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Breaking the Botnet Code
Software that deciphers botnet communications could help infiltrate criminals’ networks. By Robert Lemos Networks of compromised computers controlled by a central server, better known as botnets, are a Swiss Army knife of tools for online crimi...
‘No fasting’ for cholesterol test
It was thought the body needed time to remove fatty particles from the blood Patients do not need to fast before having their cholesterol tested, a major report has found. After analysing data from 300,000 people, Cambridge researchers found results ...
Supremes wrestle with business method, software patents
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Bilski case on Monday. The wide-ranging discussion included significant discussion about the patentability of software and also touched on the patentability of horse-training and speed-dating methods. By ...
REPORT: More than 25% of US bridges are “structurally deficient or functionally obsolete”
Here’s some bad news for all of us: Over 150,000 bridges in the U.S. have been judged to be “structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.” And get this, there are less than 598,000 bridges in America. That means 25.7% aren’...
Land Use Change an Overlooked Cause of Global Warming
This seems kind of obvious to me. Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning Professor Brian Stone is publishing a paper in the December edition of Environmental Science and Technology that suggests policymakers need to address the influence of global d...
Swarms of Tiny Robotic Ocean Explorers to Help With Marine Preservation…Or Become Fish Food
by Jaymi Heimbuch Nope, it’s not a robotic fish. At least, not like what we’ve covered before. Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been awarded nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to c...

