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Climate change could trigger deadly disease epidemics, researchers say
2014-08-27 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Recorder: Deadly tropical diseases, like dengue fever, are likely to spread as a result of global warming, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia in the UK. One little-discussed question regarding the possible effects of climate change is how viruses and other infectious microbes will react to warmer, more humid temperatures around the globe. Now, however, a newly published article in the journal BMC Public Health takes a serious look at the major climatic influences on the ecology of...
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Full extent of global coal 'binge' is hidden, say researchers
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The climate impacts of the world's fossil-fuelled power plants are being underestimated because of poor accounting, say researchers. Governments would get a truer picture if they included the lifetime emissions of a facility in the year it goes into production These "committed emissions" have been growing by 4% a year between 2000 and 2012, the scientists say. Power plants in China and India alone account for half of this commitment. At present, UN accounting procedures only include the...
Security Researchers Lay Bare TSA Body Scanner Flaws
2014-08-22 21:06:43| TechNewsWorld
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security, has spent more than a billion dollars on full-body scanners designed to strengthen airport security. It turns out that at least one model of scanner in use for four years -- the Rapiscan Secure 1000 full-body scanner -- easily could have been foiled by a savvy bad actor.
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Researchers Hack Traffic Lights
2014-08-22 19:37:03| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
University of Michigan researchers uncovered three major weaknesses in the traffic light infrastructure.
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Researchers Hack Traffic Lights
2014-08-22 19:37:03| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
University of Michigan researchers uncovered three major weaknesses in the traffic light infrastructure.
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