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Other Oct 21, 2019

Bans on rebuilding in disaster-prone areas ignore homeowners preferences—raising costs works better

As California's wildfire season intensifies, a growing number of residents in the state want to ban people from building in areas at greatest risk.

Other Apr 16, 2018

Is it time to abandon the Nobel Prize?

In a commentary piece published in De Gruyter's journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, authors Clare Fiala and Eleftherios P. Diamandis spawned a debate now further nourished by recent disclosures.

Engineering Jun 29, 2016

Early days of internet offer lessons for boosting 3D printing

Even in its relative infancy, 3D printing has created an enormous list of possibilities: dental aligners to straighten your teeth, unique toys for your children, inexpensive custom prosthetics for people with limb deficiencies, ...

Internet Apr 19, 2016

Researchers discover new steps in the escalating cat-and-mouse game of internet censorship

Researchers have found that the "Great Firewall" technology that controls internet traffic entering and leaving China is not merely an apparatus that statically blocks traffic. It also actively sends probes to other machines ...

Security Jan 26, 2016

First technology to detect back-and-forth-type targeted email attacks in real time

Fujitsu today announced the development of technology that utilizes its artificial intelligence technology to detect targeted email attacks aimed at specific organizations in real time. In recent years, targeted attacks have ...

Biochemistry Sep 11, 2015

Cancer decoy could attract, capture malignant cells

A small, implantable device that researchers are calling a cancer "super-attractor" could eventually give doctors earlier warnings of relapse in breast cancer patients and even slow the disease's spread to other organs.

Economics & Business Dec 9, 2014

Corporate responsibility eases customer reactions to bad service

Imagine standing in a long line at your favorite coffee shop only to receive the wrong order. What would you do?

Engineering Apr 21, 2014

The science of detecting and defeating radiological threats

If you were at the Super Bowl in New Jersey in February, or at the concurrent "NFL Experience" in Manhattan, you may have spotted some elite Brookhaven Lab employees. Not cheering in the stands or even inside the stadium, ...

Other Nov 8, 2013

Airline industry swooping in to prevent cyberattacks

Worried that computer hackers attacking banks and media companies could easily shift targets, the airline industry is taking preemptive steps to ensure it doesn't become the next victim.

Ecology Oct 22, 2013

Antarctic nations face off again over sanctuary plans

Nations pushing to create vast ocean sanctuaries off Antarctica that cover an area the size of India hope to overcome objections to their plans at talks this week in Australia.

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