New book on warnings can help save lives
...hen products cannot be designed to prevent injury, warnings help protect users from product misuse and subsequ...ed to assist professionals in all areas related to warnings and hazard communication, this new collection contains 59 full papers, 52 abstracts, and a comprehen...PNNL science, technology help keep America safe
... technology transfer. Device delivers on-the-spot warnings Rapid detection of biological threats requires more than a detector. BEADS, short for Biodetection Enabling Analyte Delivery System, was created to fill the gap between dirty environmental samples containing potential biothreats and sensitive d......rry out human reproductive cloning despite all the warnings about the risks. The warnings are based on the health problems seen in the few clones that do survive, which have also prompted th...West Nile Virus heading toward Texas
... Texans living near water are accustomed to annual warnings about St. Louis encephalitis. Now, they are being warned of a new virus sure to make its way into the state - West Nile encephalitis. First detected in New York in the fall of 1999, the West Nile virus has recently spread from the east coast to Loui...Fisheries forecasting in the Niger inner delta
...model has proved to be extremely useful for giving warnings of insufficiency or overabundance of fish resources without the need for complex modelling systems. Its predictions could be published in the newsletter of the Fisheries observatory and distributed regularly throughout the region. With further develo...Research suggests diabetes drug being prescribed even when contraindicated
...ailure or kidney dysfunction or both despite clear warnings on drug packaging not to do so, a new study indicates. The study, conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, showed 22 of 100 randomly selected patients on metformin had one or both of the contraindications. Our findings are consi...Advance warning of storms and cyclones with new technique
... a result scientists will be able to provide storm warnings weeks earlier than is currently possible. The work of Dr Wheeler and his colleagues is contributing to a major international research effort, supported by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), to better understand global climate variability....Big fish not always best, sounds might mean hurricanes and Hawaii tsunami safety
...s can cost coastal areas millions of dollars. Yet warnings that do not come in time can cost lives. Evacuation inaccuracies occur because satellites, which can accurately detect and locate storms, are less successful at determining the storm's destructive power and wind speeds. To improve hurricane assessm...NASA turns to universities for research in space-age materials
...cecraft's skin, for example, might be able to send warnings about defects and then repair them and report the results. "Advanced materials may also be capable of changing their shapes, which would be particularly valuable for airplane wings," said Salas. "Today this is all done with hydraulics. It's a very s...Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy may increase offsprings breast cancer risk
...reast cancer risk. "Women should continue to heed warnings that alcohol intake during pregnancy should be significantly limited to protect their offspring," according to Anna Cabanes, instructor in the Department of Oncology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, and another key investigator of the ...Misfolding the key to protein's ability to kill brain cells
... therapies against these diseases and even offer warnings concerning specific therapies for other maladies. TSEs can attack most mammals. In humans, the diseases include Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease, Kuru, ...Science picks -- leads, feeds and story seeds (February 2003)
...from the camera will give emergency planners early warnings of flooding, in addition to the vital information provided by USGS streamgages in the area. The camera will continually monitor ice conditions on the river through the remainder of the winter and spring and can be found at http://me.water.usgs.gov/k...Study of nature's machinery takes center stage at UH
... who come too close. A specially-marked carpet and warnings within the facility clearly indicate safety zones. The NMR joins other state-of-the-art research equipment in the IMD. "The Institute for Molecular Design at UH is one of the oldest in the country devoted to the study of how we design molecules," Pe...New findings can help parents looking to combat number of kids' sick days
...of the cohort. With this in mind, the new parental warnings should, perhaps, be modified to: "Don't go outside with your hair wet -- but do go out!."...Academy Harbor Consortium releases letter on mercury to President Bush
...s of methylmercury in fish go down, the sooner the warnings about consumption of fish with mercury can become less onerous. And as that happens, we are all freed to return to healthful consumption of fish protein from our Harbor and all other surface waters. What led us to that conclusion? Our studies ...UN report: Accelerate global agreement to oversee exploitation of South Pole 'extremophiles'
...t in fragile Antarctica this optimism is offset by warnings of significant consequences if an unregulated international "free-for-all" is allowed to develop. "Biological prospecting for extremophiles is already occurring and is certain to accelerate in Antarctica and the southern oceans," said Dr. A.H. Zakri,...Southern Californians commonly misinformed about beach water quality, study finds
...er. By analyzing water quality data and beach warnings posted in the summer of 2001 for Huntington Beach a popular coastal resort reputed to have inspired Jan and Dean's "Surf City" researchers found that the public was incorrectly notified about coastal water quality as much as 41 percent of the time....Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions in late Pleistocene
...dictable ecosystem changes," he said. The authors' warnings are based on a review of previous studies of Pleistocene animal extinctions around the world, from Australia to Europe to North America. The Pleistocene, a period starting about 1.8 million years ago, was a time of glacial comings and goings, with mo...