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NASA to make all its research available free on the Internet

David Millward, US CORRESPONDENT

22 AUGUST 2016

The American space agency, NASA, is to make all its research available free of charge. It is a move which will

delight science enthusiasts and aspiring astronauts. Normally such material is hidden behind a paywall, meaning

that it is often out of reach for the lay enthusiast.

The EU has also said it hopes to make all its research available free from 2020. “At NASA, we are celebrating

this opportunity to extend access to our extensive portfolio of scientific and technical publications,” said Dava

Newman, NASA’s Deputy Administrator.

“Through open access and innovation we invite the global community to join us in exploring Earth, air and

space.”

The Obama administration has been pressing its science agencies to make its research more accessible

believing it increase the popularity of science and advance public knowledge.

In 2013, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy directed a number of agencies, including

NASA, to increase access to their research.

Under the plans, the research will be made available by a web portal. Any research funded by NASA will have to

be posted on Pubspace within a year of publication. “Making our research data easier to access will greatly magnify the impact of our research,” NASA Chief

Scientist Ellen Stofan said. “As scientists and engineers, we work by building upon a foundation laid by others.”

Question: Is there anything I can do to train my body to need less sleep?

Many people think they can teach themselves to need less sleep, but they’re wrong, said Dr. Sigrid Veasey, a professor at the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. We might feel that we’re getting by fine on less sleep, but we’re deluding ourselves, Dr. Veasey said, largely because lack of sleep skews our self-awareness. “The more you deprive yourself of sleep over long periods of time, the less accurate you are of judging your own sleep perception,” she said.

Multiple studies have shown that people don’t functionally adapt to less sleep than their bodies need. There is a range of normal sleep times, with most healthy adults naturally needing seven to nine hours of sleep per night, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Those over 65 need about seven to eight hours, on average, while teenagers need eight to 10 hours, and school-age children nine to 11 hours. People’s performance continues to be poor while they are sleep deprived, Dr. Veasey said.

Health issues like pain, sleep apnea or autoimmune disease can increase people’s need for sleep, said Andrea Meredith, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. A misalignment of the clock that governs our sleep-wake cycle can also drive up the need for sleep, Dr. Meredith said. The brain’s clock can get misaligned by being stimulated at the wrong time of day, she said, such as from caffeine in the afternoon or evening, digital screen use too close to bedtime, or even exercise at a time of day when the body wants to be winding down.

(http://well.blogs.nytimes.com. Adaptado.)

Question: Is there anything I can do to train my body to need less sleep?

Many people think they can teach themselves to need less sleep, but they’re wrong, said Dr. Sigrid Veasey, a professor at the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. We might feel that we’re getting by fine on less sleep, but we’re deluding ourselves, Dr. Veasey said, largely because lack of sleep skews our self-awareness. “The more you deprive yourself of sleep over long periods of time, the less accurate you are of judging your own sleep perception,” she said.

Multiple studies have shown that people don’t functionally adapt to less sleep than their bodies need. There is a range of normal sleep times, with most healthy adults naturally needing seven to nine hours of sleep per night, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Those over 65 need about seven to eight hours, on average, while teenagers need eight to 10 hours, and school-age children nine to 11 hours. People’s performance continues to be poor while they are sleep deprived, Dr. Veasey said.

Health issues like pain, sleep apnea or autoimmune disease can increase people’s need for sleep, said Andrea Meredith, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. A misalignment of the clock that governs our sleep-wake cycle can also drive up the need for sleep, Dr. Meredith said. The brain’s clock can get misaligned by being stimulated at the wrong time of day, she said, such as from caffeine in the afternoon or evening, digital screen use too close to bedtime, or even exercise at a time of day when the body wants to be winding down.

(http://well.blogs.nytimes.com. Adaptado.)

Em uma disciplina de circuitos elétricos da FATEC, o Professor de Física pede aos alunos que determinem o valor da resistência elétrica de um dispositivo com comportamento inicial ôhmico, ou seja, que obedece à primeira lei de Ohm. Para isso, os alunos utilizam um multímetro ideal de precisão e submetem o dispositivo a uma variação na diferença de potencial elétrico anotando os respectivos valores das correntes elétricas observadas. Dessa forma, eles decidem construir um gráfico contendo a curva característica do dispositivo resistivo, apresentada na figura.