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The Sun Warms and Enchants Us — and Occasionally Goes on the Attack
As exceptionally powerful ejections of magnetically charged plasma from the sun called coronal mass ejections (CMEs) blasted toward Earth in May 2024, two NASA spacecraft formations detected never-before-witnessed solar storm activity. Now, in newly published research, Dr. Katariina Nykyri of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has used the data to analyze and describe explosive releases of magnetic energy and high-energy particle bursts occurring along the boundaries of incoming CMEs very close to Earth.
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Student Research Projects Take Center Stage at Embry-Riddle Summer Symposium
More than 90 students presented 58 research projects at Embry-Riddle’s second annual Summer Research Symposium. Held at the Mori Hosseini Student Union, the event featured work by students who collaborated with faculty mentors on a broad range of advanced research.
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Two Drones Are Better Than One: Embry-Riddle Researcher to Release Double Aircraft in Hurricanes to Improve Forecasts
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is ramping up, and Embry-Riddle Meteorology professor Dr. Josh Wadler is working on new ways to fly drones inside the storms to harvest data that could help predict when, where and how strongly they will hit.
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Eagle Conducts Undergraduate Research on Student Pilot Perceptions of Melanoma Risk
To help understand pilots’ attitudes toward the risk of melanoma, Sofia Prevatt, a recent Forensic Biology graduate at Embry-Riddle’s Prescott Campus, conducted a survey of Aeronautical Science students to assess their awareness.
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