D. became a leading center of RFID (radio frequency identification) research and how Cornell University in little Ithaca, N.

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Nearby, at West Virginia University's Center for Identification Technology Research, researchers are already testing some of these technologies that will ultimately be used by the FBI.

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Among their causes: charter schools, a push for merit pay for teachers, efforts to curb false eyewitness identification, and research to spur lawmakers to firm up government pension programs.

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Guest post written by research scientist Jonathan Wai of the Duke University Talent Identification Program.

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Renzulli, who is also director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, warns parents that there is no such thing as the perfect identification system.

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