News tagged with safety research
GM: Self-driving vehicles could be ready by end of decade
Vehicles that partially drive themselves will be available by the middle of the decade with more sophisticated self-driving systems by the end of the decade, General Motors Vice President of Global Research ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 17, 2011 |
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DARPA releases video of HTV-2 hypersonic glider flight
An unmanned glider streaks over the Pacific Ocean at 20 times the speed of sound in a video released Thursday by a U.S. defense research agency experimenting with technology that could give the military the ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Why do our emotions get in the way of rational decisions about safety products?
A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research explores why people reject things that can make them safer.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2011 |
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New approach promises greater success for predicting drug safety
Adverse reactions to drugs represent one of the leading causes of death in the United States. But there may be a way to predict who is most likely to suffer a toxic side effect to a drug before they have even taken it.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 04, 2009 |
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Researcher: New toxicant safety standards are needed to protect the young
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an invited, peer-reviewed journal article on how prenatal exposure to toxic substances are linked to a host of diseases in later life -- from atherosclerosis to cancer -- a Cornell toxicologist ...
Jan 20, 2009 |
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Nanotech in your vitamins
The ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the safety of dietary supplements using nanomaterials is severely limited by lack of information, lack of resources and the agency's lack of statutory authority ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2009 |
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