Stephen C. Hora, a prominent decision analyst, is the new director of USC's National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), the nation's first Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Research Center of Excellence.
Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System mapped out a three-dimensional structure of the enzyme protein BA2930, which is produced by the bacteria responsible for anthrax, Bacillus anthracis. They did so by using X-ray crystallography, a technique that provides a three-dimensional snapshot of the arrangement of atoms in a protein.
Phillip Mulligan is trying to make improvised explosive devices more powerful with the idea of eventually making them less deadly.
The coordinated luxury hotel bombings in Jakarta come against a backdrop of declining Indonesian terrorism, according to a new report from the University of Maryland-based National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. "Since 2001, terror attacks in Indonesia have been declining steadily," says UM's Gary LaFree.
Justin Hastings, assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech is in Jakarta and available to discuss Friday's bomb attacks. Hasting's expertise is in terrorism, rogue states, nuclear armament and Southeast Asia.
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the weapons of suicide bombers, are a major cause of soldier casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. A group of University of Michigan engineering undergraduate students have developed a new way to detect them.
Passenger screenings at the nation's airports can be conducted more efficiently without compromising aviation security, according to research at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute held a forum featuring Dr. Matthew Levitt, HSPI Senior Fellow and Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, to discuss the findings of WINEP's Presidential Transition Task Force Report, Rewriting the Narrative: An Integrated Strategy for Counterradicalization.
A University of Indianapolis professor says the recent opening of a French military base in Dubai may have angered Islamic extremists in South America, sparking plans for attacks against French targets.
Terror attacks on religious targets are relatively rare, but often deadly, in the United States, according to the University of Maryland-based National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. The researchers add that private businesses are the most frequent U.S. target, based on figures compiled from the Global Terrorism Database.
The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute held a forum featuring John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Randy Beardsworth and Dr. Michele Malvesti, the co-chairs of Presidential Study Directive-1 (PSD-1): Organizing for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.
The START Center at the University of Maryland releases a report looking at terrorist incidents against religious Figures, Institutions and Military Targets.
A breakthrough by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology provides new ammunition in the war on terror. Their discovery of six never-before-seen polymorphic crystalline structures of TATP -- the easy-to-make but difficult to detect explosive increasingly used by terrorists worldwide -- will make it easier to detect the explosive even when it is concealed.
Two new forensic camera prototypes were tested in a bombing last month aboard a mass transit bus. They survived. But how did their chips do?
The Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) announces the release of its latest Commentary, "Canada and the United States: Time for a Joint Threat Assessment?" authored by HSPI's Sharon Cardash, associate director; Frank Cilluffo, director; and James Jay Carafano, senior fellow. The authors outline the shape that a joint threat assessment could take in terms of both substance and process.
With each boat passing through carrying precious lives and cargo, along with potential multi-million dollar ransoms, how can new technology help protect the high seas?
A Department of Homeland Security-sponsored environmental health scientist has given some of his best years to spittle.
Stephanie C. Kane, associate professor in Indiana University's Department of Criminal Justice and an expert on port security, discusses piracy, poverty and global trade in the wake of Sunday's dramatic rescue of an American ship captain held hostage by pirates off the coast of Somalia.
The November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, stunned the world. In response, faculty members at Indiana University Bloomington have organized a symposium to address the problem of terrorism from the perspective of three countries hit hard by violence: India, Israel and Turkey.
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a simple, accurate, and highly sensitive test to detect and quantify ricin, an extremely potent toxin with potential use as a bioterrorism agent. The report appears as a featured article in the April 12th issue of Analytical Chemistry.
The report is the product of a bipartisan Task Force composed of former senior federal officials, practitioners at the state and local levels, and subject matter experts in the area of homeland security policymaking. Co-chaired by HSPI Director Frank Cilluffo and Deputy Director Daniel Kaniewski, the Task Force identified and reviewed arguments for and against merging the Homeland Security Council and National Security Council, and also assessed crucial factors that merit consideration whether or not there is a merger.
Concerns that terrorists could produce a new and particularly dangerous form of the explosive responsible for airport security screening of passengers' shoes and restrictions on liquids in carryon baggage are unfounded, a group of scientists is reporting. Their study, which demonstrates that a new form of destructive terrorist material is unlikely, is scheduled for presentation at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.
"Information warfare" plays a crucial role in the struggle against terrorist organizations, sometimes more so than conventional weapons. Therefore, the information warfare against terrorist organizations ought to be instigated and on the attack, and should continue even when military warring has ended. Thus concludes a new study by Dr. Yaniv Levyatan of the University of Haifa.
Ruggedized, self-contained cameras, similar in concept to the black box used in aircraft, would record video data that could be retrieved by investigators following a catastrophic incident.
Women terrorists are not a new development"”groups like Chechnya's Black Widows and Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have gained notoriety before"”but according to Anita Singh, they represent a misunderstood phenomenon she hopes to clarify.
