The city of Salerno has entered into a strategic initiative with IBM (NYSE: IBM) with the aim of creating a Smart City. Salerno is the third Italian city to create an Innovation Board with IBM to identify and design a new model for a sustainable city through a range of digital solutions. Last month, IBM and the cities of Parma and Reggio Emilia announced similar initiatives.





Salerno is a modern city in southern Italy. The city's management is planning citizen-focused… Continue

Following today's announcement that President Obama nominated Dr. Thomas Frieden to head the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Center for Consumer Freedom’s Senior Research Analyst, J. Justin Wilson, released the following statement:





“It is unfortunate that President Obama choose to put the nation's health in the… Continue

Deep concerns



The United States' flagship underground laboratory is running into challenges over its relations with local Native Americans. Rex Dalton reports.



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Deep in South Dakota's Black Hills, engineers are halfway through pumping water from a… Continue

New EasyRead™ Handheld Device Advances ID Management and Security for Airports, Immigration and Border Patrols



WAYNE, Pa. (May 13, 2009) — Datastrip has launched its next generation EasyRead™ handheld biometric reader for the secure verification of travel documents. The EasyRead is the first and only mobile biometric device offering a one-step inspection procedure for securely validating Machine Readable Travel Documents… Continue

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A Louisiana Senate panel has voted to outlaw the creation of so-called "human-animal hybrids.''



Scientific researchers in some areas have tried to create human embryonic stem cells by placing human DNA into animal cells. Harvard University researchers have tried to clone human embryonic cells in rabbit eggs. But the effectiveness and the ethics of such research… Continue

There's gold in that thar sea floor. Silver, copper, zinc and lead, too. The problem is, it's a mile or two underwater and encased in massive mineral deposits that layer a dark, mysterious world. However, new technology and worldwide demand have combined to make mining for these metals economically feasible for the first time.



A breakthrough project is moving forward in New Guinea, and new rules to govern deep ocean mining are being set by an international authority. Scientists,… Continue

iFace is a facial identification application that leverages the iPhone's unique capabilities and innovative user interface. iFace is a native iPhone application using standard internet protocols to send facial imagery to the Animetrics Face Identity Management System (FIMS) server for face biometric processing. iFace has two primary functions: 1) as an interface to a biometrics identification system for use by security, including law… Continue

H.R. 2323



Legislation will support research, surveillance, planning and interagency coordination



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Foundation Invests in 81 Unconventional Global Health Research Projects

$100,000 grants will explore how unique approaches, including the use of tomatoes, cows and magnets, can be used to prevent infectious disease



SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced 81 grants of US$100,000 each to explore bold and largely… Continue

Identity Finder Introduces Initiative to Secure Patient Health Information



NEW YORK, May 5, 2009 — President Obama has proposed sweeping reform of the nation’s healthcare system and said he believes all medical records should be computerized and standardized within five years. The President hopes this will result in increased quality of care, decreased costs, and… Continue

According to two market research reports by iData Research (www.idataresearch.net) - an international medical device, dental and pharmaceutical market research firm - the U.S. market for female sterilization devices will almost triple in value by 2015. Within this market, transcervical sterilization devices, which grew over 54% in 2008, will account for the majority of the growth.



Transcervical sterilization involves the… Continue

Madison, WI, May 1, 2009 -- With each passing year, the human population of our planet continues to expand. This growth has created a wide ranging strain on our water and soil resources, as well as our environment, creating an unprecedented urgency to address the issue of food security. One way that scientists are working towards this goal is through the genetic modification of seeds, both as a method of improving crop yields as well as enhancing the nutritional composition of foods. A new book… Continue