News tagged with industrial accident
Mobile mayhem: Researchers harness Kraken to model explosions via transport
First, the bad news: all across America, trucks and tractor-trailers are transporting industrial explosives on nearly every artery of the country's interstate and highway system. That's right, volatile explosives, including ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 01, 2012 |
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BP says US oil spill trial could 'last until 2014'
British energy giant BP is prepared for a multi-billion-dollar US legal case into the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill to last until 2014, its chief executive told the Sunday Telegraph.
Feb 26, 2012 |
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Nuclear watchdog urges French plants to boost safety
A French nuclear watchdog on Tuesday called for the country's plants to beef up safety to cope with natural disasters under a programme likely to cost tens of billions of euros (dollars), but said none faced ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Giving new meaning to 'smart car'
(PhysOrg.com) -- McMaster and IBM have launched a research project to investigate how the automotive industry can connect a vehicle's multiple microprocessors, which currently work in isolation, to create ...
May 17, 2010 |
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Victims of Seveso disaster face higher risk from some cancers
People living in the Seveso area of Italy, which was exposed to dioxin after an industrial accident in 1976, have experienced an increased risk of developing cancer. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Sep 14, 2009 |
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