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Automotive and Transportation

Chevrolet Cruze Computer Crash Simulations Improve Vehicle Safety NEW May 28, 2010 At one time, the only way to improve vehicle safety meant crash testing real cars over and over. Today, with the help of computer simulations, countless important tests can be run on a single vehicle without denting a fender. Just a few years ago, a new design like the Chevy Cruze would have required nearly one hundred live crash tests. Today computerized simulations do much of the safety testing, so only a few dozen test vehicles are used to verify what the computer designs and to make sure government safety req... (runtime 02:45)

Magny Cours, 2010 - Race Three Hightlights – Superfinal May 24, 2010 AC Milan won Superleague Formula at Magny-Cours, France. General views and commentary of Magny Cours, 2010. (runtime 03:06)

Aviation and Defense

Night Letters May 24, 2010 The patrol heads to the bazaar to see who is supplying this illegal product. They find several shopkeepers selling it, and the Afghan commander warns them that they have seven days to remove their stock. However, banned fertilizer is not the only thing that they find. Nailed to the walls of several shops are letters from the Taliban to the local people – which were placed there the night before. These are known as 'night letters', and are a common form of Taliban intimidation of local people. (runtime 03:34)

Business and Industry

Charity and Non-Profit

Regional Cooperation Based on Water and Energy Linkages May Help Tackle Development Challenges May 23, 2010 In the Middle East, rapid population growth and economic development will increase the demand for electricity and intensify the pressure on already scarce water resources. This new SIWI paper outlines how a regional cooperative approach based on water and energy linkages could help tackle the development challenges ahead. (runtime 01:16)

Education

Urgency of Educating Girls and Boys Alike May 25, 2010 Studies have shown that education and specifically girls' education helps break the vicious cycle of poverty, earning potential increases enabling them to break the bonds of inter generational poverty. For every additional year of education beyond primary school, a woman's potential income increases by 15 percent and her susceptibility to abuse, poverty and disease decreases. (runtime 04:35)

Environmental

Quick-Start Measures to Protect Rainforests NEW May 28, 2010 At the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference a global forest partnership was established between heads of state and government and representatives of 50 countries on May 27. This marks the start of a closer cooperation on reducing deforestation and forest degradation in tropical developing countries. The partnership will also promote transparency around financing as well as existing and new international initiatives to reduce deforestation and degradation of tropical forests. More Information ROLLOVER (runtime 06:07)

Managing the Environment May 24, 2010 Military operations put a real strain on the environment. Troops require food, fuel, water and shelter in large amounts. All of which is expensive and potentially destructive to the environment. Now military commanders are starting to see the benefits, both for themselves and the local community, of properly managing the environment. As our changing environment affects security issues it's important that a security organization such as NATO encourages the nations that provide troops and equipment to comply.... (runtime 04:48)

Health Care

Healthy Living Through Active-Play Video Games NEW May 28, 2010 The American Heart Association and Nintendo of America announced a first-of-its-kind, relationship aimed at helping people create healthy lifestyles through physically active play. The two organizations will work together to help consumers discover how active-play video games contribute to healthy living. The relationship aims to help eliminate these common barriers with a call to action that motivates people to "Get Informed," "Get Empowered" and "Get Active." To "Get Informed" about games that can be used to.... (runtime 01:30)

International Affairs

Peace Jirga: What is it, and what are the expectations? NEW June 01, 2010 In Afghanistan, meeting face to face and discussing your problems is often the only way to resolve grievances. On a local level, the gathering of elders in councils or shuras can ease disputes or green-light decisions such as government security operations. But when a national consensus is needed, key figures from all over the country gather in a Jirga, a meeting of tribal leaders, religious figures, civil servants and government representatives. (runtime 05:48)

Efforts to Demobilize Child Soldiers in Chad NEW May 29, 2010 UNICEF and partners are intensifying efforts to demobilize child soldiers in Chad. A rehabilitation process for former child soldiers provides education, psychological counseling and skills to enable them reintegrate back into society. (runtime 03:29)

Pharmaceutical

Open Arms: Raising Awareness of Upper Limb Spasticity (RESTRICTED VIEWING) ROLLOVER INFO. NEW May 29, 2010 To address the low awareness and under-diagnosis of upper limb spasticity, Allergan, Inc., maker of BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA), has joined forces with Henry Winkler and a coalition of five national patient advocacy organizations, including National Stroke Association, Brain Injury Association of America, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, United Cerebral Palsy and United Spinal Association, to launch the "Open Arms: Raising Awareness of Upper Limb Spasticity" ... More Information ROLLOVER (runtime 06:08)

Science

Technology

Study of Nanotechnology NEW May 28, 2010 Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at the nanoscale, dimensions between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. One nanometer is 1 billionth of a meter, a sheet of paper is about 100-thousand nanometers thick. Materials behave differently at the nanoscale; for example, some become stronger, or get better at conducting heat or electricity. More Information ROLLOVER (runtime 02:13)

IBM Produces World's Smallest 3D Map May 25, 2010 IBM scientists have created a 3D map of the earth so small that 1,000 of them could fit on one grain of salt. The scientists accomplished this through a new, breakthrough technique that uses a tiny, silicon tip with a sharp apex — 100,000 times smaller than a sharpened pencil — to create patterns and structures as small as 15 nanometers at greatly reduced cost and complexity. This patterning technique opens new prospects for developing nanosized objects in fields such as electronics, future chip technology, medicine... (runtime 05:35)

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