Month: May 1996
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE – Need for New Antibiotics
Since bacteria can transfer the ability to resist antibiotics, new anTIbiotics will be needed to fight the resistant strains.
May 28, 1996ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE – Interspecies Transfer
A researcher has found evidence that resistance to antibiotics could be passed from cows to people – or vice versa.
May 27, 1996ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
Antibiotics still save lives, but some of the organisms they fight have learned how to fight back.
May 24, 1996NEW SIREN – Designer Sound
A custom designed siren sound may help reduce accidents involving emergency vehicles.
May 23, 1996NEW SIREN – Testing
To develop a siren that’s easier for the human ear to localize, researchers first tested standard sirens.
May 22, 1996NEW SIREN
Have you ever heard an emergency siren and not known where it’s coming from? A new kind of siren sound may solve that common problem.
May 21, 1996GUIDED WAVE PROBE – Other Applications
A device developed to find flaws in airplanes may be useful in finding defects in other sorts of structures.
May 20, 1996GUIDED WAVE PROBE – Aging Infrastructure
Aging airplanes may someday be inspected between flights using a device that employs sounds waves to look for structural defects.
May 17, 1996GUIDED WAVE PROBE
The guided wave test probe uses sound waves to find flaws in an airplane’s structure.
May 15, 1996AIR PURIFIER – Airtight Buildings
Now that more buildings are sealed to save energy, indoor air pollution has worsened. A new kind of indoor air purifier might be able to help.
May 14, 1996AIR PURIFIER
The sick building system could be made curable if a new indoor air purification system proves to be effective.
May 13, 1996DETECTING CANCER WITH LIGHT – Accuracy
The biomedical spectral analyzer, which uses light to determine if tissue is cancerous, could eliminate the need for surgical biopsies.
May 10, 1996DETECTING CANCER WITH LIGHT
A new device uses fiberoptic probes to determine if tissue is malignant.
May 7, 1996MEDICAL HOLOGRAMS – Case Study
Holographic technology is the basis for a new system that allows surgeons to see a three-dimensional hologram of a patient before an operation.
May 6, 1996MEDICAL HOLOGRAMS – Fused Images
A system that turns medical images into a three-dimensional hologram can fuse images from CAT and MRI scanning machines.
May 3, 1996MEDICAL HOLOGRAMS
A new device takes medical imaging into the realm of three dimensions.