July 28, 2009 - The frequency of wildfires will increase in many regions as the climate warms in the coming decades, according to a new study by atmospheric scientists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)
July 27, 2009 - A new study finds that in order for a response to be effective, quick detection and treatment are essential, and any delay beyond three days would overwhelm hospitals with critically ill people.
July 24, 2009 - A new survey by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that approximately one in six public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency regardless of its severity.
July 15, 2009 - A student team in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering has already built a "blind car" and is giving select blind participants the opportunity to drive.
July 14, 2009 - Researchers from the Fraunhofer nstitute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg have developed a method that visualizes the processes inside energy conversion plants such as photovoltaic, wind, biogas and hydroelectric power stations.
July 09, 2009 - Four newly designed solar power collection dishes are unveiled at Sandia National Laboratories' National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF).
July 08, 2009 - Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS in Sankt Augustin, Germany, have developed a video speech recognition system that does not require expensive updating measures.
July 06, 2009 - Researchers from Tel Aviv University say they have found a novel and reliable way to help predict the intensity of the next big flood, using common cell phone towers across the United States.
July 02, 2009 - A new study in the July 3 edition of Science suggests that US communities along the Gulf Coast may have to deal with a growing number of hurricanes because of changing weather patterns.
July 01, 2009 - According to the Science and Technology Directorate, new technology is desperately needed to battle secret tunnels used by criminal enterprises.
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