The National Science Foundation, Phd scholarships from Brazil and the US Department of defense, the Office of Naval Research, the National Geospatial-Intelligence agency, the Army Research Office,
Ischemic stroke patients are at risk of bleeding into the brain when there is damage to the barrier.
The National security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship of Energy the Korean Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technology,
Despite the worldwide use of vaccination and other antiviral interventions, the flu virus remains a persistent threat to human health.
This result confirmed that NS1 was indeed the countermeasure used by the virus to get around the body natural defense mechanism.
if an RSV-infected infant is at greater risk of developing severe lung disease. A biomarker would be key in the development of a needed diagnostic tool
then it could be possible to identify much more quickly the children at more risk for developing severe lung disease
They also may be increased at risk for neurological deficits. The Center for Companion Animal health at the School of veterinary medicine and the National institutes of health supported the research
it may be possible that early detection will facilitate better management of this disease. ith this discovery we should be able to determine who in a family is at risk,
This supports the emerging concept that bipolar disorder arises from a combination of genetic vulnerabilities. The researchers are already developing stem cell lines from other trial participants with bipolar disorder,
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Air force Office of Scientific research supported the work which is described in the journal Nature Physics.
The disease doesn t pose a threat to human health. The name bluetongue derives from the swollen lips and tongue of affected sheep
and body scanners used in airport security. he research is published in Nature Nanotechnology. Current technological applications for terahertz detection are limited as they need to be kept extremely cold to maintain sensitivity.
However poppies are grown not in significant quantities in the United states creating various international dependencies and vulnerabilities in the supply of these important medicines.
The Office of Naval Research the Department of defense s National security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship Program and the Robert A. Welch Foundation supported the research.
and homeland security applications says Yakovlev. deally you#d like to target a suspicious substance from an airplane possibly
Although not yet comparable to a professionally edited video it can help people quickly review a long video of an event a security camera feed or video from a police cruiser's windshield camera.
This application along with the surveillance camera auto-summarization is now being developed for the retail market by Panoptus Inc. a startup founded by the inventors of Livelight.
The ability to detect unusual behaviors amidst long stretches of tedious video could also be a boon to security firms that monitor and review surveillance camera video.
which makes it easier to detect even smaller changes for tiny traces of explosives in the air. he sensor could have applications beyond chemical and explosive detection such as use in biomolecular research.
and reduced productivity of surviving colonies and both parasites threaten global food security because of reduced pollination services to agriculturesays Nancy Ostiguy associate professor of entomology at Penn State. he extent to which these detriments are attributable
The new method also has the potential to enhance our national security. The researchers used the method to enrich lithium-7, crucial to the operation of most nuclear reactors.
Such sensors could be used for monitoring in traffic security environmental science health care and infrastructure applications. or the future Wang and his research team plan to continue studying the nanogenerators
Beyond obvious applications such as hiding military vehicles or conducting surveillance operations this cloaking technology could eliminate obstaclesâ##for example structures interrupting signals from cellular base stations could be cloaked to allow signals to pass by freely.
detect hidden surveillance equipment and explosives. The twin inverted pulse radar (TWIPR) is able to distinguish true argetssuch as electronic circuits that can be used in explosive
or espionage devices from lutter (other metallic items like pipes drink cans or nails for example) that may be mistaken for a genuine target by traditional radar and metal detectors.
The antenna is typical of circuitry in devices associated with covert communications espionage or explosives.
and conduct surveillance. submerged wireless network will give us an unprecedented ability to collect and analyze data from our oceans in real timesays Tommaso Melodia associate professor of electrical engineering at the University at Buffalo
This has implications for the way we view volcanic risk. eep-sea basalt pillars form
and forcessays Joel England a physicist with the US Department of energy s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford university who led the experiments. t could also help enable compact accelerators and X-ray devices for security
and risks exist. They are: The Nature commentary draws from a recent workshop cological and Genomic Exploration of Environmental Changethat occurred in March where scientists met to understand issues surrounding climate change adaptation.
and luggage could improve security at airport checkpoints researchers say. ince this method uses a single beam
even if itâ#merely a minute trace on a zipper. his doesnâ##t mean that security will be armed with handheld lasers in airports.
