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Finnish Children Sent to Sweden to Avoid War Suffered More Than Those Who Stayed
April 2, 2013 Finnish war children, that is, Finnish children who were evacuated to safety in Sweden during the second world war, faced greater hardships than children who remained in Finland, a new study ... > full story -
Many Emergency Department Providers Don't Ask Suicidal Patients About Gun Access
April 1, 2013 Although guns are used in over half of all American suicides, a new study shows many emergency room doctors do not routinely ask suicidal patients about their access to ... > full story -
Sensory Helmet Could Mean Firefighters Are Not Left in the Dark
March 29, 2013 A specially-adapted "tactile helmet," could provide firefighters operating in challenging conditions with vital clues about their ... > full story -
Americans Back Preparation for Extreme Weather and Sea-Level Rise
March 29, 2013 The majority of Americans express support for stronger coastal development codes, according to a new ... > full story -
Swarming Robots Could Be the Servants of the Future
March 28, 2013 Swarms of robots acting together to carry out jobs could provide new opportunities for humans to harness the power of ... > full story -
Terradynamics: Technique Could Help Designers Predict How Legged Robots Will Move on Granular Surfaces
March 21, 2013 Using a combination of theory and experiment, researchers have developed a new approach for understanding and predicting how small legged robots -- and potentially also animals -- move on and ... > full story -
Restoration and Recommendations for Flood-Damaged Bottomlands
March 20, 2013 Although the 2012 drought in the Midwest may have dimmed the memories for some of the 2011 Ohio and Mississippi River flood, engineers, landowners, conservationists, crop scientists and soil ... > full story -
Ten Times More Hurricane Surges in Future, New Research Predicts
March 18, 2013 How much worse will the frequency of extreme storm surges get as temperatures rise in the future? How many extreme storm surges like that from Hurricane Katrina, which hit the U.S. coast in 2005, ... > full story -
Predicting Hotspots for Future Flu Outbreaks
March 14, 2013 A major pandemic could occur if bird flu were to become highly contagious among humans. Scientists are making sure we get a leg up on the threat by developing predictions about where outbreaks are ... > full story -
Prediction of Seasonal Flu Strains Improves Chances of Universal Vaccine
March 12, 2013 Researchers have determined a way to predict and protect against new strains of the flu virus, in the hope of improving immunity against the ... > full story
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