A moderately strong earthquake and an aftershock hit Indonesia's resort island of Bali early Saturday, killing at least three people and destroying dozens of homes.
Environment
Oct 16, 2021
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New Virginia Tech research suggests there's wide variation in the risk that unmanned aircraft pose to people on the ground.
Engineering
Sep 19, 2017
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Inspired by their use in mechanical systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are testing a magnetically-actuated fluidic valve to use in trauma patients suffering from hemorrhage.
Soft Matter
Nov 25, 2019
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There's no doubt that exercise does a body good, including strengthening and toning our muscles. But how exactly does exercise make this happen?
Biochemistry
Oct 20, 2023
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From battlefields to playing fields, worries over traumatic brain injury (TBI) have intensified recently as it has become clear that heavy knocks to the head – whether from bomb detonations or crunching sports tackles – ...
General Physics
Apr 2, 2013
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After a rape, forensic nurses fully document sexual assault victims' injuries by using a dye that causes lacerations and tears on the skin to "light up." But the dye – a dark blue – doesn't show on people of color, and ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 20, 2013
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Modern body armor better protects warfighters against shrapnel from explosive blasts. However, they still face a hidden threat—the resulting blast pressure and shock wave that could cause traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Engineering
Jan 12, 2017
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It has long been known that ship strikes involving large vessels pose one of the greatest threats to North Atlantic right whales, whose coastal habitats and tendency to stay close to the water's surface make them vulnerable ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2020
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Workers tasked with moving products in the immense U.S. food system are at a high risk of serious injury, according to a new Penn State-led study, and pandemic-caused, supply-chain problems have worsened the situation, researchers ...
Economics & Business
Feb 24, 2023
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(AP) -- A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over ...
Biotechnology
Jul 27, 2011
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