This month’s 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in Japan could disrupt sales for Irvine-based Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and other American medical device makers, some of which also are likely to see ...

Whereas conventional dissipation devices employ steel to mitigate earthquake damage, the “unique” patent impressively only requires sand to protect buildings from seismic attacks. University of ...

Collapsed General Hospital in Mexico City following September 1985 earthquake. Let's face it: Earthquakes are a way of life in California. Just this week, a 4.7-magnitude temblor epicentered east of ...

The patent document describes the invention as unique since it merely relies on containers filled with sand or other granular material to protect a building’s structure from damage or failure during ...

NEC said Wednesday it will add small earthquake sensors to the growing set of devices that work on its cloud-based network platform. The company said it will team up with a small Japanese firm called ...

A NASA device the size of a suitcase was used to detect the heartbeats of four people hidden under the rubble caused by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal late April. The device, called FINDER ...

CHICAGO, March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. medical device makers could face sales disruptions from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, a major market that accounts for about 8 percent of the combined sales ...