Infrastructure protection

Advanced Nanotech funds controlled-chirality growth of carbon nanotubes
You may not have lost any sleep over the effects of chirality in producing carbon nanotubes, but it is an important issue; now a leading financier of nanotechnology research is funding research into how to solve the problem
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DHS a year late on critical infrastructure site list
Robert Stephan, the new DHS point man on preparing the list of U.S. critical terror-target sites, said he had “a sinking feeling” when he realized how thoroughly his predecessor had botched the job; many on the Hill share his feeling
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Canada installs first port radiation detection devices
Canada begins to beef up radiation detection in the country’s seaports, but the U.S.— and Canadian security experts argue that these are only first steps
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U.K. selects Telindus, SteelBox for ambitious highway traffic monitoring project
U.K. highways will be better monitored by a new nation-wide information collection system, which will also help in evacuations and other emergency procedures
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Advanced Warning System offers two new sensor-based security solutions
Innovative company offers innovative information integrating solution
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9/11 Commission: Administrations homeland security shortcomings
Administration receives failing grade, but lesson too costly to be repeated
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CyberKey receives multimillion dollar order from DHS
A nifty solution to storing emergency response information
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BroadWare upgrades media server to enhance surveillance capabilities
Upgraded digital surveillance system will greatly benefit homeland security and law enforcement
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Northrop Grumman, Lockheed vie for postponed FBI computer update project
Two giants compete for an FBI computer upgrade — but project postponed yet again
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Congress fed up, sort of, with recalcitrant chemical industry
Win some, lose some: Congress to impose security reporting requirements on stubborn industry, but chemical plants will still devise their own security standards
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France to increase dramatically use of CCTVs
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