News tagged with blast
Researchers work with platelet-rich plasma to heal chronic wounds in veterans
(Medical Xpress) -- During the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, blast injuries resulting from improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, and roadsides bombs took countless lives and left thousands of soldiers ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Effects of solar flares arriving on Earth
(AP) -- The impact of a series of eruptions on the sun began arriving at Earth on Friday and could affect some communications for a day or so.
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Aug 06, 2011 |
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New composite material may restore damaged soft tissue
Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins have developed a new liquid material that in early experiments in rats and humans shows promise in restoring damaged soft tissue relatively safely and durably. The material, a composite ...
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Hubble spots a celestial bauble (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The delicate shell, photographed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, appears to float serenely in the depths of space, but this apparent calm hides an inner turmoil. The gaseous envelope ...
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Sneak Attacks from the Sun
(PhysOrg.com) -- Our Sun can be a menace when it sends out powerful solar blasts of radiation towards the Earth. Astronomers keenly watch the Sun to learn more about what powers these solar eruptions, in hopes ...
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Dec 08, 2010 |
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Color-changing 'blast badge' detects exposure to explosive shock waves
Mimicking the reflective iridescence of a butterfly's wing, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a color-changing ...
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Nov 29, 2010 |
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Adding face shields to helmets could help avoid blast-induced brain injuries
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of all combat-related injuries sustained by U.S. troops are the result of explosions, and many of those involve injuries to the head. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Military experts provide civilian surgeons with guidance on handling bomb blast injuries
Hospitals all over the world need to be aware of how to treat emergency blast injuries and military surgeons can provide valuable knowledge and advice to their civilian counterparts based on their experience of battlefield ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Battling rice blast disease with underground microbes
Rice is the most important grain consumed by humans, providing more than one-fifth of the calories sustaining the world's population. By some estimates, however, global production of rice could feed an additional ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Purdue unveils 'Impact: Earth!' asteroid impact effects calculator
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University on Wednesday (Nov. 3) unveiled ''Impact: Earth!'' a new website that allows anyone to calculate the potential damage a comet or asteroid would cause if it hit the Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Pushing the envelope
(PhysOrg.com) -- G327.1-1.1 is the aftermath of a massive star that exploded as a supernova in the Milky Way galaxy.
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Antibacterial peptide could aid in treating soldiers' burn wound infections
An antibacterial peptide developed by Laszlo Otvos, a research professor of biology in Temple's College of Science and Technology, looks to be a highly-effective therapy against infections in burn or blast wounds suffered ...
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Noble gas detection system reaches maturity
The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization certified the first noble gas detection system at its radionuclide station in Charlottesville, Va., United States, on Aug. 19, 2010. The ...
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Scientists try to harness super-winds that once carried bombs
The man from the Forest Service burst into the switchboard room with orders for the young operator. Keep quiet, he told Cora Conner, 16. Stay put.
Aug 20, 2010 |
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Image: In the Constellation Cassiopeia
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tycho's Supernova, the red circle visible in the upper left part of the image, is SN 1572 is a remnant of a star explosion is named after the astronomer Tycho Brahe, although he was not the ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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