The U.S. government gives other nations US$68 billion of foreign assistance annually—more than any other country. Over half of this sum is managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development, including funds for programs aimed at fighting hunger and disease outbreaks, providing humanitarian relief in war zones, and supporting other lifesaving programs such as the…
Breakdown of collaboration with CERN forcing many physicists to reorient work Breakdown of collaboration with CERN forcing many physicists to reorient work Science
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In the ancient microbial Wood-Ljungdahl pathway, carbon dioxide (CO2) is fixed in a multistep process that ends with acetyl–coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) synthesis at the bifunctional carbon monoxide dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA synthase complex (CODH/ACS). In … In the ancient microbial Wood-Ljungdahl pathway, carbon dioxide (CO2) is fixed in a multistep process that ends with acetyl–coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) synthesis at…
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In their Policy Forum “The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium” (7 June 2024, p. 1071), R. S. Kemp et al. describe the potential misuse of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). The American Nuclear Society (ANS)—a professional nuclear science and technology society representing more than 10,000 members worldwide—acknowledges the importance of continually evaluating the proliferation risks…
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In her Letter on behalf of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Marshall suggests that the United States should not unilaterally determine security policy with regard to high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). However, it is established by international treaty that nuclear security is the sovereign responsibility of individual states (1). It is also incumbent on the United…