News tagged with excessive force

Excessive police violence evident in emergency care cases, say US doctors

Excessive police violence is evident in the types of injury and trauma emergency care doctors are treating in the US, indicates research published in Emergency Medicine Journal.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4




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Earth's energy budget remained out of balance despite unusually low solar activity

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA study underscores the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity -- not changes in solar activity -- are the primary force driving global warming.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11

Is Kodak's moment past? The glory days when Eastman Kodak Co. ruled the world of film photography lasted for over a century. Then came a stunning reversal of fortune: cutthroat competition from Japanese firms ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Updated American Cancer Society nutrition guidelines stress need for supportive environment

Updated guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention from the American Cancer Society stress the importance of creating social and physical environments that support healthy behaviors. The report includes ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sleep disorders common among police officers

A survey of police officers indicated that about 40 percent have a sleep disorder, which was associated with an increased risk of adverse health, safety and performance outcomes, according to a study in the December 21 issue ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists report first solar cell producing more electrons in photocurrent than solar photons entering cell

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have reported the first solar cell that produces a photocurrent that has an external quantum efficiency greater than 100 percent when photoexcited ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (42) | comments 47 | with audio podcast

Particle physicists report 'intriguing hints' of Higgs Boson

Yesterday physicists in Europe reported possible signs of the Higgs boson, a missing piece in the particle-physics puzzle long suspected of giving elementary particles -- such as electrons and quarks -- their mass ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 27

Twisting molecules by brute force: A top-down approach

Molecules that are twisted are ubiquitous in nature, and have important consequences in biology, chemistry, physics and medicine. Some molecules have unique and technologically useful optical properties; the medicinal properties ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Possible signs of the Higgs remain in latest analyses (Update)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have nearly eliminated the space in which the Higgs boson could dwell, scientists announced in a seminar held at CERN today. However, the ATLAS ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Scar findings could lead to new therapies

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine report that they have identified the molecular pathway through which physical force contributes to scarring in mice.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Anderson Forecast: U.S. economy mired in slump, but little chance of double-dip recession

In its fourth quarterly report of 2011, the UCLA Anderson Forecast's outlook for the nation sees gross domestic product growth at a "below-trend rate" for the next five quarters.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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