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The stricter surveillance required to promote risk-taking in banking, research says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research shows that banks facing regulatory sanctions for financial fraud are more likely to adopt risky business practices. The authors warn that repetitive or systemic misconduct can accelerate risk taking in ways that undermine both individual institutions and the broader financial system. Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK’s US Treasury and Bangor…
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Nuclear surveillance systems suggest landslides blocking the internet in West Africa
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A light blue signal captured by the global international nuclear surveillance system suggests that underwater landslides for weeks in March 2024 could have destroyed communication cables and destroyed internet traffic in West Africa. Using data collected by hydrophones installed by the Comprehensive Nuclear Testvan Convention Agency (CTBTO) international surveillance system, the researchers determined possible landslide locations…
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Capybara found dead from rabies on Brazilian island, highlighting the need for virus surveillance
A young capybara with paralyzed hind legs was photographed days before dying from rabies encephalitis on Anchieta Island, near the coast of São Paulo. Credit: Fundação Florestal Between December 2019 and January 2020, three capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) died from rabies on Anchieta Island in Ubatuba, São Paulo state, Brazil. One dog was found dead and two showed paralysis in their…
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Other Sciences
Study finds wildlife surveillance technology used to blackmail and spy on women
The diagram shows the sequence of events after the woman’s image captured by a camera trap was spread on local whatsapp and Facebook groups. Credit: Trishanth Shimlai Remotely operated camera traps, sound recorders, and drones are increasingly used in conservation science to monitor wildlife and natural habitats, and to monitor protected areas. But Cambridge researchers studying the forests of northern…
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