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Space invasion: Solar storms pose critical threat to US infrastructure
2013-07-15 17:34:45| Extremetech
A new report on vulnerabilities in the US power grid sheds stark light on our ability to deal with certain kinds of threats. A coronal mass ejection of an equivalent magnitude to the one that hit the Earth in 1859 would cripple our infrastructure today, with some areas losing power for up to two years.
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Missing nuclear material may pose attack threat: IAEA
2013-06-28 11:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nuclear and radioactive materials are still going missing and the information the United Nations atomic agency receives about such incidents may be the tip of the iceberg, said a senior U.N. official. Any loss or theft of highly enriched uranium, plutonium or different types of radioactive sources is potentially serious as al Qaeda-style militants could try to use them to make a crude nuclear device or a so-called dirty bomb, experts say. Khammar Mrabit, a director of the U.N.'s International Atomic...
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Cyber attacks pose greatest threat to nations, say global execs
2013-06-26 16:42:11| InfoWorld: Top News
Business brass and IT pros around the world believe cyber attacks are a greater threat to their countries than a physical attack, a survey released Tuesday by Cyber Ark reveals. Some 80 percent of more than 900 executives and IT pros from around the world polled for Cyber Ark's Global Advanced Threat Landscape survey felt their nations were at greater risk from cyber attacks than physical attacks.
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Does H7N9 Chinese Flu Pose a Threat for Pigs?
2013-04-29 21:01:00| National Hog Farmer
By Albert Rovira, DVM, University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory A recent outbreak of avian influenza virus in China has made headlines in the mainstream media during the last several weeks. As of April 28, 24 people have died and 122 have been reported as being infected. read more
Weaker Bolts in Arena's Prefabricated Facade Assembly Pose No Threat to Safety
2013-01-09 18:47:33| ENR.com: Headline News
After a discovery that under-strength bolts were installed in error within the prefabricated latticework assemblies of Brooklyns Barclays Center, crews had to replace only 1,768 with the higher-strength bolts originally specified. There are 23,351 bolts in the system.
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