They were used to detect and defeat previously unknown, Internet-based threats to computers.

It uses this acute sense to shop for a mate, detect threats and, most importantly, locate food.

Finally, it could detect immediate threats, such as missile launches or impending attacks by fighters.

The report called existing public health surveillance systems inadequate to detect threats from new diseases and the re-emergence of old ones.

The second way to use database technology to detect threats is what he called the data analysis approach.

Pursue will be based on detecting and investigating threats at the earliest possible stage.

The emu has good eyesight and hearing, which allows it to detect nearby threats.

To detect "threats to national security as well as immigration law violators"

Rather, he said, the lesson for the United States is the value of careful, patient intelligence collection to detect possible threats.

But mostly he was expected to perform long-term "strategic analysis" - to detect entirely new threats that were still forming.