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Damaged Japanese nuclear plant found to sit on fault line
World’s largest nuclear power plant shut down indefinitely after 6.5 magnitude causes radioactive spillage; future of Japan’s nuclear industry uncertain
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Train carrying highly toxic phosphorous derailed in Ukraine
Hundreds evacuated from several villages as a 35 square miles area is covered by toxic phosphorous leaking from a derailed train
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Water-striding robot to help in monitoring water quality
Carnegie Mellon researchers develop water-striding robot; equipped with wireless communication and sensors, these robots could monitor sprawling water systems for contamination
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Mexico oil and gas distribution system targeted by rebels
Hundreds of companies in Mexico shuttered operations temporarily yesterday after a shadowy rebel group bombs key petroleum pipelines
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Floods, oil contamination force Oklahoma evacuation
Heavy rains caused wide-scale flooding in northeastern Oklahoma — with spilled crude from breahced refinery adding to the misery of people, wildlife
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Saudis to give additional protection to oil fields
Saudis to create and train a force of 35,000 men to protect oil and industrial installations
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Illinois Emergency Alert System activated by mistake
Hundreds of radio stations in and around Chicago were sent the Emergency Alert System by mistake, disrupting broadcasts for a few anxious moments
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Free markets and the future of energy supplies
Heritage Foundation authors offer a twelve-principle plan to secure abundant, affordable energy supplies
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India elaborates new rules for protecting critical infrastructure
India is worried about the safety if its critical infrastructure, especially the vulnerability of the infrastructure to terorist and suicide attacks; new protection rules formulated
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Security agencies raise alarm over commercial mapping
Security experts have long been uncomfortable with commercial mapping services such as Google Earth; more alrarms are raised
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Ituran to acquire Mapa Group
Location-based applications company receives approval to proceed with acquisition of tion and Control Ltd. Announces the Approval of the Israeli Commissioner for Trade for the Acquisition of Mapa Group
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OSI Geospatial in first DHS contract
A new business unit of a Canadian geospatial information specialist signs its first conterat with DHS
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Not your father's trash can
DoE releases final performance requirements for Yucca Mountain canister system
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Dealing with rising sea levels: I
Who knows better than the Dutch how to deal with the rising sea levels? One solution they contemplate: Designing amphibious cities
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Visualization of simulated attack to benefit structural engineers
Purdue University researchers develop detailed visualization application of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers for the purpose of developing structures that can withstand a terrorist attack
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The long view
Emerging Threats to the U.S. Financial System
In early 2021, a freewheeling, freethinking group of investors on Reddit plowed their money into GameStop, a video game retailer that several big hedge funds had bet against. The stock price shot up, some people made millions—and, to the delight of those on Reddit, the hedge funds had some very bad days. Researchers saw the GameStop story as a cautionary tale. If investors on Reddit could work together to move the markets like that, what could an adversary like China do?