Immediately after the liquid explosive bomb plot was uncovered in London in August 2006, the Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) looked to to find ways to not only detect liquids in baggage and on passengers, but also to figure out what those liquids are. Now, S&T-sponsored scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a possible solution.
Research has shown that certain marginalized groups fare worse than others in the aftermath of natural disasters, suffering disproportionate impoverishment, injuries and fatalities. Now a new study finds that they also experience greater terrorism-related fears and make more behavioral changes based on those fears.
What's possible when a group of scientists are inspired by a famous superhero and a giant creature from the sea? How about a new technology for stopping the bad guys in their tracks?
"In many ways, the Somali pirates bear a striking resemblance to those of the so-called "˜Golden Age' of pirates in the late 17th and early 18th centuries," says Eric Bowne, a visiting assistant professor of anthropology at Wake Forest University who taught the class "Under the Black Flag: the Anthropology of Piracy."
The following GW experts are available to discuss India - Pakistan relations.
Tip Sheet: University of Virginia experts available to discuss aftermath of the recent Mumbai terror Iincidents in and relations between India and Pakistan.
Texas Tech's newly-developed wipe earns highest marks from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.
Terrorism Expert Muqtedar Khan grew up in India. He directs the University of Delaware's Islamic Studies Program. He specializes in the politics of South Asia and the Middle East.
Terrorism expert from the University of Illinois at Chicago available to discuss the recent attacks in Mumbai.
Last week's seige on Mumbai represents not just a disturbing new development in terror tactics, but also a potential breakdown in regional stability that could have repercussions around the world, say international relations experts at the University of Indianapolis.
The nature of the recent attacks in Mumbai suggests collaboration between internal dissidents and foreign intelligence agencies, says an international relations specialist at the University of Indianapolis.
Today (Nov. 26), terrorists conducted coordinated attacks in India's commercial capital, Mumbai, targeting at least two five-star hotels, the city's largest commuter train station, a historic movie theater and a hospital. Two experts at Indiana University are available now to offer perspective.
A long history of terrorism in India precedes the latest, coordinated attacks in Mumbai. The Global Terrorism Database (GTD), maintained at the University of Maryand by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) counts more than 4,100 terrorist incidents in India averaging almost 360 fatalities per year.
A comprehensive study of the economic impacts of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has determined that the events did not drastically destabilize the United States economy "“ or even the New York Metro economy "“ to the extent that the attack planners may have intended. Presentations will be made Nov. 20 in New York City during the 55th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, 2008.
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that there are definite limits on the government's use of the "war on terror" as a tool for advancing federal land-use projects and other policies. "The government can no longer rely solely on the "˜war on terrorism' and "˜national security' as arguments," study author Dr. Kenneth S. Zagacki says.
Serious challenges remain in radioactivity readiness, according to a new study that finds emergency room doctors and nurses worry that hospitals are not adequately prepared to handle casualties from a radioactive "˜dirty bomb.' Among the concerns is whether ER staffers, in a dirty bomb scenario, could protect themselves and give appropriate care, the study authors said.
The American Psychological Association sent a letter today to President Bush, informing him of a significant change in the association's policy that limits the roles of psychologists in certain unlawful detention settings where the human rights of detainees are violated, such as has occurred at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and at so-called CIA black sites around the world.
A national guideline for triage following a mass casualty incident has been proposed by a national multidisciplinary workgroup lead by a researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. This guideline allows providers to sort patients for treatment based on the severity of their conditions and establishes a standardized nomenclature.
Last year, a USA Today story on the sixth anniversary of 9/11 said it was "unlikely to pack the same emotional clout, generate the same media attention or command the same public focus as the fifth anniversary." We should expect a similar reaction this year according to Brian Monahan, an assistant professor of sociology at Iowa State University who has been researching the social construction of 9/11.
The fall of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City late in the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, was primarily due to fires, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced on August 21 following an extensive, three-year scientific and technical building and fire safety investigation.
Prof. Guiora, a counterterrorism expert, argues that today's military court decision convicting Salim Hamdan merits discussing alternative forums to try individuals suspected of terrorism.
Tufts University Professor Ayesha Jalal's book, "Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia," provides cultural and historical context to jihadi ideals in South Asia, especially in the federally administered tribal areas (FATA) of Pakistan. In addition, she can comment on the Pakistan government's policy in FATA and U.S.-Pakistan relations.
Just how common are anthrax attacks? The director of the Global Terrorism Database at the University of Maryland says they are very rare.
Researchers at UC San Diego are using statistical pattern recognition and image processing to help the U.S. military better detect hidden roadside explosives.
Analysis of an extensive terrorism database housed at the University of Arkansas has revealed patterns in activities of terrorists preparing for an attack, information that can be invaluable for law enforcement agencies seeking to prevent terrorist attacks.
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