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Port radiation detectors catch GAO heat
Recent tests of three next generation advanced spectroscopic portals find that none comes close to meeting 95 percent sensitivity; one proposed model detects enriched uranium only 17 percent of the time
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Hoosiers join Japanese in subway sensor system
Distributed sensor network is capable of learning from human instruction; “a large-scale practical system that incorporates learning”
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ITSCC, ITGCC to coordinate their activities more closely
A group represneting companies active in the IT sector and an assoication of government departments and agencies relying on the services ofthese comoanies, will coordinate their activities more closely
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DoE inspector general raps agency's computer management system
Twenty desktop computers containing classified information are missing; another seventy-four lacked proper labeling
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South Carolina to standardize on AreaRae's gas monitors
Company’s wireless sensor networks are used statewide; decision follows RAE’s agreement with Implant Science
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Reporter finds lax security at Mexican oil installations
Enterprising writer manages to get close to an off-shore platform and a tanker; al-Qaeda has threatened oil-producing countries that supply the United States
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DoE inspector general raps agency's computer management system
Twenty desktop computers containing classified information are missing; another seventy-four lacked proper labeling
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South Carolina to standardize on AreaRae's gas monitors
Company’s wireless sensor networks are used statewide; decision follows RAE’s agreement with Implant Science
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"Media" infiltrates Super Bowl
Pranksters sneaked past Level One security disguised as reporters and distributed 2,350 light devices
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TSA issues RFI for airport tracking system
Proposals are expected to include a combination of RFID, biometrics, and sensoer technology; non-proprietary systems preferred
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DoD and ONDI announce new IT standards
Intelligence agencies speed through the development process, but implementation may still take some time
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Information Security announces IT Readers' Choice awards
Joint project with SearchSecurity.com recognizes forty-five industry leaders of today and tomorrow
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Hacker gang warfare on the rise
Bot herders fight one another for market share; Storm worm instructed computers to attack the wily Warezov gang
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Solving the cognitive-radio problem in the analog domain
Georgia Tech researchers awarded $3.5 million to develop tiny analog chips to scan RF bands for open channels
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NYC bus camera plan hits a snag
Integrian’s cameras suffer gaps in video coverage; road conditions and software offered as explanations
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The long view
Water Wars: A Historic Agreement Between Mexico and US Is Ramping Up Border Tension
As climate change drives rising temperatures and changes in rainfall, Mexico and the US are in the middle of a conflict over water, putting an additional strain on their relationship. Partly due to constant droughts, Mexico has struggled to maintain its water deliveries for much of the last 25 years, deliveries to which it is obligated by a 1944 water-sharing agreement between the two countries.
Trump Is Fast-Tracking New Coal Mines — Even When They Don’t Make Economic Sense
In Appalachian Tennessee, mines shut down and couldn’t pay their debts. Now a new one is opening under the guise of an “energy emergency.”
Smaller Nuclear Reactors Spark Renewed Interest in a Once-Shunned Energy Source
In the past two years, half the states have taken action to promote nuclear power, from creating nuclear task forces to integrating nuclear into long-term energy plans.
Keeping the Lights on with Nuclear Waste: Radiochemistry Transforms Nuclear Waste into Strategic Materials
How UNLV radiochemistry is pioneering the future of energy in the Southwest by salvaging strategic materials from nuclear dumps –and making it safe.
Model Predicts Long-Term Effects of Nuclear Waste on Underground Disposal Systems
The simulations matched results from an underground lab experiment in Switzerland, suggesting modeling could be used to validate the safety of nuclear disposal sites.