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Soldiers turn a march into a charge
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Engineers at the University of Leeds (UK) are developing a way to capture the kinetic energy produced when soldiers march and use it to power their equipment.
Gene Tells Soldier Ants to Beat Swords into Ploughshares
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While science has yet to discover what makes that little ol' ant think he'll move that rubber tree plant, researchers at the University of Toronto Mississauga have identified an enzyme in ...
Air Force unveils brain injury clinic in Alaska
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Behind Dan DeRosa's smiling face lurks a dull headache that never goes away. He suffers from memory lapses and hears a shrill ringing in his ears akin to the lingering squeal of a heavy metal concert.
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'Brain profiling' to keep suicidal soldiers alive
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 02, 2009 |
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According to a recent Washington Post study, approximately 20% of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are psychologically damaged. Among them are a substantial number with post-traumatic stress ...
Protection built to scale -- fish scale, that is
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists seeking to protect the soldier of the future can learn a lot from a relic of the past, according to an MIT study of a primitive fish that could point to more effective ways of designing ...
'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on ...
VR program may help soldiers avoid PTS
Jun 22, 2006 |
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A virtual reality program unveiled this week during a University of Haifa conference may help U.S. soldiers in Iraq avoid mental trauma.
US Army enlists Facebook, Twitter
Apr 27, 2009 |
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The US Army said on Monday it had launched a fan page on Facebook and established an office for online "social media," despite security rules that limit soldiers' access to networking sites.
Panamanian termite goes ballistic: Fastest mandible strike in the world
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Nov 24, 2008 |
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A single hit on the head by the termite Termes panamensis (Snyder), which possesses the fastest mandible strike ever recorded, is sufficient to kill a would-be nest invader, report Marc Seid and Jeremy Niven, ...
Afghan warfare gets wired in quest to spare lives
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Henson goes out on patrol with a computer on his back and a joystick in his holster. He also carries a rifle, but the military is hoping he'll soon have less need for it.
Even Ancient Greeks and Romans Enjoyed Good Scary Stories, Professor Says
Oct 17, 2007 |
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These days, Halloween is all about good scary fun, but people have been thrilling to spooky tales as far back as ancient Greece and Rome, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst classics professor Debbie Felton, ...
Amber specimen captures ancient chemical battle
Aug 29, 2007 |
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It appears that chemical warfare has been around a lot longer than poison arrows, mustard gas or nerve weapons – about 100 million years, give or take a little.
US Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet' Technology for Voiceless Communication
Sep 22, 2008 |
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In the future, soldiers may be communicating silently with sophisticated "thought helmets." The devices would harness a person´s brain waves and transmit them as radio waves, where they would be translated ...
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