Wednesday, 11 September 2019

Review of Bacillus anthracis Dose Response Data for Human Health Risk Assessment

Interest in low-dose dose-response relationships for Bacillus anthracis exposure can be traced to data gaps made apparent during the civilian response to the 2001 anthrax letter event. This report conducts a systematic review of Bacillus anthracis dose-response data that can be used to inform development of a dose-response relationship or to support the use of Bacillus anthracis dose-response data in a human health risk assessment.

Friday, 31 May 2019

Agile scouting robots

5/30/19
Robotics
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In a research project for the U.S. Army, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley developed an agile robot, called Salto, that looks like a Star Wars Imperial walker in miniature and may be able to aid in scouting and search-and-rescue operations.

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Wednesday, 8 May 2019

NCNG OCS students learn leadership at historical battles

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The tradition of the staff ride dates back to the early 1900s when Maj. Eben
North Carolina National Guard Officer Candidate Patrick Henson briefs the rest of the 139th Regional Training Institue's Officer Candidate School Class 61 on important decisions made during the Battle of Chancellorsville while visiting the Civil War site near Fredericksburg, Virginia, on May 4, 2019. OCS Class 61 visited the site as a way to learn leadership through studying historical battles during their class staff ride.

Thursday, 2 May 2019

U.S., Russia, China race to develop hypersonic weapons

5/1/19
Hypersonic weapons
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Russia and China have recently touted their progress in developing hypersonic vehicles, which fly much faster than the speed of sound, which is 767 mph. Hypersonic missiles are rocket-boosted to high altitude and may be launched from land, sea or air.

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Thursday, 4 April 2019

Turning incident scenes into virtual 3D models

4/3/19
Forensics
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When officers arrive at a crime or crash scene, they have to spend a lot of time looking for evidence, processing it, taking photos of it, and documenting.

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Friday, 22 March 2019

Social media create a spectacle society that makes it easier for terrorists to achieve notoriety

3/22/19
Terrorists & social media
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The shocking mass-shooting in Christchurch on Friday is notable for using livestreaming video technology to broadcast horrific first-person footage of the shooting on social media.

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Monday, 25 February 2019

Violent video games not associated with adolescent aggression: Study

2/24/19
Video games & violence
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Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, have found no relationship between aggressive behavior in teenagers and the amount of time spent playing violent video games.

The study used nationally representative data from British teens and their parents alongside official E.U. and US ratings of game violence. The findings were published in Royal Society Open Science.

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