The laser would more likely be in a conveyor belt like the X-ray scanners already used for airport security.
Funding for the research was provided by the Department of Homeland security Science and Technology Directorate. Biophotonic Solutions is a high-tech company Dantus launched in 2003 to commercialize technology invented by his research group.
The stem rust disease is producing large wheat yield losses throughout Africa and Asia and threatening global food security.
and an adjunct researcher at both Duke and the University of California Santa cruz. These findings help us understand risks to these animals from human sound
One of the paper s main conclusions is that evaluating two factors can help to gauge the risk of resistance before Bt crops are commercialized.#
and resistance is rare initially the risk of rapid resistance evolution is low#Tabashnik says.
or both of these criteria signifies a higher risk of resistance. When higher risk is indicated Tabashnik describes a fork in the road with two paths:#
#Either take more stringent measures to delay resistance such as requiring larger refuges or this pest will probably evolve resistance quickly to this Bt crop.#
The CDC reports that the risk of transmission to the fetus can be reduced to 1 percent
But security ramping up volume price all those things are really important.##One potential roadblock is that
The baby will be free of risk from maternal mitochondrial mutations, but yet the biological child of the parents.
crop failure or pestilence remains a stubborn problem for farmers and for wider regional food security. One issue for small hold farmers in the developing world is access to information and according to the United Nation development and humanitarian news website, IRIN,
Food poisoning due to outbreaks is a major problem putting thousands of lives at risk wasting tons of recalled foodstuffs with US$70 billion dollars lost in the US alone each year.
risk for consumers as well. This study isn't the first time concerns have been raised about the dangers of nanotechnology.
with the World Health Organisation warning of an impending"post-antibiotic era"where common infections will once again pose the risk of death,
#Abusive Spouses are Using Spyware to Track their Victims The use of surveillance software by abusive spouses to monitor the phones
found that more than 50 per cent of abusive partners used spyware or some other form of electronic surveillance to stalk their victims.
only this one so far satisfies the complex, long-time-coming security standards. Using an app on the mobile phone,
This means the sensors can be useful not only to anyone from airport security officials to military troops,
It has surveillance cameras and air sensors capable of sending real-time information to police headquarters. The NYPD says it is the cruiser of the very near future.
or risk becoming breathless and exhausted quickly, ##writes#Gizmag.##On the outer surface, the synthetic organ is made partially of cow tissue to reduce the likelihood of complications such as blood clots,
Patients who receive artificial heart transplants usually take anticoagulation medication to minimize such risks. Carmat artificial heart mimics the dual chamber pumping action of a real human heart.
It s a telemarketer for a home security service.####This is Richard, how are you today?####asks the telemarketer.
My company, the Home security Company, is giving away a free wireless home security system and in-home installation.##
there s so much solar energy that it poses a threat to the system and a safety issue.
A secret $10 million deal between the NSA and the security firm RSA has resulted in RSA incorporating a flawed algorithm for generating random numbers into its products,
whether the security industry colluded with the authorities to assist in the surveillance of the public.
it represented more than a third of the revenue that the relevant division at RSA had taken in during the entire previous year, securities filings show.
Some in the security industry view the payment as little more than a bribe. For instance in its#report,#CNET#quotes cryptography veteran Bruce Schneier, who is unimpressed clearly:##
##said security expert Bruce Schneier, who has been involved in the Snowden document analysis .##I sure as hell wouldn t trust them.
And then they made the statement that they put customer security first, ##he said. Ouch.
and power of state##and commercial##surveillance. 2013 was an extraordinary year for those of us who are interested in privacy and data protection.
At our 2013 Structure Data conference, the CIA s tech chief, Gus Hunt, said the new breed offitness trackers#were both light on security
Britain s#Guardian newspaper#ran a story alleging that the U s. carrier Verizon was handing over call records to the National security agency, America s signals intelligence operation.
anywhere in the world, were clearly at risk of being spied upon by the U s. authorities.
national security isn t one of them. It also gradually became clear that many of those countries intelligence agencies were in fact#in on it##to varying degrees##with the chief culprit being the United kingdom,
whose GCHQ agency is#at least as active as the NSA #when it comes to tapping the world s communications.
