September 30, 2006
Space Weather Gear Readied For The Final Frontier
Space Weather Gear Readied For The Final Frontier
Atmospheric outflows, auroral emissions and plasma winds? While those aren’t terms we hear on the average weather forecast, they cause cosmic storms that rage just outside the Earth’s atmosphere and often wreak havoc with telecommunications networks, power grids and other technology essential to Canadian society. Researchers are hoping to gain a better understanding of this “space weather” with a
Automated Technique Accurately Measures Platelet Counts in “Platelet Gel” Products
A special blood concentrate known as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) can promote healing in a wide range of medical and surgical situations, but research has been limited by the lack of a universally accepted approach to measuring the platelet concentrations contained in PRP. A study in the September/October issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery presents an accurate approach to measuring
Ethiopia: Private Secondary School Inaugurated
A private secondary school built at a cost of more than six million birr was inaugurated here recently.
Pioneer Sues Samsung for Infringing Plasma Patents
Japan’s Pioneer has filed suit in the United States against Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics for what it says are patent violations of its plasma display-panel technology.