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What information is available regarding methods to restrict or limit geoplotting on commercially available mapping services to prevent individuals from accessing or displaying data on restricted areas?

What information/points of contact are available regarding methods to restrict or limit geoplotting on commercially available mapping services (e.g., Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, etc.) to prevent individuals from accessing or displaying data on restricted areas?

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Is research available on the history of the Khalistanis, particularly as it relates to their ongoing dispute with India?

Is research available on the history of the Khalistanis, particularly as it relates to their ongoing dispute with India?

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What are the key emerging and reemerging infectious diseases in west and central Africa?

What are the key emerging and reemerging infectious diseases in west and central Africa?

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S&T recently tested the performance of technologies like DePLife, which was upgraded with a motion compensation algorithm. Here, MIT LL researcher Noah Yared holds a DePLife prototype. Photo credit: MIT LL.

Testing New Technologies That Help Law Enforcement “See” Through Walls

Last month, S&T completed the development of DePLife, a technology that leverages radar to “see” through walls, providing law enforcement with valuable intelligence and situational awareness in often precarious situations. Industry partner MaXentric Technologies LLC…

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NSRI Leverages NU Biosecurity, Supply Chain Resilience Expertise for Critical Disease Research

Surges in avian flu in the U.S and African swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) around the world have heightened public awareness of how a major outbreak in animal disease can cause wide-ranging harm. National…

The oft-studied Arabidopsis thaliana plant provided the enzyme for a discovery by Rutgers and Brookhaven scientists. (Credit: Eric Lam)

Scientists Find a New Way to Help Plants Fight Diseases

In a discovery three decades in the making, scientists at Rutgers and Brookhaven National Laboratory have acquired detailed knowledge about the internal structures and mode of regulation for a specialized protein and are proceeding to…

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