Working with Indigenous observers on Alaska’s northern coast, a research team has developed a way to improve the modeling of oceanic changes. This work was led by the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the findings were published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment. Claudine Hauri, a research […]
Alaska’s drone research program successfully completed a 1,000-kilometer test flight carrying human blood samples for the International Testing Agency, which investigates doping by athletes at the Olympics and other major sporting events. The 8-hour, 47-minute flight by the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration aimed to show that unmanned aircraft can rapidly deliver blood […]
(Palmer, AK) – Last week, a Palmer jury convicted Michael Melendez, age 36, of Murder in the First Degree and two counts of Murder in the Second Degree for causing the death of Jose Torres Ayala, then age 21, in 2023. On Aug. 7, 2023, Jose Torres Ayala, a server at the 20320 Alaskan Grill at […]
One sponge species is so unique that scientists created an entirely new genus to classify it. Another represents a group never seen before outside of the tropics. Scientists have discovered nine new species of sponges in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands. The specimens were collected during the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s long-standing annual bottom […]