Planetary exploration: learning from bats
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Bats’ double frequency band bio-sonar served as an inspiration for two researchers of the University of Trento. They established a new data processing technique to improve geophysical observation based on the interpretation of bi-dimensional subsurface images acquired by means of radars. Bio-inspired radars manage to obtain more accurate information regarding the composition and structure of planets and their moons. The first tests were carried out on the subsurface of Mars. The study, which is exclusively the work of a UniTrento team, was published today in Nature Communications
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تاریخ انتشار 2018