News tagged with safety testing

GM says electric Volt is safe despite fires

General Motors insisted Monday that its Chevrolet Volt is safe to drive despite the launch of a government probe after three of the Volt's electric batteries caught fire following safety tests.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 14

Researchers develop tool that saves time, eliminates mistakes in diabetes care

In the fast-paced world of health care, doctors are often pressed for time during patient visits. Researchers at the University of Missouri developed a tool that allows doctors to view electronic information about patients' ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fukushima nuke pollution in sea 'was world's worst'

France's nuclear monitor said on Thursday that the amount of caesium 137 that leaked into the Pacific from the Fukushima disaster was the greatest single nuclear contamination of the sea ever seen.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 17

UCLA researchers shake model levee, for peat's sake

The earth rippled and squirmed on this Delta island Monday. It did not yawn open, but did reignite a debate about the seismic safety of levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

LightSquared gets extension for GPS test results

Federal regulators have granted a Virginia company called LightSquared a two-week extension to report on recent tests that aimed to determine whether its proposed high-speed wireless broadband network would cripple GPS systems ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tests show wireless network could jam GPS systems

New government test results show that a proposed high-speed wireless broadband network being launched by a company called LightSquared could jam GPS systems used for aviation, public safety, military operations and other ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

EU, Japan join forces to improve nuclear safety

Europe and Japan agreed Saturday to join forces in efforts to promote tighter international standards for nuclear safety in the wake of the atomic crisis in Japan.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Deal finally struck on stress tests for Europe's reactors

European nations Tuesday finally struck a deal on stress tests to be carried out from next month on the continent's reactors, EU diplomats and European Commission sources said.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

China gives press more freedom -- for food safety

(AP) -- Toxic bean sprouts, filthy cooking oil, drug-tainted pork: The relentless headlines in Chinese media have churned up queasy feelings for months about the dangers lurking in the nation's dinner bowls.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Compromise found in EU nuclear safety testing row

European nations split over whether to include the threat of terror attacks in stress tests to be carried out on the continent's reactors have reached a key compromise, diplomats said Friday. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

EU nuclear safety sweep accused of soft-pedalling

Europe on Wednesday will draw up stress-test parameters for a safety sweep of its nuclear power reactors, promised after Japan's Fukushima No.1 disaster, but already the focus of bitter disputes.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

GPs take more than a month to record ovarian cancer diagnosis in one in 10 cases

Family doctors can take more than a month to record ovarian cancer, once diagnosed by a specialist, in one in 10 cases, indicates research published in the launch issue of the new online journal BMJ Open.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hi tech pays tribute to Eiffel Tower's 19th-century origins

Arguably the most widely recognised structure in the world, the Eiffel Tower was designed to stand for only 20 years -- and some predicted it would collapse long before then.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Recalls, food worries spark booming business in food safety

Recalls of ground beef, peanut butter, and other foods have done more than raise public awareness and concern about food safety. They also are quietly fueling a boom in the market for food testing equipment ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctor: HIV infections will never be traced to VA

(AP) -- Former patients who tested positive for HIV or hepatitis will not be able to show they were infected by tainted equipment at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, a top doctor for the agency ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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