News tagged with safety testing

Fukushima nuke pollution in sea 'was world's worst'

France's nuclear monitor said on Thursday that the amount of caesium 137 that leaked into the Pacific from the Fukushima disaster was the greatest single nuclear contamination of the sea ever seen.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 17

Hi tech pays tribute to Eiffel Tower's 19th-century origins

Arguably the most widely recognised structure in the world, the Eiffel Tower was designed to stand for only 20 years -- and some predicted it would collapse long before then.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Tests show wireless network could jam GPS systems

New government test results show that a proposed high-speed wireless broadband network being launched by a company called LightSquared could jam GPS systems used for aviation, public safety, military operations and other ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

China gives press more freedom -- for food safety

(AP) -- Toxic bean sprouts, filthy cooking oil, drug-tainted pork: The relentless headlines in Chinese media have churned up queasy feelings for months about the dangers lurking in the nation's dinner bowls.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Compromise found in EU nuclear safety testing row

European nations split over whether to include the threat of terror attacks in stress tests to be carried out on the continent's reactors have reached a key compromise, diplomats said Friday. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UCLA researchers shake model levee, for peat's sake

The earth rippled and squirmed on this Delta island Monday. It did not yawn open, but did reignite a debate about the seismic safety of levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

GM says electric Volt is safe despite fires

General Motors insisted Monday that its Chevrolet Volt is safe to drive despite the launch of a government probe after three of the Volt's electric batteries caught fire following safety tests.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 14

GPs take more than a month to record ovarian cancer diagnosis in one in 10 cases

Family doctors can take more than a month to record ovarian cancer, once diagnosed by a specialist, in one in 10 cases, indicates research published in the launch issue of the new online journal BMJ Open.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0