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Meat scientist praises health benefits of fat in grain-fed beef

2016-05-23 22:06:54| Beef

A Texas A&M study proves the healthfulness of grain-fed beef in fighting diabetes and cardiovascular disease. read more

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Arctic sea ice melt like a train wreck says US scientist

2016-05-23 16:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Home: Artic sea ice levels are on course to hit a new record low as warming at the North Pole accelerates. Snowmelt has started at the earliest date yet in 73 years, according to the US governments National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It looks like late June or early July right now, said David Douglas, research biologist with the US Geological Survey. Polar bears are having to make their decisions about how to move and where to go on thinner ice pack thats mostly first-year ice....

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Remote Sensing Engineer Scientist for Sentinel3 Altimetry Products

2016-05-12 17:07:15| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland has been supporting the European Space Industry for over 30 years, including ESA, DLR, EUMETSAT and CNES. We are looking for an Engineer Scientist with experience in in the development, implementation, and operation of satellite altimeter products processing systems. The position is permanent and fulltime and fully located on customer side in EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany. Submission deadline for applicants is 31th of May. The expected start date is soon thereafter. RESPONSIBILITIESDUTIES The tasks of the Key person will typically include Supporting the transition of Jason3 and Sentinel3A from the commissioning to routine operations phase Contribution to altimetry calval and quality control activities Analysis and correction of anomalies in the altimeter processing chains Supporting the commissioning and calval of Sentinel3B Specification and proto typing of evolutions of the altimeter processing chains Contributing to operational processor operation and maintenance activities Specification, implementation and evolution of operational quality monitoring tools Specification, implementation and evolution of product performance monitoring and reporting tools Maintenance and evolution of preprocessing and postprocessing elements. QUALIFICATIONSEXPERIENCE Engineer Scientist with experience in in the development, implementation, and operation of satellite altimeter products processing systems. ESSENTIAL SKILLS Fluency in English Demonstrated experience in the development, implementation, and operation of altimeter products processing systems. 5 years experience in algorithm development for operational Earth Observation missions Experience in operational scientific data processing implementations. Experience with large, complex processing systems with stringent timeliness and availability requirements would be an advantage Experience in scientific coding on Unixbased platforms in C, C, or Fortran Detailed knowledge of established altimeters, e.g. ERS112 RA, Envisat RA2, CryoSat SIRAL, SARALAltiKa, Jason12, etc. Experience in processing, analysis, and calval of altimeter data Experience in interfacing with scientific organisations and user communities DESIRABLE SKILLS Knowledge of DelayDoppler I Synthetic Aperture Radar altimetry techniques BENEFITS Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package including 30 days holiday, generous training possibilities and Telespazio VEGA Deutschland pension scheme is offered to the successful candidate. APPLICATION You are looking for a challenging position in a very interesting, international environment? Then you should send your detailed application preferably online with your availability and current salary status.

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Remote Sensing Engineer Scientist for Sentinel3 Altimetry Products

2016-05-12 17:07:15| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland has been supporting the European Space Industry for over 30 years, including ESA, DLR, EUMETSAT and CNES. We are looking for an Engineer Scientist with experience in in the development, implementation, and operation of satellite altimeter products processing systems. The position is permanent and fulltime and fully located on customer side in EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany. Submission deadline for applicants is 31th of May. The expected start date is soon thereafter. RESPONSIBILITIESDUTIES The tasks of the Key person will typically include Supporting the transition of Jason3 and Sentinel3A from the commissioning to routine operations phase Contribution to altimetry calval and quality control activities Analysis and correction of anomalies in the altimeter processing chains Supporting the commissioning and calval of Sentinel3B Specification and proto typing of evolutions of the altimeter processing chains Contributing to operational processor operation and maintenance activities Specification, implementation and evolution of operational quality monitoring tools Specification, implementation and evolution of product performance monitoring and reporting tools Maintenance and evolution of preprocessing and postprocessing elements. QUALIFICATIONSEXPERIENCE Engineer Scientist with experience in in the development, implementation, and operation of satellite altimeter products processing systems. ESSENTIAL SKILLS Fluency in English Demonstrated experience in the development, implementation, and operation of altimeter products processing systems. 5 years experience in algorithm development for operational Earth Observation missions Experience in operational scientific data processing implementations. Experience with large, complex processing systems with stringent timeliness and availability requirements would be an advantage Experience in scientific coding on Unixbased platforms in C, C, or Fortran Detailed knowledge of established altimeters, e.g. ERS112 RA, Envisat RA2, CryoSat SIRAL, SARALAltiKa, Jason12, etc. Experience in processing, analysis, and calval of altimeter data Experience in interfacing with scientific organisations and user communities DESIRABLE SKILLS Knowledge of DelayDoppler I Synthetic Aperture Radar altimetry techniques BENEFITS Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package including 30 days holiday, generous training possibilities and Telespazio VEGA Deutschland pension scheme is offered to the successful candidate. APPLICATION You are looking for a challenging position in a very interesting, international environment? Then you should send your detailed application preferably online with your availability and current salary status.

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Dow Coatings' Scientist Honored for Paper

2016-04-16 01:20:37| Chemicals - Topix.net

A technical paper focusing on new developments in alkyd chemistry was lauded by coatings industry experts at this week's American Coatings Conference. Erin Vogel, Ph.D., research scientist for industrial coatings at Dow Coating Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, accepted the American Coatings Award from the American Coatings Association and partner Vincentz Network during the conference's plenary session, Monday , the company announced.

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