News tagged with fire hazard

Landsat satellite sees Arizona wildfire sweep through Apache National Forest

The second largest fire in Arizona history, the Wallow Fire is graphically depicted by this Landsat image, taken June 7, which shows burning in the mountains of eastern Arizona near the border with New Mexico. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

HP recalls nearly 80,000 laptop batteries in China

China's quality watchdog said Thursday that US computer maker Hewlett-Packard plans to recall about 78,740 laptop batteries in China for some HP and Compaq laptops as they pose a fire hazard.

Technology / Business

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HP recalls laptop batteries over fire hazard

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is recalling some 70,000 batteries for notebook computers because of a fire hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Thursday.

Electronics / Hardware

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0




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Advanced power-grid model finds low-cost, low-carbon future in West

(PhysOrg.com) -- The least expensive way for the Western U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Ultraviolet protection molecule in plants yields its secrets

Lying around in the sun all day is hazardous not just for humans but also for plants, which have no means of escape. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can damage proteins and DNA inside cells, leading ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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

Report on Texas fire urges firefighters to consider wind effects

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wind conditions at a fire scene can make a critical difference on the behavior of the blaze and the safety of firefighters, even indoors, according to a new report by the National Institute of Standards and ...

Technology / Other

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robot reconnoiters uncharted terrain

Mobile robots have many uses. They serve as cleaners, carry out inspections and search for survivors of disasters. But often, there is no map to guide them through unknown territory. Researchers have now developed ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

GOES-13 satellite sees 'giant white spike' of clouds bringing U.S. severe weather

(PhysOrg.com) -- Severe weather is expected to impact the southeastern U.S. today, and the GOES-13 satellite captured an image of a line of clouds associated with the strong cold front that looks like a giant ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Managing fire and biodiversity

A 23-year study of dry sclerophyll forests in south-eastern NSW has thrown new light on the role of fire in the landscape.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Russian spacecraft to crash soon, risks unclear

(AP) -- A Russian space probe designed to burnish the nation's faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars' moons has turned into one of the heaviest, most toxic pieces of space junk ever.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Study of WTC responders: PTSD and respiratory illness linked

(Medical Xpress) -- More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of rescue and recovery workers descended on the area surrounding the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks, a research team led by Benjamin ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

10 years after attacks on World Trade Center, human health cost is still being counted

The World Trade Center disaster exposed nearly half a million people to hazardous chemicals, environmental toxins, and traumatic events. According to research published in the December 2011 issue of Elsevier-published journal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solar power development in US Southwest could threaten wildlife

Government agencies are considering scores of applications to develop utility-scale solar power installations in the desert Southwest of the United States, but too little is known to judge their likely effects on wildlife, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 13


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