Envisat and ERS-2 reveal hidden side of Hurricane Rita
As Hurricane Rita entered the Gulf of Mexico, ESA's Envisat satellite's radar was able to pierce through swirling clouds to directly show how the storm churns the sea surface. This image has then been used to derive Rita's wind field speeds. Envisat acquired this Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) image at 0344 UTC on 22 September (2345 on 21 September in US Eastern Daylight Saving T...Breath of the dragon: ERS-2 and Envisat reveal impact of economic growth on China's air quality
China's spectacular economic growth during the last decade has brought many benefits - and some challenges. Global atmospheric mapping of nitrogen dioxide pollution performed by ERS-2's GOME and Envisat's SCIAMACHY reveals the world's largest amount of NO2 hanging above Beijing and northeast China, as reported in Nature this week. As part of ESA's Dragon Programme, European and Chinese res...Envisat radar surveillance protects endangered prehistoric fish
A satellite surveillance zone within the southern Indian Ocean is helping protect the endangered Patagonian toothfish from pirate fishing vessels. Perched between Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica, the windswept French territory of the Kerguelen Islands is one of the remotest places on Earth. Even so, fishing vessels are lured there by the prospect of catching one valuable species fo...Envisat captures first image of Sargassum from space
S...High Protein Sans Low Carb Diets Not Advisable For Pregnant Women
Pregnant women, whose protein intake is high, including meat, leaving behind the low carbohydrate diets are more prone to develop stress, according to a study.// Researchers led by Rebecca Reynolds at the Universities of Edinburgh and Southampton studied a group of 86 children born in 1967-8 to mothers who were told to eat a pound of red meat a day to avoid pregnancy complications. <...Avenues to opened for medical tourists following relaxation of visa regulations
India has always been looked at by outsiders as the land of mystic magic, serine breath taking beauty, and the harmonious central key to getting in touch with the spiritual side of humanity. However there is more to // this large sub-continent then what meets the eye at first glance that cannot be enjoyed without a real time experience. Tourism has been a thriving business in India fo...Extensive Academic Work Envisaged On Effects of Smoking Ban
From the dot of 0600 GMT on Sunday, smoking ban in enclosed public places will be activated. Scotland will also play host to one of the largest studies// in the world that will probe the impact of smoking ban on the health of bar staff. The study, budgeted at a mammoth £140,000, will be funded by NHS Health Scotland, and will be conducted by Aberdeen University researchers, who will s...University Envisages Improvements in Artificial Arm
Concerted efforts by the University of Utah researchers in the development and testing of a 'peripheral nerve interface' which is an implanted device// that would transmit the nerve impulses from nerves in the residual limb to a small computer worn on a belt and then to the bionic arm. This will facilitate the person to move the artificial limb like a real one. Sensors placed in the a...Immunization at Birth Envisaged
The common practice followed is to begin immunizations of babies at two months of age. Anything earlier than this schedule will not achieve// the desired purpose, due to the incapacity of the babies’ immune system to respond adequately to majority of the vaccines. Now, according to a new study conducted by U.S scientists, there is a method to activate the immune response in newborns, wit...Visante OCT Anterior Segment Imaging and Biometry
Description:Carl Zeiss Meditec's technological expertise in the diagnosis and monitoring of retinal disease became apparent with revolutionary instruments such as the Stratus OCT system. Now, with the introduction of the Visante OCT system, this same expertise is being applied to high-resolution, non-contact optical coherence tomography customized for the anterior segment....