Inspired by spinning toys (Twirly Whirlies, Whirgigs, etc.), researchers at Stanford University have created an inexpensive paper centrifuge that can separate malaria parasites from samples of blood. The breakthrough will allow malaria diagnoses in areas that do not have electricity or access to commercial centrifuges. Malaria, transmitted via mosquitos, causes over 600,000 deaths a year, […]
After rolling out its Safety Check accountability tool during the Nepal earthquake in April 2015, Facebook has widened the service to include any number of natural disasters, and since Paris in November 2015, it now includes terrorist attacks. The tool does more than allow people to alert loved ones that they are okay, but has […]
Ten members of an Amarillo, Texas family were overcome by toxic fumes in their home very early on Monday morning in an accident involving a pesticide used to rid the location of mice. When Firefighters arrived, several family members in the mobile home were sick and disoriented and one child was already unconscious. A distinct […]
On the day after Christmas, the post-holiday crowds can make a shopping mall seem more like a battleground, but the chaos that ensued this December 26th was extreme by any standard. Massive brawls broke out at 15 malls in over a dozen different states on Monday, some involving as many as 500 people. In several […]
A 60-year-old man in New Port Richey, Florida was transported to the hospital early Wednesday morning following an earlier confrontation and scuffle with his 21-year-old son over a noxious odor in the house. After the son left to accompany his father in transport, the mother called relatives on the phone, who in turn notified the Pasco […]
Inspired by spinning toys (Twirly Whirlies, Whirgigs, etc.), researchers at Stanford University have created an inexpensive paper centrifuge that can separate malaria parasites from samples of blood. The breakthrough will allow malaria diagnoses in areas that do not have electricity or access to commercial centrifuges. Malaria, transmitted via mosquitos, causes over 600,000 deaths a year, […]
After rolling out its Safety Check accountability tool during the Nepal earthquake in April 2015, Facebook has widened the service to include any number of natural disasters, and since Paris in November 2015, it now includes terrorist attacks. The tool does more than allow people to alert loved ones that they are okay, but has […]
Ten members of an Amarillo, Texas family were overcome by toxic fumes in their home very early on Monday morning in an accident involving a pesticide used to rid the location of mice. When Firefighters arrived, several family members in the mobile home were sick and disoriented and one child was already unconscious. A distinct […]
On the day after Christmas, the post-holiday crowds can make a shopping mall seem more like a battleground, but the chaos that ensued this December 26th was extreme by any standard. Massive brawls broke out at 15 malls in over a dozen different states on Monday, some involving as many as 500 people. In several […]
A 60-year-old man in New Port Richey, Florida was transported to the hospital early Wednesday morning following an earlier confrontation and scuffle with his 21-year-old son over a noxious odor in the house. After the son left to accompany his father in transport, the mother called relatives on the phone, who in turn notified the Pasco […]
