Argonne wins three R&D 100 awards for innovative technologies
...ons. Such remote-sensing capabilities will allow watchdog agencies or national security organizations to covertly or overtly monitor the signatures of chemicals emitted from suspect processing facilities, and may help to prevent additional nuclear proliferation. The technology also has environmental and bi...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
...226; wallira@ornl.gov ] Homeland Security Bio watchdog . . . Effects of a biological attack could be minimized through a new system that focuses on early identification and rapid response. The system, developed and operated by a team that includes Oak Ridge National Laboratory, integrates information...Satellite images obtained by AAAS program provide strong evidence of Zimbabwe repression
...nger avoid culpability by simply denying access to watchdog organizations. With satellite projects like this one we are gaining the ability to detect, publicize and even prevent future human rights abuses from occurring in Zimbabwe and around the world. Currently, imaging satellites and other geospatial tech...Manchester plays host to international genetics network
... genetics takes another turn with the UK fertility watchdog backing wider screening. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which licenses clinics to use the technique, has approved the extension of embryo gene screening to cover breast cancer, ovarian cancer and a type of colon cancer. Carr...Federal testing for mad cow disease a failure, law review editor says
...ice of Inspector General," which is an independent watchdog group within the USDA. The Bush administration, in the meantime, had restored about one-third of U.S. beef exports through intense lobbying, but Japan, the biggest export market, continued to resist. The administration argued that there was no risk t......with how they might stop their prospective protein watchdog from doing more harm than good. "Research is turni...modification. Then we might have a way to keep the watchdog on high alert."...