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Mars Reconnaissance Orbite

Mars Reconnaissance Orbite Team Plans Uplink of Protective Files

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter plans to uplink protective files to the spacecraft next week as one step toward resuming the orbiter's research and relay activities.


Kepler Mission Manager Update

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kepler experienced a safe mode event on Nov. 18, 2009.


Paradoxically, food insecurity may be underlying contributor to overweight

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Both household food insecurity (HFInsec) and childhood overweight are significant problems in the United States. Paradoxically, being food-insecure may be an underlying contributor to being overweight. A study of almost ...


Artist concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Preventive Care Continues; Science on Hold

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

During analysis of four safe-mode events this year, engineers for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter project have identified a vulnerability to the effects of subsequent events.


Artist concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mars Orbiter in Safe Mode Increases Communication Rate

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter project have stepped up the communication rate being received from the orbiter as an early step in the process of determining why the spacecraft ...


Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mars Orbiter Puts Itself in Safe Mode Again

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into a safe mode Wednesday morning, Aug. 26, for the fourth time this year, while maintaining spacecraft health and communications. While in safe ...


Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mars orbiter enters safe mode after disturbance

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 4

NASA says its powerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode after being hit by a cosmic ray or solar particle.


Higher hospital safety rating not associated with lower risk of in-hospital death

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospitals that reported higher scores on measures of safe practices did not have a significantly lower rate of in-hospital deaths compared to hospitals that reported lower scores on these measures, according to a study in ...


Sex isn't just fun, it's healthy

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Want a simple way to increase your longevity? Try sex. It's one of the most fun things we humans can do.


Drug Therapy Reduces HIV Transmission in Couples Regardless of Condom Use or Safe-Sex Practices

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Antiretroviral drug therapy in an HIV-positive man or women can alone help prevent the transmission of HIV to an uninfected partner, regardless of counseling, the patient’s use of condoms or other safe-sex ...


The Medical Minute: There's no trick to a safe Halloween

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Halloween is supposed to be a spooky night, but parents don’t have to be scared about their kids’ safety if they follow some simple safety tips from Safe Kids Dauphin County, led by Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, ...


Computer hardware 'guardians' protect users from undiscovered bugs

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to University of Michigan researchers who have devised a system that lets ...


Core needle breast biopsy safe for patients taking blood thinners

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It is safe to take anticoagulants (blood thinners) before core needle breast biopsies, according to a study performed at the Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic in Rochester, NY. Core needle biopsies are offered as an alternative ...


Computer hardware 'guardians' protect users from undiscovered bugs

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to University of Michigan researchers who have devised a ...


Researchers: Program discourages HIV transmission in Russia

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 11, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(Boston)-Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found that sexual behavior counseling during drug addiction treatment should be considered an important component among ...



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