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Prioritizing Feasible and Impactful Actions to Enable Secure AI Development and Use in Biology

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As artificial intelligence continues to enhance biological innovation, the potential for misuse must be addressed to fully unlock the potential societal benefits. While significant work has been done to evaluate general‐purpose AI and specialized biological design tools (BDTs) for biothreat creation risks, actionable steps to mitigate the risk
Josh Dettman, Emily Lathrop, Aurelia Attal‐Juncqua, Matthew Nicotra, Allison Berke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scientists Against Biological Weapons [PDF]

Science, 2001
I n the wake of the anthrax attacks over the past few weeks, scientists across the world have the opportunity to unite in a bid to create a less dangerous world. As the Royal Society emphasized in a report last year,[*][1] the international scientific community has a crucial role to play in tackling the threat from biological weapons, and it is ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Defining the Debate on Controlling Biological Weapons [PDF]

, 2001
Looks at the 1972 Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention, and outlines the series of measures being negotiated by the world community to create a strong, effective, and enforceable biological weapons ...
B. Alan Rosenberg
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Scientific Discovery in the Establishment of the First Biological Weapons Programmes [PDF]

, 2005
YesThis report addresses the scientific and technological discoveries in the biological sciences that enabled the early interest in biological warfare to move from hurling infected corpses into enemy cities in ancient times, through use of small cultures
Davison, N.
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Subsistence harvest for food and pets associated with declining global mammal populations

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Subsistence harvest can have substantial impacts on mammalian biodiversity, yet its effects on the conservation status of mammal species are poorly understood. We analyzed trade and use data in species accounts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List to examine the effects of subsistence harvest on the conservation ...
Jacob E Hill, Kenneth F Kellner, Jerrold L Belant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological control and genetics: BTI — a potent new biological weapon

California Agriculture, 1980
Control of mosquitoes through exploitation of their natural enemies to suppress them has been given high priority in California for many years. More studies have been approved and more funds expended on biological controls than on any other research ...
R Garcia, B Federici, I Hall, M Mulla, C Schaefer   +4 more
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What Would Zero Look Like? A Treaty for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons [PDF]

, 2014
Nuclear disarmament-the comprehensive, universal, and permanent abolition of all nuclear weapons, pursuant to a verifiable, legally binding international agreement-has long been one of the most ambitious, controversial, and urgent items on the agenda for
Koplow, David A
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The Inevitability of Militarization of Outer Space [PDF]

, 2019
At the end of the second decade of the 21st century, we witness a progressive increase of strategic importance of artificial satellites and other orbital systems, which is a consequence of the ever-accelerating development of space technologies that ...
Bernat, Paweł
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Decoding temporal miRNA signatures of semen under in vitro exposure for forensic time since deposition estimation using machine learning‐driven modeling

Interdisciplinary Medicine, EarlyView.
This study develops a novel miRNA‐based framework for estimating the time since deposition of semen stains, combining small RNA sequencing with machine learning. Time‐dependent miRNA modules were identified using Mfuzz clustering and WGCNA, followed by a multi‐stage feature selection pipeline that reduced 261 candidate miRNAs to a minimal 7‐miRNA panel.
Meiming Cai, Qiong Lan, Tong Xie, Qinglin Liu, Ming Zhao, Xiaolian Wu, Xin Shi, Ruonan Shen, Yiman Wu, Chen Mao, Bin Cong, Bofeng Zhu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source