News tagged with robert gates

US, Australia to take up cyber war in treaty

The United States and Australia will announce cooperation on cyber warfare as the close allies mark 60 years of a defense treaty by tackling 21st-century threats, officials said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

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Vets oppose bill that raises health care fees

(AP) -- Health care fees for working-age military retirees would increase slightly under a defense bill unveiled Monday that drew fierce opposition from the 2.1 million-strong Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Gates approves creation of new cyber command

(AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates has formally ordered the creation of a new military cyber command that will coordinate the Pentagon's efforts to defend its networks and conduct cyberwarfare.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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NBC and NSF launch 'Science of NHL Hockey'

NBC News' educational arm, NBC Learn, and the NBC Sports Group recently teamed up with the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Science Foundation (NSF) to release "Science of NHL Hockey"--an informative ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ancient dinosaur nursery oldest nesting site yet found

An excavation at a site in South Africa has unearthed the 190-million-year-old dinosaur nesting site of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus—revealing significant clues about the evolution of comple ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Notre Dame researchers report fundamental malaria discovery

A team of researchers led by Kasturi Haldar and Souvik Bhattacharjee of the University of Notre Dame's Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases has made a fundamental discovery in understanding how malaria parasites cause deadly ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

IBM to produce Micron's hybrid memory cube in debut of first commercial, 3D chip-making capability

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Micron Technology, Inc. announced today that Micron will begin production of a new memory device built using the first commercial CMOS manufacturing technology to employ through-silicon ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Malaria on way out in third of nations hit: study

Nearly a third of all nations in which malaria is endemic are working to eliminate the disease within a decade, according to a new report released Monday in the United States.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Geneticists seek mother of all macadamias on the Gold Coast

(PhysOrg.com) -- The DNA of rare and endangered macadamia species will soon be fingerprinted in an effort to determine the original wild tree or trees that launched the global macadamia industry.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

British defence ministry faced 1,000 cyber attacks in a year

Foreign intelligence agencies and criminal organisations launched more than 1,000 cyber attacks on Britain's defence ministry last year, a minister has revealed.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US, Britain urge cooperation on cyber threats

The United States and Britain called Saturday for international cooperation against threats to cyber security following a fresh spate of attacks on government and corporate targets.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Flooding will only worsen unless river management improves, hydrogeologist says

(PhysOrg.com) -- Asked by a news reporter whether, when he watched this year’s flooding, he got the feeling of déjà vu all over again, Robert Criss, PhD, responded “Well, it’s déjà ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

'Fly Man' researches pesky pests on Alcatraz

When forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey leaves the UC Davis Department of Entomology for his bimonthly trips to Alcatraz Island, it's not to sightsee.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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