News tagged with early warning

Researchers develop computer model that can predict cholera outbreaks 11 months in advance

(Medical Xpress) -- A new University of Michigan computer model of disease transmission in space and time can predict cholera outbreaks in Bangladesh up to 11 months in advance, providing an early warning ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: 'Google Flu Trends' a powerful early warning system for emergency departments

Monitoring Internet search traffic about influenza may prove to be a better way for hospital emergency rooms to prepare for a surge in sick patients compared to waiting for outdated government flu case reports. A report on ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smoke particles are not all the 'SAME'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Where there's smoke, you need a functioning smoke detector that can tell the difference between, say, smoke particles and dust. Yet in the microgravity environment of the International Space ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Childhood hypersensitivity linked to OCD

In childhood, rituals like regular schedules for meal, bath, and bed times are a healthy part of behavioral development. But combined with oral and tactile sensitivities, such as discomfort at the dentist or irritation caused ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

15 new conservation concerns

A review carried out by a group of international specialists has identified several emerging issues that are likely to damage biodiversity in the coming years.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Before the G20 summit in Cannes: IZA researchers propose concept for a global debt brake

A few days before the G20 summit in Cannes, economists from the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, have proposed a global consolidation strategy of public finances. In a new IZA Policy Paper entitled ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

White House orders review of energy loans

The White House Friday ordered a probe into US government loans to clean energy firms, after a solar panel company took a half billion dollar Energy Department loan guarantee and then went bankrupt.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 32

US scientists testing earthquake early warning

Elizabeth Cochran was sitting in her office when her computer suddenly sounded an alarm.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Microbes travel through the air; it would be good to know how and where

Preliminary research on Fusarium, a group of fungi that includes devastating pathogens of plants and animals, shows how these microbes travel through the air. Researchers now believe that with improvements on thi ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists man bioterror front lines post-9/11

(AP) -- Just hours after the first death in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Tom Slezak was told to gather his team, collect his gear and get on a plane.

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

New clinical study reveals statistically significant reduction in NICU infant mortality

In a long-running randomized study of over 3,000 preterm infants, those whose care included the Heart Rate Observation System, or HeRO monitor, experienced greater than 20 percent reduced mortality, effectively saving one ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Happy' Bhutan alarmed by Himalayan climate change

Bhutan's prime minister has issued a dire warning about the impact of Himalayan climate change, saying it could wreck the tiny kingdom's ambitious plans to be a world leader in hydropower.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Averting bridge disasters: New technology could save hundreds of lives

Millions of U.S. drivers cross faulty or obsolete bridges every day, highway statistics show, but it's too costly to fix all these spans or adequately monitor their safety, says a University of Maryland researcher ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Calves clock-in for monitored mealtimes

Electronic ear tags are being used to provide an early warning system that will help farmers identify sick animals within a herd.

Biology / Other

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Falls, eye test may give clues to Alzheimer's

(AP) -- Scientists in Australia are reporting encouraging early results from a simple eye test they hope will give a noninvasive way to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0