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  New Tool Allows First Responders to Visualize Post-Event Disaster Environments

  August 17, 2011 — Using iPad™ mobile devices, emergency preparedness officials and first responders participating in an exercise, were able, for the first time, to make use of a new, science-based software tool ... > full story
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  Benefits of the Open Source Software Market Identified

  August 16, 2011 — A new article identifies the social-welfare benefits of open source software, despite the existence of free-riding that is inherent in the industry due to information-sharing. The market creates ... > full story
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  DNA Construction Software Saves Time, Resources and Money

  August 16, 2011 — Scientists have developed the first software package for automating DNA construction that not only makes the process faster and more efficient but -- with an eye on the economics of scientific ... > full story
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  Software Predicted Risk in California West Nile Virus Epidemic

  August 11, 2011 — A computer model of the spread of West Nile virus was able to predict areas where human cases would be concentrated, especially around Sacramento in 2005. The success of the model, say researchers, ... > full story
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  Facing Up to Better Face Recognition

  August 11, 2011 — Face recognition software of the kind incorporated into biometric identification tools, photo-gallery applications and social media websites can be very useful, but it also raises privacy concerns ... > full story
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  New Anti-Censorship Scheme Could Make It Impossible to Block Individual Web Sites

  August 10, 2011 — A radical new approach to thwarting Internet censorship would essentially turn the whole Web into a proxy server, making it virtually impossible for a censoring government to block individual Web ... > full story
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  Theft Protection Developed for Virtual Machines

  August 4, 2011 — Scientists have found a way to promptly detect hacker attacks on virtual machines. Companies and government agencies that employ virtual machines can thus protect data stored on them against ... > full story
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  Learning to Live With Fire

  August 4, 2011 — European forests are regularly attacked by fire with often disastrous ecological, economic and social consequences. The most common reaction has been to fight fires at all costs. Today, a new concept ... > full story
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  Better Flood Forecasting Is Possible

  August 4, 2011 — A number of disasters are there to remind us of the vulnerability of life and property to floods. Scientists have now developed better forecasting tools to warn the public and the authorities and ... > full story
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  Ninety-Six Star Clusters Discovered Hidden Behind Dust of Milky Way

  August 3, 2011 — Astronomers have discovered 96 new open star clusters hidden by the dust in the Milky Way. These tiny and faint objects were invisible to previous surveys, but they could not escape the sensitive ... > full story

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