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Volcanic-ash sensor to take flight

Researchers will fly jet towards giant artificial particle cloud to test safety device.

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Witze, A. Volcanic-ash sensor to take flight. Nature 502, 422–423 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/502422a

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