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With an Eye on Locusts and Vegetation, Scientists Make a Good Tool Better

With an Eye on Locusts and Vegetation, Scientists Make a Good Tool Better

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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 ...


Early warning system could keep lights on

Early warning system could keep lights on

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing 'early warning systems' that could prevent power blackouts in the UK.


New system monitors fetal heartbeat: Noninvasive technique could prevent complications

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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

Using wireless sensors to monitor bridge safety

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Sensor in artery measures blood pressure

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(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

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A wimax-based connection to the internet will enable real-time monitoring of potentially dangerous active volcanoes.


What's in our water?

What's in our water?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(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, ...