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Podcast #32: USAF Doctor Advances Research and Treatment for Cyanide Poisoning

Filed under Life Sciences, Podcast by on September 2, 2009 at 11:02 am {no comments}

Dr. (Maj.) Vik Bebarta, an Air Force doctor and toxicology specialist at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, TX is researching better tools to diagnose and treat acute cyanide toxicity in critically ill patients, like those stricken during terrorist attacks. One of Bebarta’s projects, which compared cyanide antidote treatments, won this year’s Best Basic Science Research Award from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

“Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military” is a weekly webcast that discusses the importance of science and technology to military operations and the Department of Defense. We interview scientists, administrators, and operators to inform our listeners about cutting-edge scientific research and development sponsored by various defense offices.

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Podcast #30: The Naval Research Laboratory – Pushing the Technological Edge

Filed under Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Podcast, Technology by on August 21, 2009 at 11:05 am {no comments}

Since 1923, the Naval Research Laboratory, or NRL, has been on the cutting edge of scientific search, exploring the boundaries of science and technology to help solve the challenges confronting U.S. military forces. In an Aug. 19 interview on “Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military,” U.S. Navy Capt. Paul Stewart, commanding officer of NRL discusses the lab’s history and the latest unclassified work that researchers are pursuing.

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Podcast #29: Supporting Stressed Populations with TIDES

Filed under Podcast, Social Sciences, Technology by on August 12, 2009 at 11:15 am {no comments}

A National Defense University research project is leveraging talent and resources from within and outside the military to support people in need worldwide, a former Defense Department chief information officer said.

Linton Wells II, a professor and force transformation chair at the National Defense University appeared on the weekly audio webcast “Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military” Aug. 12 to discuss TIDES, an international research project focused on sustainable support to stressed populations in post-war, post-disaster, impoverished environments.

TIDES works with the military, government and private groups to bring basic services to people in Afghanistan and other places struggling from war and poverty, said Wells.

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Navy Assessing Effects of Climate Change on Maritime Security

Filed under Earth Sciences by on July 31, 2009 at 11:50 am {no comments}

“Task Force Climate Change was initiated … to assess the Navy’s preparedness to respond to emerging requirements, and to develop a science-based timeline for future Navy actions regarding climate change,” Rear Adm. David Titley, the Navy’s senior oceanographer, explained in a July 28 interview on Pentagon Web Radio’s audio webcast “Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military.”

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