News tagged with attacks
How mosquitoes could teach us a trick in the fight against malaria
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The means by which most deadly malaria parasites are detected and killed by the mosquitoes that carry them is revealed for the first time in research published today in Science Express. The di ...
Public opinion a good predictor of terror attacks: study
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Public opinion polls are good predictors of terrorist attacks, according to a study published Thursday which argues that terrorists do not act independently of their countrymen's attitudes.
Clones of 9/11 hero dog unveiled in Los Angeles
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Five clones of a search and rescue dog which helped locate people trapped in the rubble of the 9/11 attacks were formally presented to their ancestor's former handler.
SKorea military networks under growing cyber attack
Jun 16, 2009 |
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South Korea's military computer networks are under ever-growing cyber attack with 95,000 cases reported daily on average, officials said Tuesday.
Cisco offering computing cloud protection
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Cisco on Tuesday unveiled tools to harden computer network defenses of businesses that use software applications as services on the Internet.
A few pennies for your thoughts -- and credit card
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- One economy apparently isn't hurting these days - the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet.
No Direct Link Between Panic Attacks, PTSD
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 09, 2009 |
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New Geisinger-lead research dispels a recent notion in psychiatry that if a person experiences a panic attack during a traumatic event that they will likely suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the future.
Genetic tests may improve dosing of widely used anti-clotting drug
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Doctors can use a patient's genetic information to more accurately prescribe doses of a commonly used blood-thinning drug whose potency and side effects vary greatly from one person to the next, reports an international team ...
Aspirin does not prevent heart attacks in patients with diabetes
Oct 17, 2008 |
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Taking regular aspirin and antioxidant supplements does not prevent heart attacks even in high risk groups with diabetes and asymptomatic arterial disease, and aspirin should only be given to patients with established heart ...
Neighbors from hell: Infanticide rife in guillemot colony
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Sep 17, 2008 |
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One of Britain's best-known species of seabird is increasingly attacking and killing unattended chicks from neighbouring nests due to food shortages.
Beijing pollution may trigger heart attacks, strokes
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Olympic athletes aren't the only ones who need to be concerned about the heavily polluted air in Beijing. The dirty air may trigger serious cardiovascular problems for some spectators.
Stories we tell about national trauma reflect our psychological well-being
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by psychologists at the University at Buffalo and the F. W. Olin College of Engineering finds that in the aftermath of national trauma, the ability to make sense out of what happened has implications ...
US wants privacy in new cyber security system
Jul 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections.
'New arms race' taking shape in cyberspace: Van Loan
May 27, 2009 |
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A "new arms race" is taking shape in cyberspace, Canada's security czar said Wednesday, lamenting ever bolder and more sophisticated attacks on government websites by Russia, China and others.
Audit: Air traffic systems vulnerable to attack
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The nation's air traffic control systems are vulnerable to cyber attacks, and support systems have been breached in recent months allowing hackers access to personnel records and network servers, according to a new ...
