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US electricity grid hit by cyber attacks: report

Technology / Internet

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 2

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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NHS trust sending spies into clinics

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 25, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A British health trust is sending fake patients into outpatient clinics to report back with reviews of staff and cleaning standards.


Spies breach Pentagon fighter-jet project: report

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Computer spies have hacked into the Pentagon's most costly weapons program, a US newspaper reported Tuesday, raising the prospect of adversaries gaining access to top-secret security data.


Electricity from body heat

Electricity from body heat

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 01, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (36) | comments 0

Making calls from a cell phone with no battery, using just the warmth of your hand? Perhaps that’s no more than a pipe dream right now. But new circuits are already making it possible to harness body heat ...


Researchers probe a DNA repair enzyme

Researchers probe a DNA repair enzyme

Chemistry /

created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers have taken the first steps toward understanding how an enzyme repairs DNA. Enzymes called helicases play a key role in human health, according to Maria Spies, a University of Illinois biochemistry ...


Israeli intelligence issues Facebook warning

Technology / Internet

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Israel's internal intelligence service urged the public Monday to exercise caution when using Facebook, saying Arabs are trying to recruit spies on the popular social networking site.


Avoiding hysterectomy: Major interventional radiology E-collection info available

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For the first time, the Society of Interventional Radiology has assembled a major electronic collection of professional articles about uterine artery embolization, a treatment directed toward a number of conditions involving ...


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Stealth sharks may patrol the world's seas

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created Mar 02, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (73) | comments 0

Several groups around the world have gained approval to develop implants that can monitor and control the behavior of a wide range of animals.


Wildfires result in loss of forests reserved by Northwest Forest Plan

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 07, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Although the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) significantly reduced cutting of old-growth forests on federal land, forests in the driest regions are now at greater risk of being lost to wildfire than to logging. A team of federal ...


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Spy games play out at Russian consulate in San Francisco

Technology / Software

created Jun 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pretend spies intent on swiping submarine plans were being hunted in the Russian consulate in San Francisco as Friday morning neared.


Britain's MI5 seeking real 'Q'

Technology / Hi Tech

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

James Bond always went to Q to keep one step ahead of the enemy with the latest smart gadgets, and now the real-life British spies of MI5 are to get their own technology mastermind.



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