News tagged with monitoring system
What's in our water?
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although America's supply of drinking water is considered among the world's safest, there is an urgent need to develop more stringent regulations to guide how water is monitored for pollutants, ...
Early warning system could keep lights on
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing 'early warning systems' that could prevent power blackouts in the UK.
With an Eye on Locusts and Vegetation, Scientists Make a Good Tool Better
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Locusts, the grasshopper-like insects of Biblical lore, are normally docile creatures that prefer solitary lives in the desert, away from other members of their species. But sometimes, when ...
New system monitors fetal heartbeat: Noninvasive technique could prevent complications
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny fluctuations in a fetus’s heartbeat can indicate distress, but currently there is no way to detect such subtle variations except during labor, when it could be too late to prevent serious or even fatal ...
Using wireless sensors to monitor bridge safety
Feb 23, 2009 |
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University of Texas (UT) professor, Dean Neikirk, will be field-testing a new bridge monitoring system within the year. The project is a collaboration between industry, government, and academia that will provide ...
Sensor in artery measures blood pressure
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- High blood pressure can be a trial of patience for doctors and for sufferers, whose blood pressure often has to be monitored over a long time until it can be regulated. This will now be made ...
Monitoring against another Pompeii
Aug 04, 2008 |
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A wimax-based connection to the internet will enable real-time monitoring of potentially dangerous active volcanoes.