Since the end of WORLD WAR II, mass communications have been subject to surveillance by a network of friendly, English-speaking intelligence agencies.
Targeted tracking can involve a whole different level of surveillance, involving malware and hacking into desktop and#mobile devices.
mass surveillance results in a searchable map of millions of people s links, who they know,
Anyone up to three degrees of separation from a##person of interest##potentially hundreds of thousands of people per target is open to surveillance.
but the trust system that governs web security has#integral flaws that need addressing. As the closures of#Lavabit and the Silent Mail service#showed,
S. companies will prove the beneficiaries of the surveillance scandal particularly those that aresavvy enough to push their privacy-friendliness.
but they are colored all now by the knowledge that collected data may at some point be targeted by intelligence agencies and other authorities.
##and increasingly offline too##is enabled open to tech surveillance. Anyone carrying a mobile device should now understand that they are being tracked constantly.
Can we continue to see commercial surveillance as separate from state surveillance? Can we create popular internet business models that don t make the user a well-described product?
IBM believes the technologies will be developed with the appropriate safeguards for privacy and security, but each of these predictions raises additional privacy and security issues.
As computers get smarter and more compact, they will be built into more devices that help us do things
which students are at risk, their roadblocks, and the way to help them. IBM is working on a research project with the#Gwinnett County Public schools in Georgia,
But security across them is fragmented highly. In 2012,12 million people were victims of identity fraud in the U s. In five years,
Anticipatory computing and the end of interfaces Objects on our bodies (health monitors, smart glasses) and in our homes and businesses (smart thermostats, lights, appliances and security systems) can all be programmed to interact in complicated and unexpected ways
brewing a pot of coffee and switching off your security system. That s the vision of companies like#Smartthings,
And if that sounds like a threat to century-old monopoly utilities, it is.####Our business model is to become the energy company of the 21st century,
though, it s only a minor threat to utilities that levy high demand charges, such as those in California and parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut where Solarcity is offering Demandlogic.
##We re a group of professionals from the army, security services and (straight) from university,##said an instructor who called himself##Mister
But the work is serious Cyber Gym s launch was attended by members of Israel s intelligence community
##Lieutenant general Benny Gantz told a security conference in October. Around the same time, the Israeli security services reportedly thwarted a cyber attack
and an attempt at industrial espionage that originated in China. And in June, Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused arch-enemy Iran of stepping up cyber attacks against Israel,
including through its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. But Cyber Gym and IEC executives were tightlipped about where most of the attacks against their systems come from.
but EV2 says the risks are low. Because RF Safe-Stop works on electronic systems, it can also be effective on boats.
#When algorithms grow accustomed to your face Face-reading technology raises many questions about privacy and surveillance.
and it raises many questions about privacy and surveillance. Ever since Darwin, scientists have analyzed systematically facial expressions,
especially in security, are taking an interest, too.####Ms. Mccall cited several government reports, including a#National Defense Research Institute report#this year that discusses the technology and its possible applications in airport security#screening.
She said the programs could be acceptable for some uses, such as dating services, as long as people agreed in advance to have webcams watch
are Utilities##reasonable and proper#aversion to risk, ##and Lobbyists who protect#other energy sources subsidies#who would be##out of their jobs###The term 3-D printing has become a catch-all for a number of purposes
#That kind of cash flow lowers the risk of financing drivers and means better access to cheaper credit than otherwise available on the open market.##
It s a battle being fought elsewhere in the country as utilities grapple with an existential threat to their century-old business model.
especially when it comes to security. Hopefully we ll learn more as the team behind the product makes the final decisions in the months to come.
and continue to contract until the middle of 2014, in part due to a backlash in#China#against revelations about#U s. government surveillance programs worldwide.##
former#National security agency#contractor#Edward Snowden#revealed the spy agency had hacked network backbones around the world to gain access to sensitive information.
