News tagged with rescue


Magic box for mission impossible

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, ...





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Digital avalanche rescue dog

Technology / Engineering

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel geolocation system makes use of signals from Galileo, the future European satellite navigation system, to locate avalanche victims carrying an avalanche transceiver or a cellphone, to the precision ...


New Mount Sinai research finds 9/11 responders twice as likely to have asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First responders who were exposed to caustic dust and toxic pollutants following the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S. population, according ...


Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia (AP)

Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight - at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia.


Immunity-Related Genes in Leafcutting Bee Uncovered

Immunity-Related Genes in Leafcutting Bee Uncovered

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first analysis of immunity-related genes in a solitary bee has been conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.


Robots perform Shakespeare to learn how to save people

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying robot fairies are joining human actors in Texas A&M University?s production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs through Sunday (Nov. 15) in the Rudder Forum.


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Flying MAV Navigates Without GPS (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last several years, researchers have been building micro air vehicles (MAVs) that can autonomously fly through different environments by relying on GPS for navigation. Recently, ...


This curvaceous humanoid made of layers of cardboard is billed as the first eco-friendly robot

Robo-chefs and fashion-bots on show in Tokyo

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world -- they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims.


Ventilation treatment in prone position for ARDS does not provide significant survival benefit

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite a current suggestion that patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome be positioned lying face down while receiving mechanical ventilation, study results indicate that this positioning does not significantly ...


Researchers explore new ways to prevent spinal cord damage using a vitamin B3 precursor

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. A recent $2.5 million grant from the New York State ...


Biologists save fish after landslide

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish.



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