News articles tagged with 'monitoring'
The taster in your water line
— 7 Dec 2010 16:40 | TechnologyIt is supposed to be cool, colourless, tasteless and odourless. It may not have any pathogens or impair your health. This is the reason why drinking water is put to a whole series of…
Paw prints and feces offer new hope for saving tigers
— 19 Nov 2010 11:44 | EnvironmentAs experts gather in St Petersburg, Russia for next week's Tiger Summit, fewer than 3,200 tigers survive in the wild worldwide. More than half live in India, where they are spread over…
Marine scientists call for European marine observatory network
— 16 Sep 2010 05:01 | EnvironmentMore than 100 marine scientists, policy makers and members of industry unanimously call for action towards an integrated network of observatories monitoring Europe's seas, at the Marine…
Last strongholds for tigers identified in new study
— 15 Sep 2010 11:09 | EnvironmentA new peer-reviewed paper by the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups reveals an ominous finding: most of the world's last remaining tigers - long decimated by overhunting,…
Critically endangered whales flee Russian oil, gas boom
— 7 Sep 2010 11:33 | EnvironmentRussian oil and gas company Rosneft is conducting oil and gas exploration work that may have caused the critically endangered western grey whale to flee its main feeding ground…
Keeping tabs on the next generation of transgenic crops
— 23 Aug 2010 08:56 | EnvironmentA team of government and university crop scientists from across Canada has developed a scientific framework for monitoring the release of second-generation genetically modified crops.…
Cool! Researchers find way to use HVAC ducts for wireless monitoring technology
— 18 Aug 2010 17:36 | TechnologyA new study by a team including a professor from North Carolina State University has found a way to implement wireless monitoring technology - with uses ranging from climate control…
Study finds permafrost warming, monitoring improving
— 4 Aug 2010 10:25 | EnvironmentPermafrost warming continues throughout a wide swath of the Northern Hemisphere, according to a team of scientists assembled during the recent International Polar Year…
Diabetes monitoring device benefits man and man's best friend
— 24 Jul 2010 10:40 | HealthThe treatment of diabetes was revolutionised in 1922 when insulin was isolated from dogs. Since then, significant advances in human medicine have made diabetes more manageable for patients.…
Wireless ocean monitoring in the Arctic
— 24 Jun 2010 11:40 | EnvironmentThree years ago the idea emerged of a wireless network of sensors to monitor the Arctic regions of the ocean. Today, the theory behind the concept has been tested and found to be watertight…