Beijing#is focused especially on security for government, energy, transport, and finance networks. In August, the#National Development and Reform Commission,#China s top economic planning body, published a statement setting cybersecurity standards for financial institutions, cloud computing and big data, information system secrecy
to protect the country s security.####Cisco s problems in#China#have been particularly severe due to the#San jose,#California-based company s longstanding rivalry with Huawei technologies Co Ltd,
and a second Chinese vendor,#ZTE#Corp, citing security concerns. Snowden s revelations have reverberated in other big emerging markets such as#Brazil#
Government mass surveillance will create a surge of technology spending A simple graphic that shows how the NSA hacked Google.
Government surveillance is one of the most important technology issues of our times. In the US, the NSA files have had already a profound impact on the perceptions of Americans about surveillance and civil liberties.
Outside the US, Germany is aghast that the US and UK, NATO allies would spy on Angela Merkel and Germany.
##The political issues surrounding mass electronic surveillance are complex and do not lend themselves to quick fixes.
and the law around surveillance settles down. Leaving aside the political issues, the NSA files will feed a long surge in surveillance and anti-surveillance technology.
Snowden s leaked files are like the#Trinity test#the first detonation of a nuclear bomb.
Surveillance is not a single-purpose (e g. protect the country against terrorism) tool. It is an arsenal of weaponry to project a country s power and further its interests.
If all major countries decide to bolster their electronic espionage and counterespionage capabilities, that itself is going to be a lot of hardware,
Wearable devices already released by Chinese manufacturers include Shanda s Geak Watch,#Qihoo s 360 Child Guard,#T-Watch,#inwatch,
making it perfect for quick bouts of stealth surveillance. Since the Black Hornet isn t equipped with infrared abilities
#Lockheed martin s SPAN spy rock could be the military s new secret weapon The surveillance technology is so small it can fit in a rock.
Lockheed martin showcased developments in their surveillance technology called SPAN (Self-Powered Ad hoc Network) at the annual AUSA Army meeting in Washington, D c. last week.
continuous surveillance##in units so small they can fit in a rock.####SPAN is a mesh network of self-organizing sensors that,
The defense contractor is hoping to sell its spy rocks for surveillance, border protection pipeline monitoring and bridge security, among other things.
The SPAN system was introduced originally last year, but this isn t the company s first attempt at making smart rocks.
Earlier this year, a former Lockheed martin subcontractor made headlines for attempting to sell on ebay for $10 million#an early 2000s prototype of the surveillance rock before Lockheed pulled the plug on the project.
and limitless ambition sees itself as the only company willing to take big risks like this. not proposing that we spend all of our money on those kinds of speculative things,
and environmental protection. e are also seeing a changing of the guard, writes TNC manager of Idaho Silver Creek Preserve. he old timers are retiring
and the threat it poses to agriculture were part of the original inspiration for creating a robotic bee,
especially when it came to the threat of government intrusion. Of all of the responses to the Snowden affair by the American public, the most interesting and distinctive was its approach to technology.
and not go through hassles of intense security checks and the need to travel outside of cities to reach airports hours in advance.
Furthermore, investors looking for options in a down economy wanted stability, transparency, shorter duration and less credit risk,
it doesn t have the same balance sheet risk as other traditional lenders might have. Mobile and the Disintermediation of Bill Pay, Processing & More Of course, the opportunities for disruption at the hands of disintermediation extend beyond lending.
On the security front, Google will offer encryption at rest on its servers. In addition to encryption in transit and between data centers,
the Defence Web news site has published a photo of the drone after it was unveiled at a security trade show near Johannesburg in May.
some security companies in South africa and outside South africa, some police units outside South africa and a number of other industrial customers.
Nearly half of U s. jobs could be at risk of computerization over the next two decades, according to a new study from the Oxford Martin Program on the#Impacts of Future Technology.
Naysayers, though, see allowing machines to make choices for humans as a threat to our dignity.
but their outcomes were also at risk. The ACA turned this on its heel by enforcing thetriple Aim of healthcare improving the experience of care,
The game is balanced very finely risk versus reward, he says. There s a collective risk of somebody dying,
but at the same time there are all these incentives to collaborate. That really transforms the classroom. The history teacher Ricardo Higuera teaches seventh grade world history in a rural corner of Southern California called Thermal.
