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Putting a virtual doctor in the ambulance

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 29, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ambulance communications system will enable doctors to diagnose and begin treating critically ill patients before they reach hospital.





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Monitoring against another Pompeii

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A wimax-based connection to the internet will enable real-time monitoring of potentially dangerous active volcanoes.


Spotting tomorrow's forest fires

Spotting tomorrow's forest fires

Technology / Telecom

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

A wimax-based connection to the internet enables fire-monitoring efforts in remote and mountainous regions.


Spooky Hurricane Science

Spooky Hurricane Science

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0

There's a special room at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Researchers call it the "Anechoic Chamber" and they love to test their high-tech instruments there. Normal people think it's just plain spooky. "In ...


Lovely ‘snowfakes’ mimic nature, advance science

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Exquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes that David Griffeath makes are icy jewels of art.


Australian first: Kangaroo genome mapped

Biology /

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Australian researchers will today launch the world first detailed map of the kangaroo genome, completing the first phase of the kangaroo genomics project.


Grand Canyon to change 'unfair' permit system

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Getting one of the roughly 11,500 permits granted each year to backpack overnight in the Grand Canyon has become so competitive and "unfair" that managers at the national park have decided to change the system.


Hammerhead shark

Wide heads give hammerheads exceptional stereo view

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Hammerhead sharks are some of the Ocean's most distinctive residents. 'Everyone wants to understand why they have this strange head shape,' says Michelle McComb from Florida Atlantic University. One possible ...


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Dutch approve project to store CO2 underground

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

The Dutch government said Wednesday it had approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project.


Double explosion heralds the death of a very massive star

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 13, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 0

A unique discovery of two celestial explosions at exactly the same position in the sky has led astronomers to suggest they have witnessed the death of one of the most massive stars that can exist.


Books, cell phones a match made in heaven

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Boy, do I have high-tech idea for those of you who got a shiny new smart phone for Christmas: Try reading a book on it.



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