News tagged with critical infrastructure facilities
US electricity grid hit by cyber attacks: report
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Chinese and Russian cyber-spies have hacked into the US electricity grid and inserted programs that could be used to disrupt the system, a report said Wednesday.
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Infection prevention falls short in Canadian long-term care facilities
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Infection prevention and control resources and programming in Canadian long-term care facilities fall short of recommended standards, a new Queen's University study shows.
New technology enables high-speed data transfer
Jun 18, 2009 |
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GridFTP, a protocol developed by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, has been used to transfer unprecedented amounts of data over the Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), which provides a ...
Basic research critical to America's economic recovery
Feb 11, 2009 |
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The Science Coalition (TSC) today urged Congress to move swiftly to pass economic recovery legislation that includes strong funding for key science agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department ...
Lack of strategies to manage MRI wait lists a key reason for excessive wait times
Mar 05, 2009 |
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A new study headed by Dr. Tom Feasby, Dean of UCalgary's Faculty of Medicine, shows that while Canada lags behind other countries in the number of diagnostic imaging devices, more machines are not the only solution to long ...
Field stations foster serendipitous discoveries in environmental, biological sciences
Apr 08, 2009 |
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North America's biological field stations have long been home to a rich legacy of research results, scientists say, making them important places for serendipitous discoveries in the biological and environmental ...
Cisco outlines strategy for Smart Grid infrastructure
May 18, 2009 |
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Continuing its expansion into lucrative business niches, Cisco Systems on Monday will announce its entrance into the smart grid infrastructure market, which the company estimates will grow to $20 billion a year within the ...
Europe unveils 20-year plan for brilliant future in astronomy
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Europe is a leader in astronomy today, with the world's most successful optical observatory, ESO's Very Large Telescope, and cutting-edge facilities in radio astronomy and in space. In an unprecedented effort ...
NSLS-II Project Beamline Conceptual Designs
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The NSLS-II Experimental Facilities Division achieved an important milestone in September when the conceptual design reports for the initial six project beamlines were completed and submitted to NSLS-II management.
New sensors capable of measuring damage to infrastructure
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Genda Chen, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was recently awarded a patent for "Strain Sensitive Coax Cable Sensors for ...
San Diego Supercomputer Center director urges academia to make cyberinfrastructure 'real'
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Comprising the "infrastructure" for the Information Age, cyberinfrastructure – the organized aggregate of information technologies, organizations, and human resources – is essential for future research advancement ...
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