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Safety is the state of being "safe" (from French sauf), the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event which could be considered non-desirable. This can take the form of being protected from the event or from exposure to something that causes health or economical losses. It can include protection of people or of possessions.

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Stuffing the turkey and other Thanksgiving food-safety mistakes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- What would a Thanksgiving turkey be without its stuffing, and what better place for that stuffing than inside the turkey? Despite the tradition involved, a food-safety specialist in Penn State's College of ...


Walking hazard: Cell-phone use -- but not music -- reduces pedestrian safety

Walking hazard: Cell-phone use -- but not music -- reduces pedestrian safety

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Two new studies of pedestrian safety found that using a cell phone while hoofing it can endanger one's health. Older pedestrians, in particular, are impaired when crossing a busy (simulated) street while speaking ...


Cisco has released a Web security app for iPhone

Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone

Technology / Software

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.


Murders, Traffic Deaths Connected

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If you want to know how many people are killed in car accidents in a particular U.S. state, look to its prisons. Regions with higher murder rates also tend to have a greater number of traffic fatalities, according to a new ...


Europe and America couldn't be more different, right? Not so fast, says historian

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Marshalling data on everything from colon cancer to the accuracy of public clocks, Peter Baldwin illustrates how differences between the U.S. and Western Europe are much smaller than commonly supposed.


A special kind of flight training

A special kind of flight training

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of flight simulators will attempt to make air traffic safer.


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.


Computer model reveals where food pathogens grow

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An outbreak of food-related illness, such as E. coli-tainted spinach, often leaves food safety experts scratching their heads over the source of the contamination.


Toy recall of 2007 hurt innocent companies, shows research

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The well-publicized toy recalls of 2007 took potentially harmful toys off the shelves and affected the companies that made them.


Workplace BPA exposure increases risk of male sexual dysfunction

Medicine & Health / Health

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

High levels of workplace exposure to Bisphenol-A may increase the risk of reduced sexual function in men, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing in the journal Human Reproduction.


Teens less likely to wash hands when cooking, more likely to cross-contaminate raw food than adults

Medicine & Health / Health

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

A Kansas State University study has shown that when preparing frozen foods, adolescents are less likely than adults to wash their hands and are more susceptible to cross-contaminating raw foods while cooking.


Software takes a hard look at traffic fatalities

Technology / Software

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bergen County Police and a Hackensack, N.J., drug treatment center are among a growing number of agencies using a software program to identify dangerous intersections, spot teen driving trends and reduce accident fatalities.


Recalls, food worries spark booming business in food safety

Recalls, food worries spark booming business in food safety

Chemistry / Other

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

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 ...


Study shows US lags behind in transit safety programs for female riders

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by UCLA professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris documents the gap between women's transit safety needs and programs in the U.S. that respond to them.


Facebook creates online safety board

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

(AP) -- Social networking site Facebook on Monday said it is creating a global safety advisory board to protect its users against online predators such as sex offenders.