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The Journal of Computer Security has launched a special issue highlighting the results of six projects funded under the 'Information society technologies' (IST) Thematic area of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The journal's editors called on the six projects to submit papers because they received exceptional reviews in the ICT [information and communication technology] Trust and Security EU calls.

A team of scientists working in Egypt has used state-of-the-art genetics techniques to reveal the parentage of the famous pharaoh Tutankhamun, the illnesses he suffered from and that he probably was not a victim of murder. The study's findings are published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

A UK research team has developed new technology that allows a high-resolution still image to be captured alongside very high-speed video, a revolutionary technique that could be used in the future in both science and industry. The research is published in the journal Nature Methods.

More than 170 million diabetics worldwide may soon breathe a sigh of relief thanks to an international team of scientists that has uncovered the culprit that triggers this debilitating disease. Presented in the journal Nature, the study's findings show that the previously unstudied gene known as RFX6 is responsible for congenital diabetes.

A workshop on 'Model-based testing in practice' (MOTIP) will take place in Paris, France on 16 June 2010.