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AUDIO: Google buys high-altitude drone firm
2014-04-15 17:18:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Internet giant Google has bought high-altitude drone firm Titan Aerospace for an undisclosed sum.
PAPR Respirator enhances high-altitude welding safety.
2014-04-03 14:30:55| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Adflo Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) system, to compensate for air-density changes that occur with increased elevation, includes Adflo Turbo Assembly with High-Altitude Upgrade, which provides continuous filtered air to welders working at altitudes of up to 10,000 ft. Lithium ion battery lends to minimized weight, which enhances wearability for operator. This story is related to the following:Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) | Respirators
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Florida researcher to study high-altitude dust for health risks
2013-12-06 23:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Florida researcher is preparing to test massive dust storms in the upper atmosphere that roll in from Africa to see whether pathogens raining down on the state could be responsible for plant, animal or human disease. University of Florida aerobiologist Andrew Schuerger said his air sampling device mounted under the wing of an F-104 Starfighter jet is the first capable of capturing particles directly from the clouds which drop 50 million metric tons of dust a year on U.S. soil. "It's plausible...
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US Navy orders development of high-altitude anti-submarine weapon
2013-04-11 10:15:00| Naval Technology
The US Navy has awarded a firm-fixed-price contract to Boeing to develop and deliver high altitude anti-submarine warfare weapon capabilities (HAAWC), designed to target submarines.
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High-altitude ice reveals a climate on the rocks
2013-04-09 14:38:31| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: The story was tucked on the bottom of page A4 in last week's New York Times. Most readers probably passed on it. Another piece about how fast the ice is melting. So what's new. And few would have reacted to the name of the scientist behind the study, which found the world's largest tropical glacier is retreating at a geologic sprint. Among climate scientists, though, Lonnie G. Thomsons exploits are the stuff of legend. He is, colleagues say with just a hint of envy, a swashbuckler in the careful...