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UIC to Develop Antibiotics Against Potential Bioterrorism Agents

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have received a $4 million federal grant to develop new antibiotics to treat anthrax, tularemia and plague.

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New Book Reveals the Range of Islamist Thought for Western Readers

Wellesley College political scientist Roxanne L. Euben has published a new book designed to expand the understanding of Islamic thought in the Western world. "Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought: Texts and Contexts from al-Banna to Bin Laden" is an anthology of key writings from the early 20th century to the present.

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Jumping on the Bandwagon

When Homeland Security's Tom Chirhart went looking for volunteers to test a new multiband radio that allows first responders to talk to one another across different frequency bands, the line of interested agencies was long and very eager.

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Homeland Security Listening to Boats in Hudson River

Monitoring the daily ship traffic of a busy waterway like the Hudson River isn't an easy task for the Department of Homeland Security. The biggest ships are required to carry an Automatic Identification System that broadcasts information about their identity and location, but boats weighing less than 300 tons are often an invisible security risk.

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Internationally Known Genocide Scholar Available to Comment on New Obama Administration Strategy in Sudan

Samuel Totten, an internationally known genocide scholar and author and editor of numerous books about genocide, is available to comment on the new Obama administration's policy in Sudan.

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Psychology Researchers Recommend Ethical Ban on Torture by Psychologists

University of Arkansas psychology professor Jeffrey Lohr and colleague David Tolin have documented the history and criticisms of the ethics policy of the American Psychological Association and recommended remedies to restore ethical standards to the profession.

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Domestic Jihad Expert

Dr. Dean Alexander, director of the Homeland Security Research Program and associate professor of homeland security at Western Illinois University, has extensively lectured and published on domestic jihads.

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Settled Armed Conflicts Reignite at Historic Rate

Most recent armed conflicts around the world have been flare-ups of previously settled wars, concludes a new report from University of Maryland researchers. The report also identifies current terrorism as largely "a by-product of the war in Iraq." Using a statistical approach, the report finds significantly increasing instability in regions and nations where dangers were already very high.

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Seniors and Less-Educated More Concerned About Terrorist Attacks on Water Supplies

A University of Arkansas study on terrorism and water supplies demonstrates that less-educated people – those with a high school diploma or less – are significantly more concerned about terrorist attacks against municipal water supplies than individuals with at least some college credits. The study also revealed that older people are more concerned than young people, women more than men and religious people more than those who consider religion as only “fairly” or “not very” important.

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Plastic Surgeons Should be Part of Disaster Relief Planning, Response, Urge Physicians

When a terrorist bomb explodes, a tornado rips through a town, a hurricane devastates a region, or wildfires ravage homes and businesses, plastic surgeons are not typically atop the list of emergency responders.

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