News tagged with air traffic

Researchers develop new wireless technology for faster, more efficient networks

"Wireless communication is a one-way street. Over." Radio traffic can flow in only one direction at a time on a specific frequency, hence the frequent use of "over" by pilots and air traffic controllers, walkie-talkie ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Living under a flight path increases heart attack risk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research in Switzerland suggests the risk of dying from a heart attack is greater for people exposed to the noise of aircraft flying overhead. The study included data on 4.6 million adults ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Spies breach Pentagon fighter-jet project: report

Computer spies have hacked into the Pentagon's most costly weapons program, a US newspaper reported Tuesday, raising the prospect of adversaries gaining access to top-secret security data.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 8

Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes spew giant ash clouds

(AP) -- Two volcanoes erupted Thursday on Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, tossing massive ash clouds miles (kilometers) into the air, forcing flights to divert and blanketing one town with thick, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Travel chaos as cloud of ash drifts over Europe (Update 2)

(AP) -- Volcanic ash sifted down on parts of northern Europe on Friday and thousands of planes stayed on the tarmac to avoid the hazardous cloud. Travel chaos engulfed major European cities and the U.N. warned ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe

(AP) -- Ash clouds from Iceland's spewing volcano disrupted air traffic across Northern Europe on Thursday as authorities closed British and Nordic air space, shut down Europe's busiest airport at Heathrow ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Eyjafjallajokull's Global Fallout

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eyjafjallajokull and its massive cloud of volcanic ash clearly have had an enormous impact on Europe and its airports, disrupting the mobility of millions and costing airlines more than a ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New formula helps gauge the winds of change

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said that change is the only constant. People change, organizations change, the way people and institutions interact changes over time. Change affects social interactions and the natural world, ...

Biology / Other

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Problems plague new air traffic control computers

(AP) -- New computers crucial to modernizing the U.S. air traffic control system have run into serious problems and may not be fully operational by the end of this year when the current system is supposed to be replaced, ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ames Researcher Revolutionizes Air Traffic

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forty-five years ago, 27-year old Heinz Erzberger arrived at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. armed with a new doctorate in mathematics and engineering. In 1973 Erzberger began ...

Technology / Other

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Airliners fly in face of cyber attack scares

Around the world, around the clock, circles of flickering screens keep aircraft apart in the air, ease them gently down to the ground and guide their precious human cargoes off the runway.

Technology / Other

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Scientists better prepared to judge ash cloud

Scientists say they are now better prepared for measuring Iceland's volcanic ash problem, which is expected to continue for several months, after experiments using modelling and lasers to probe the atmosphere.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA releases Sector 33 air traffic control educational game app

NASA has released a new educational game with an air traffic control theme for Apple iPhone and iPad devices. The Sector 33 application is designed to challenge students in middle school and above to use basic math and problem-solving ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Diesel Exhaust Is Linked To Cancer Development Via New Blood Vessel Growth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists here are the first to demonstrate that the link between diesel fume exposure and cancer lies in the ability of diesel exhaust to induce the growth of new blood vessels that serve as a food supply ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

London 2012 Olympics: New technology will be used to measure impact of extra traffic

University of Leicester researchers are set to use new technology they have developed to monitor the impact of increased traffic on pollution levels in London during the Olympics.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Air Traffic

Air Traffic are a British alternative rock band from Bournemouth. The band consists of pianist/lead vocalist Chris Wall, guitarist Tom Pritchard and bassist Jim Maddock. The band's name originates from when they used to rehearse in an industrial unit next to Hurn Airport, where air traffic control signals could be picked up on their amplifiers. Their music features heavy use of piano, and they have been described by NME to be like "Supergrass covering Little Richard". The band have received mainstream success due to the release of their single "Shooting Star", and the release of their widely acclaimed debut album, Fractured Life. The band are currently working on their second album.

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