News tagged with military service

Cola and unhealthy lifestyle lower sperm count

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Danish study suggests drinking a lot of cola regularly could men’s lower sperm count by almost 30 percent. The culprit does not appear to be caffeine, since coffee did not have the same ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Eurocopter X3: The world's fastest copter

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you asked a child how they would make a helicopter go faster, they would probably tell you to add another engine. The answer would be Zen simple and dead right. The engineers at Eurocopter ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 36 | with audio podcast weblog

Soyuz rocket lifts off with military satellite payload

A Soyuz rocket lifted off on Friday from Europe's space base in French Guiana, placing into orbit six low-orbit satellites with military or joint military-industrial use.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8

Secret Service to probe hack on Fox News Twitter

(AP) -- The Secret Service said Monday it will investigate the hacking of Fox's political Twitter account over updates claiming that President Barack Obama had been assassinated. ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New cyberattacks in SKorea; sites suffer no damage

(AP) -- Two South Korean government websites were struck by the second cyberattack in a week, but suffered no major damage, the government said Saturday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Game Lets Soldiers Train in a Virtual Iraq or Afghanistan

(PhysOrg.com) -- A training tool being developed by a research team from the Arts and Technology program may soon make it easier for military service men and women to perform their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young ex-servicemen at increased risk of suicide

Young men who have served in the British Armed Forces are up to three times more likely to take their own lives than their civilian counterparts, research published tomorrow (March 3) has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Military marriages stay strong despite challenges: study

Los Angeles, CA (May 10, 2012) Despite the fact that military service means working long hours with unpredictable schedules, frequent relocations, and separations from loved ones due to deployment, a new study published in ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

S.Korea raises alert on N.Korean cyber-attacks

South Korea's military has raised its alert against potential cyber-attacks from North Korea after the death of leader Kim Jong-Il, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dogs of war: Historian shows the role of canines in World War II

Seventy years since the United States entered World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a BYU historian has a new look at an often overlooked breed of soldier.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Extramarital sex and divorce more common among veterans

Veterans were significantly more likely to have ever engaged in extramarital sex and ever gotten divorced than people who were never in the military, according to new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Improved behavioral health needed to respond to rising number of suicides among US Armed Forces

U.S. military officials should improve efforts to identify those at-risk and improve both the quality and access to behavioral health treatment in response to a sharp rise in suicide among members of nation's armed forces, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women war veterans face higher risk of mental health problems during pregnancy

Pregnancy among women veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan appears to increase their risk for mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study published ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

22 charged for prank emails, texts after S.Korea attacks

South Korean police said Friday they had charged 22 people with spreading rumours and false information online or in text messages after North Korea shelled an island in the South, a news report said.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Israel army using Facebook to rumble draft-dodgers

Around a 1,000 Israeli women who tried to avoid military service by pretending to be religious have been caught out through their Facebook accounts, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0