As more and more companies launch their own satellites, the opportunities are growing for the use of the resulting data for disaster response applications.  Using networks of these small satellites, equipped with synthetic aperture radar [...]

With every recent year seemingly featuring multiple once in a century weather events, power grids have been constantly placed under new and different pressures, according to Power magazine. In attempting to ensure robustness and continuity, [...]

The opioid crisis continues to shock with its scale, as a recent study published on JAMA Network Open shows a fifth of deaths of people in their mid-twenties to thirties were caused by opioid overdoses, [...]

Looking to ensure residents are prepared, the Calgary Emergency Management Agency is looking to launch an online registry this fall that will assist people in determining the most likely risks to their homes and neighborhoods. [...]

A non-profit group works with training often unadoptable dogs for search and rescue, giving them new life and purpose. The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation has sent pups on the prowl around the world, in [...]

With more and more organizations hoarding increasing amounts of data about their customers, it’s only a matter of time before a data breach happens to a company that holds your personal or financial information. In [...]