Malaysia raises alert as bird flu virus hits more birds
Malaysian authorities raised an alert for a northeastern state after the virulent H5N1 bird flu virus was found to have spread to poultry in more villages.
Ecology
Mar 16, 2017
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News tagged with emergency situations
Delhi shuts schools as smog sparks health 'emergency'
Authorities in Delhi on Monday closed schools, halted construction work and shut down a major power plant after days of choking smog led to warnings of a health "emergency" in the world's most polluted capital.
Environment
Nov 7, 2016
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Study investigates crowd behaviour under stress in a virtual environment
In emergency situations such as terrorist attacks, natural catastrophes, and fires, there is always a risk of mass panic leading to deadly crowd disasters. But what causes mass panic and where are the danger zones? Researchers ...
Mathematics
Sep 15, 2016
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Study examines use of drones to aid emergency responders in mass casualty events
In the wake of a disaster, a difficult challenge for emergency response crews is to quickly assess damage and identify victims. Researchers at UMass Medical School are conducting a study to determine how unmanned aerial vehicles ...
Other
Aug 8, 2016
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Modern buildings have an alarming flaw when people need to escape quickly
The landscapes in which many of us live would have been unimaginable to previous generations. We now have skyscrapers so striking and tall they would make Icarus turn pale. Yet in emergency situations, our seemingly brilliant ...
Other
Mar 10, 2016
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Social media is transforming emergency communications, study says
Social media channel communication (e.g. Twitter and Facebook) is sometimes the only telecommunications medium that survives, and the first to recover as seen in disasters that struck the world in recent years, according ...
Internet
Aug 19, 2015
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Russia loses Mexican satellite after rocket failure (Update)
Russia on Saturday lost a Mexican satellite on launch just hours after a glitch with a manoeuvre involving the International Space Station, the latest in a string of embarrassing failures for its troubled space programme.
Space Exploration
May 16, 2015
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Attempts to contact Russian spacecraft 'unsuccessful'
Russia said on Wednesday that attempts to contact an unmanned Progress spacecraft have so far been unsuccessful, raising fears the vessel could be lost for good.
Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2015
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Germanwings crash could prompt remote override tech review
The head of Germany's air traffic control agency says the crash of a Germanwings jet in France last month raises the question of whether technology should be put in place allowing authorities on the ground to take control ...
Other
Apr 15, 2015
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Analysis of mobile phone data applied to economic and social problems
Esteban Moro is a tenured associate professor in the Mathematics Department of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). Specializing in viral marketing and social networks, among other areas of interest, he is one of ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 15, 2015
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