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DHS Tries Monitoring Social Media for Signs of Biological Attacks
(Global Security Newswire) The Homeland Security Department has commissioned Accenture to test technology that mines open social networks for indications of pandemics, according to the vendor. The $3 million, yearlong “biosurveillance” program will try to instantaneously spot public health trends among the massive amount of data that citizens share online daily, company officials said in Read More »
- November 13, 2012
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US to scan status updates and tweets for bioterrorism evidence – Wired.co.uk
Wired.co.ukUS to scan status updates and tweets for bioterrorism evidenceWired.co.ukThe US department of Homeland Security has commissioned a one-year contract to investigate the efficacy of using social networks to identify instances of bioterrorism, pandemics and other health and security risks. It is paying Accenture Federal …
- November 13, 2012
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US to scan status updates and tweets for bioterrorism evidence – Wired.co.uk
Wired.co.ukUS to scan status updates and tweets for bioterrorism evidenceWired.co.ukThe US department of Homeland Security has commissioned a one-year contract to investigate the efficacy of using social networks to identify instances of bioterrorism, pandemics and other health and security risks. It is paying Accenture Federal …
- November 13, 2012
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Bacterial DNA sequence used to map an infection outbreak
(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) This study used DNA sequencing to examine an outbreak of MRSA in a hospital, to uncover new cases and, as the study developed, to intervene in the outbreak to end it more quickly. Sequencing illuminated each person infected and described the transmission of MRSA between people coming to the hospital and Read More »
- November 13, 2012
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Undergraduate Synthetic-Biology Contest Mixes Fun With Serious Warnings – Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)Undergraduate Synthetic-Biology Contest Mixes Fun With Serious WarningsChronicle of Higher Education (subscription)A student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he and some of his classmates were competing in the world's premier undergraduate competition in synthetic biology. They came up with a clever, if evil, idea: Create a type of bacteria Read More »
- November 12, 2012
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