Amplifier MMICs Embedded in Waveguides
Special Component Designs for Differential-Amplifier MMICs
Update on Waveguide-Embedded Differential MMIC Amplifiers
Ultra-Wideband Angle-of-Arrival Tracking Systems
Products
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Briefs
Strain System for the Motion Base Shuttle Mission Simulator
Pyrotechnic Actuator for Retracting Tubes Between MSL Subsystems