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Tiny Radioactive Capsule Missing in Australia

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023Yan ZhuangComments Off on Tiny Radioactive Capsule Missing in Australia

The device, part of a sensor used in mining, is believed to have fallen off the back of a truck while in transit.

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Airbus and Air France Go on Trial Over 2009 Rio-Paris Crash

October 10, 2022AURELIEN BREEDENComments Off on Airbus and Air France Go on Trial Over 2009 Rio-Paris Crash

Families of the 228 victims fought for years to bring the companies to court. Both face manslaughter charges.

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France Installs Sensors on Streets to Tackle ‘Noise From Hell’

February 21, 2022February 22, 2022EMMA BUBOLAComments Off on France Installs Sensors on Streets to Tackle ‘Noise From Hell’

The French authorities are installing “sound radars” in some cities to detect and photograph vehicles making excessive noise, which they say is a public health hazard.

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Glowing Bacteria May One Day Protect People From Landmines

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021Elizabeth LandauComments Off on Glowing Bacteria May One Day Protect People From Landmines

Researchers in Israel have recently detailed progress in developing sensors that light up in the presence of a chemical linked to land mines and other deadly explosives.

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Loose Screws Help Defector Give Korean Guards the Slip

November 27, 2020CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Loose Screws Help Defector Give Korean Guards the Slip

South Korea said its sensors had malfunctioned, allowing a North Korean to defect undetected, in the military’s most embarrassing border security breach in years.

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With an Internet of Animals, Scientists Aim to Track and Save Wildlife

June 9, 2020Jim RobbinsComments Off on With an Internet of Animals, Scientists Aim to Track and Save Wildlife

Using tiny sensors and equipment aboard the space station, a project called ICARUS seeks to revolutionize animal tracking.

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Coronavirus Turns Urban Life’s Roar to Whisper on World’s Seismographs

April 8, 2020ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWSComments Off on Coronavirus Turns Urban Life’s Roar to Whisper on World’s Seismographs

Geoscientists are getting a clearer picture of what’s going on beneath our feet as lockdowns keep many of us at home.

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Boeing 737 Max Safety System Was Vetoed, Engineer Says

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019Natalie Kitroeff, David Gelles and Jack NicasComments Off on Boeing 737 Max Safety System Was Vetoed, Engineer Says

The company passed on the concerns to the Department of Justice as part of a criminal investigation into the engineering of the plane after two fatal crashes.

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After Radiation Sensors Blink Off, Russia’s Explanations Change

August 20, 2019ANDREW E. KRAMERComments Off on After Radiation Sensors Blink Off, Russia’s Explanations Change

Sensors that might have shed light on a mysterious nuclear accident stopped sending data in the days afterward. Technical problems were blamed. Then an official said Russia did not have to share data.

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Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions Into 737 Max, Blind to a Late Design Change

June 1, 2019June 2, 2019Jack Nicas, Natalie Kitroeff, David Gelles and James GlanzComments Off on Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions Into 737 Max, Blind to a Late Design Change

A system that doomed two flights was expected to engage only rarely and originally used two sensors. Critical decisions were based on those factors even when they no longer applied, employees said.

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