WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking public comment on a new information collection request concerning biometric technology assessments conducted by its Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM). This notice follows a previous 60-day comment period that yielded one comment. The purpose of these assessments is to evaluate the performance of emerging biometric technologies to improve OBIM's services, advance standards development, and inf  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, May 4 -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Higgs Bosons and dark matter: Birmingham's Swiss role in unlocking the mysteries of the universe Birmingham scientists are helping to unlock the universe's darkest secrets through their work at CERN in Geneva. It's hard to overestimate the importance of the Higgs boson. Without this enigmatic aspect of nature, no particles would have mass, meaning no stars, no planets, and no human life. Birmingham s  more