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  U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Flight-Tests Autonomous Multi-Target, Multi-User Tracking Capability

  August 17, 2011 — Researchers have shown an autonomous multi-sensor motion-tracking and interrogation system that reduces the workload for analysts by automatically finding moving objects, then presenting ... > full story
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  Landsat 5 Satellite Helps Emergency Managers Fight Largest Fire in Arizona History

  June 16, 2011 — The largest fire in the history of the state of Arizona continues to burn and emergency managers and responders are using satellite data from a variety of instruments to plan their firefighting ... > full story
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  Report Provides NASA With Direction for Next 10 Years of Space Research

  April 12, 2011 — A group of prominent researchers from across the United States published a report that is intended as a guide as NASA plans the next 10 years of research in space. The scientists developed a ... > full story
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  Renewal of a Life and Physical Sciences Research Program at NASA Could Facilitate Longer, Farther Human Space Missions

  April 5, 2011 — By elevating its life and physical sciences research program, NASA could achieve the biological understanding and technical breakthroughs needed to allow humans to be sent deeper into space, ... > full story
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  What Choice Do We Have?

  March 29, 2011 — Too much choice can be a bad thing -- not just for the individual, but for society. Thinking about choices makes people less sympathetic to others and less likely to support policies that help ... > full story
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  Designing a City for Safe Protests

  February 23, 2011 — Recent events in Egypt proved that large urban spaces are essential to the healthy expression of civil dissent. Architects and city planners should design useful and effective spaces to allow for ... > full story
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  New Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone's Role in Climate Change

  February 20, 2011 — Specific measures could already have a positive impact on climate protection and public health. These measures do not replace those related to carbon dioxide, and their full implementation could ... > full story
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  Better Mapping of Human Settlements to Support Crisis Management Operations

  February 20, 2011 — When a major disaster strikes in remote parts of the world, knowing if the area is populated, and how densely, is crucial for the effective organization of humanitarian operations. This information ... > full story
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  Social Networking Provides Insights Into Leadership, Trust and Mobility

  January 28, 2011 — Computer scientists provide insights into how the analysis of our social networking interactions could discover things like the emergence or decline of leadership, changes in trust over time, and ... > full story
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  Post-9/11 Security Zones Blight Landscape, Create 'Architecture of Fear'

  December 14, 2010 — A new study says post-9/11 "security zones" in major American cities blight landscape, create "architecture of fear" and safety effects may be ... > full story

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