If the users think they are taking a disproportionate share of the risks while firms are getting an excessive chunk of the benefits,
reducing the risks and potential failures of medications and procedures used today. Instead of looking at pages of a patient medical history,
sex or genetic risk factors for Alzheimer disease. Another of the study authors, Roderick Corriveau, said:
and weren seen as a serious threat to the big integrated mills. Nevertheless, as the technology improved
they developed keratinocytes, the cells that make up the skin protective barrier. They positioned the cells into layers
It also has built-in security features such as cameras and alarms to mitigate theft Fox, who is from the town of Ashbourne,
or televised mention about its dangers, risks, and dubious mainstream appeal.####Many in the mainstream seem set in their beliefs that bitcoin is a fad,
and was supercharged by the backlash last year to revelations about National security agency surveillance. The change would end the long-running contract between the Commerce department and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a California-based nonprofit group.
This risks foreign dictatorships defining the internet. The practical consequences of the decision were harder to immediately discern, especially with the details of the transition not yet clear.
said Garth Bruen, a security fellow at the Digital Citizens Alliance, a Washington-based advocacy group that combats online crime.
inclusive process to find a new international oversight structure for the group. othing will be done in any way to jeopardize the security and stability of the Internet,
and security guard robotsin the demilitarized zone that buffers it from North korea. Although there is an automatic mode available on the Samsung machines,
the Raven is primarily a surveillance vehicle but among its capabilities is arget acquisition. No one knows for sure what other technologies may be in development. ransparency
nonetheless addresses the risk of nintended engagements, as a spokesman put it in an email interview with Singularity Hub.
but there are some risks that military robot operators may never be able to eliminate. Some issues are the same ones that plague the adoption of any radically new technology:
Tesla factory will also be a competitive threat to Chinese battery production dominance and will help lower the overall price of lithium ion batteries globally. ust the threat of (Tesla CEO) Elon musk building this huge factory will lower prices,
says Wartena, as the companies will be willing to lower their margins to compete. Like Tesla has done with many of its strategies
This is a problem that adds risk to many of the common medical procedures the elderly face.
These new services rely on the same innovative proof-of-work model of distributed security and record-keeping that has kept the bitcoin currency secure as its value ballooned well past $10 billion.
Middleton says they eliminate counterparty risk while also subtracting conventional banking and brokerage fees. The most immediate function Middleton envisions for his system is for hedging bitcoin against existing national currencies.
And the entire system relies on decentralization for its security and integrity: My contracts are peer-to-peer,
bitcoin s threat to existing financial institutions would still be substantial. But with a full array of commission-free financial services on the horizon, there is even more reason to take heed.
I m doing right now is a direct threat to fiat merchant banking. For him
It s not a threat as people sit there and ponder whether bitcoin is a bubble or not.
An expert on sustainable agriculture and the potential environmental risks of biotechnology Mellon holds a doctorate in molecular biology and a law degree.
and the risk of cover crops using too much soil moisture. Despite the challenges the surveyed farmers had increased steadily their use of cover crops over the last decade.
#Technology improves tool store security and efficiency Tool and equipment management systems using radio-frequency identification (RFID),
. is improving efficiency, security and productivity at a Canadian diamond mine. According to a company statement, the unnamed mining operation was facing a security challenge as its tools are utilised 24/7,
which required constant access to the store housing valuable equipment and it had been determined that having a full time staffing of the room was impractical.
and management for convenient access without sacrificing security, reducing tool loss and increasing productivity. All tools and handheld equipment are tagged with both RFID-on-metal tags
The implementation of the technology has improved security as tools can only be accessed using company ID badges, with each worker accountable for their inventories.
These new capabilities reduce risk by: Overcoming acquisition limitations in seismic surveys by mathematically regularising sources
Atlas copco says that risks of working close to unstable and hazardous benches close to the wall are well known
The bee bacteria beat every pathogen they faced a promising result given the global threat posed by superbugs.
and at least some stingless bees from the microbial threats they face while gathering nectar. Although the exact mechanisms remain a mystery the researchers say the secret to such strong results is likely the variety of active substances involved.
When used alive these 13 lactic acid bacteria produce the right kind of antimicrobial compounds as needed depending on the threat.
and microbial threats that varies with season and honeybee health. This study bodes well for developing countries given the availability of fresh honey
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