News tagged with fire protection system
Electronic nose sniffs hazards
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An advanced sensor technique and data processing used to monitor air conditioning inside space stations is now being used in an innovative fire protection system for Stockholm’s metro system.
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Where there's wildfire smoke, there's toxicity
Nov 20, 2008 |
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The health threat to city dwellers posed by Southern California wildfires like those of November 2008 may have been underestimated by officials.
Navy Researchers Apply Science to Fire Fighting
Oct 23, 2009 |
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A fire aboard a Navy ship can quickly become a deadly cauldron. The grim reminders of this would be the deadly fires that took place aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967 or the USS Enterprise in 1969.
New forest fire detection system prototype installed at Lake Tahoe
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Graham Kent, Nevada Seismological Laboratory director at the University of Nevada, Reno is leading the installation, testing and maintenance of a novel way to monitor forests fires and other environmental ...
Review: A riff on robotics with self-tuning guitar
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- New cars have been tuning themselves for the better part of two decades now, so it should feel less impressive that Gibson has built a guitar that can smoothly do the same.
Car horns warn against natural disasters
Jul 20, 2009 |
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In the past, sirens howled to warn the population against floods, large fires or chemical accidents. Today, however, there is no extensive warning system in Germany, as most sirens were dismantled after the ...
NASA Aircraft Flies Calif. Wildfire Post-Burn Mission
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's remotely piloted Predator B aircraft, named Ikhana, recently conducted post-burn assessments of two Southern California wildfire sites, the Piute Fire in Kern County and the Station Fire in the Angeles ...
Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage
Nov 21, 2009 |
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Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday.
Dry season brings on measles in sub-Saharan Africa
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Measles epidemics in Niger fluctuate wildly from one season to another but the timing of the outbreaks always coincides with the end of the annual rainy season, according to an international team of researchers.
Vaccine expert advises: Immunization should be given as early in life as possible
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Parents should not be worried, that early vaccination would overwhelm their babies. Recent data show, that the immune system of newborns is able to respond to a world full of antigens already at birth. Therefore, vaccines ...
Pret-a-sauver fashion for disasters
Oct 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are helping rescue workers and disaster victims by creating innovative clothing from smart fabrics. The clothes can monitor people’s health, identify their location and ...
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