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 <pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2012 15:35:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Panel defends call to censor bird flu studies</title>
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  <description>... Medical College in the Netherlands and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, could accidentally escape the lab or be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism. ...</description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:21:02 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>5 US urban counties lead 'Terror Hot Spots' list, but rural areas not exempt</title>
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  <description>Five urban counties lead the list of US terror "hot spots" - Manhattan, LA, Miami-Dade, San Francisco and Washington, DC - though smaller, more rural areas have emerged as hot spots in their own right in recent years with an increase in domestic terror th</description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:20:14 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Fears of mutant virus escape halt bird flu study</title>
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  <description>... virus have suspended their studies because of concerns the mutant virus they have created could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism or accidentally ...</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:21:02 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Bird flu researchers suspend study of deadlier mutations</title>
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  <description>... bird flu virus have voluntarily suspended their studies for 60 days because of concerns it could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism, according to a ...</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:21:02 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>A 'friend' request from al-Qaida</title>
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  <description>International terrorist organizations have shifted their Internet activity focus to social networks and today a number of Facebook groups are asking users to join and support Hezbollah, Hamas and other armed groups that have been included in the West's l</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Jan 2012 07:20:18 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Readiness for health, bioterror emergencies eroding: report</title>
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  <description>Key programs that detect and respond to bioterrorism, new disease outbreaks and disasters are at risk because of federal and state budget cuts, according to ...</description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:21:02 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>New test could help track down and prosecute terrorists who use nerve gas and other agents</title>
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  <description>Scientists are reporting development of a first-of-its-kind technology that could help law enforcement officials trace the residues from terrorist attacks involving nerve gas and other chemical agents back to the companies or other sources where the perpe</description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:20:13 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Growing US violent extremism by the numbers: UMD database</title>
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  <description>Attacks and plots by homegrown US terrorists are increasing, 40 percent of them by 'lone wolves,' says an analysis by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland. The statistics underscore</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:20:16 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Siga shares soar as co allays concerns on government contract</title>
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  <description>... ST-246 smallpox drug works by blocking the ability of the virus to spread to other cells and is seen as a protection against a potential biodefense threat. ...</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 9 Dec 2011 12:21:02 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Imperfections may improve graphene sensors</title>
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  <description>Although they found that graphene makes very good chemical sensors, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered an unexpected "twist" -- that the sensors are better when the graphene is "worse" -- more imperfections impro</description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:20:13 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>UPDATE 2-Engineer Arcadis to buy EC Harris, cuts 2011 outlook</title>
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  <description>... industry into water management, environmental treatment services and projects ranging from the design of green cities in China to "bioterrorism" detection in ...</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:21:02 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>UPDATE 1-Engineer Arcadis to buy British peer EC Harris</title>
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  <description>... industry into water management, environmental treatment services and projects ranging from the design of green cities in China to "bioterrorism" detection in ...</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:21:02 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Researchers realize high-power, narrowband terahertz source at room temperature</title>
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  <description>Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a simpler way to generate single-chip terahertz radiation, a discovery that could soon allow for more rapid security screening, border protection, high sensitivity biological/chemical analysis, agricul</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:20:16 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>UPDATE 2-Judge orders SIGA to split drug profit, stock drops</title>
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  <description>... ST-246 smallpox drug works by blocking the ability of the virus to spread to other cells and is seen as a protection against a potential biodefense threat. ...</description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:21:01 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>UPDATE 1-CAE unit buys medical tech co for $130 mln</title>
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  <description>... including baby, pediatric and adult, are designed to mimic human medical scenarios including trauma, heart attack, drug overdose and effects of bioterrorism. ...</description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:21:02 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Are those liquids explosive?</title>
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  <description>A team of researchers from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) has developed a method to determine the chemical composition of liquids seized by police and suspected to be explosive. Some of the samples analyzed contained substances hazardous to</description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:20:16 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>UPDATE 1-Engineering consultant Arcadis feels austerity pinch</title>
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  <description>... industry into water management, environmental treatment services and projects ranging from the design of green cities in China to bioterrorism detection in the ...</description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 3 Aug 2011 03:21:02 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>African rodent uses 'poison arrow' toxin to deter predators</title>
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  <description>Woe to the clueless predator trying to make a meal of the African crested rat, a rodent that applies poisonous plant toxin to sponge-like hairs on its flanks, a discovery recently made by Jonathan Kingdon and colleagues from the National Museums of Kenya,</description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:20:13 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Nanowire-based sensors offer improved detection of volatile organic compounds</title>
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  <description>A team of researchers has made nano-sized sensors that detect volatile organic compounds -- harmful pollutants released from paints, cleaners, pesticides and other products -- that offer several advantages over today's commercial gas sensors, including l</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:20:16 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>21st Century Biodefense</title>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 4 Jun 2011 05:21:01 PDT</pubDate>
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