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  • Scientific exchanges in the age of terrorism

    How do we reconcile heightened security measures adopted in the wake of 9/11 with the open and free international exchange of scientific experts and ideas? That is the question

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  • Canada to use UAVs to patrol the arctic circle

    Canada plans on buying a fleet of UAV to patrol the arctic ice and water; move but the latest sign of countries bordering the arctic claiming stake to portions of it

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  • Massive sensor network to monitor Hudson River

    The Hudson to become the world’s largest environmental-monitoring system; system may be used to monitor cities’ water systems

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  • Team MIT invited to race its modified Land Rover in Urban Challenge 2007

    Land Rover donated a modified Land Rover LR3 to MIT, and Team MIT has been invited to second qualifying round of DARPA Urban Challenge 2007; final will be held 3 November

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  • U.S. Air Force moves forward cyber warfare

    Fly and fight in cyberspace: U.S. Air Force aims to achieve “global decision superiority” by integrating warfighting command and control systems

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  • Coast Guard freezes funds for Eagle Eye UAV

    The Coast Guard was interested in the rotary wing surveillance UAV as part of the Deepwater program, and the deal was estimated to be worth up to $1 billion for Bell Helicopter; Coast Guard is now rethinking its interest in Eagle Eye

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  • More than 5,000 U.S. patents are now state secrets

    The U.S. military and intelligence agencies can impose a gagging order on any U.S. patent; 128 have been imposed so far during the first ten months of 2007, bringing the total number of secret U.S. patents to 5,002

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  • Miniscule solar cells would enable ultramicroscopic technology

    Harvard team develops solar cells 200 hundred times thinner than a human hair; source of power for ultramicroscopic technology now available; team leaders says one of the first application would be in monitoring bioterrorism

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  • Water is key to the hydrogen economy

    The hydrogen economy is one way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and move toward cleaner technology; trouble is, the hydrogen economy requires a lot of water; investors supporting innovative water production technologies will benefit

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  • New wind turbines harvest energy from swirling wakes around buildings

    Young Cal Tech researchers shows that just as fish use their bodies to get an energy boost from surrounding vortices, we can design devices which would harvest energy from swirling wakes surrounding buildings

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  • Irish company claims wave power success

    A quarter-scale prototype wave energy converter is successfully harnessing electricity from Atlantic Ocean waves off the west coast of Ireland

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  • Laser Avenger shows counter-IED capabilities

    Boeing adds laser capabilities to its Avenger system, and demonstrates its effectiveness against IEDs and UXOs

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  • NEC develops world's first portable DNA analyzer

    The size of an attaché-case, the portable DNA analyzer can be carried to the crime scene; it completes the five-step DNA analysis process in about 25 minutes

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  • A drone able to carry out a long range flight of more than ten hours

    South Korean researchrs build a UAV which uses hydrogen fuel cell to stay a loft for more than ten hours; drone relies on sodium borohydride rather than compressed hydrogen gas

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  • Raytheon brings heat-ray Silent Guardian to market

    The interest in non-lethal weapons grow, and Raytheon brings its Silent Guardian to market — a system which emits a beam of millimeter-wave energy to induce an “intolerable heating sensation”

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More headlines

  • S. Korea says DeepSeek transferred data to Chinese company without consent
  • Hackers using AI-produced audio to impersonate tax preparers, IRS
  • The pioneering science linking climate to weather disasters
  • Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump’s promised crackdown on immigration
  • Trump administration’s AI team comes into focus, as agencies reach 1,700 AI use cases
  • WATCH: AI's Role at DHS with Gary Barber, Matthew Ferraro
  • 42.5% of Fraud Attempts Are Now AI-Driven: Financial Institutions Rushing to Strengthen Cyber Defenses
  • Researchers propose hydrogen storage using existing infrastructure in lakes and reservoirs
  • Revolutionizing Security: The Rise and Future of Security Robots
  • China, Clean Technologies, and National Security
  • Nuclear reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
  • Kansas getting $500K in law enforcement grants
  • Bill widens Sacramento police, sheriff’s contract security opportunities
  • DHS awards $97 million in port security grants
  • DHS awarding $1.3 billion in 2012 preparedness grants
  • Cellphone firms share location data with law enforcement, not users
  • Residents of Murrieta, California, will have to subscribe for emergency services
  • Ohio’s Homeland Security funding drops sharply
  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
  • Homeland security gets involved with Indiana water conservation
  • LAPD embraces “predictive policing”
  • New GPS rival is hack-proof
  • German internal security service head quits over botched investigation
  • Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll
  • U.S. Coast Guard creates “protest-free zone” in Alaska oil drilling zone
  • Congress passes measure to enhance Israel security ties
  • Wickr enables encrypted, self-destructing iPhone messages
  • NASA explains Why clocks got an extra second on 30 June
  • Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
  • First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster met with protests
  • Israeli security fence architect: Why the barrier had to be built
  • DHS allocates nearly $10 million to Jewish nonprofits
  • Turkey deploys troops, tanks to Syrian border
  • Israel fears terror attacks on Syrian border
  • Ontario’s emergency response protocols under review after Elliot Lake disaster
  • Colorado wildfires to raise insurance rates in future years
  • Colorado fires threaten IT businesses
  • Improve your disaster recovery preparedness for hurricane season
  • London 2012 business continuity plans must include protecting information from new risks

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The long view

  • Nuclear Has Changed. Will the U.S. Change with It?

    Fueled by artificial intelligence, cloud service providers, and ambitious new climate regulations, U.S. demand for carbon-free electricity is on the rise. In response, analysts and lawmakers are taking a fresh look at a controversial energy source: nuclear power.

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  • Huge Areas May Face Possibly Fatal Heat Waves if Warming Continues

    A new assessment warns that if Earth’s average temperature reaches 2 degrees C over the preindustrial average, widespread areas may become too hot during extreme heat events for many people to survive without artificial cooling.

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  • Exploring the New Nuclear Energy Landscape

    In the last few years, the U.S. has seen a resurgence of interest in nuclear energy and its potential for helping meet the nation’s growing demands for clean electricity and energy security. Meanwhile, nuclear energy technologies themselves have advanced, opening up new possibilities for their use.

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