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A century of assessment: A systematic review of biothreat risk assessments

open access: yesRisk Analysis, EarlyView.
Abstract Throughout the past century, assessments of the risks and benefits posed by high‐consequence biological agents have guided US decision‐making on weapons research, countermeasure development, and security policy. However, the dispersed nature of these biothreat risk assessments has presented various difficulties, such as duplicative effort ...
Claire Atkerson, Michael T Parker
wiley   +1 more source

Los problemas del desarme nuclear en la postguerra fría: Las naciones unidas y la conferencia de desarme en la década del noventa

open access: yesHistoria Actual On-Line, 2011
En este artículo se analiza el desarrollo del desarme nuclear y los pensamientos a favor de su realización definitivo en los noventas. El desarme estuvo bajo la dirección de las Naciones Unidas a través de la Conferencia de Desarme, el cual intentó la ...
Ana Tejo Carrasco
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TOWARDS FULFILLMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF HUMANITARIAN LAW IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

open access: yesBRICS Law Journal, 2016
The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is an international treaty that should be implemented during both peace and wartime. However, the obligations included in the treaty are dependent upon states' attitudes regarding other issues.
s. Bagheri
doaj   +1 more source

“Semper supra”? Trump administration policy narratives and the creation of the space force

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2019, the Donald Trump administration rejected the draft Treaty on the Prevention of Placement of Weapons in Space (PPWT) in the UN Conference on Disarmament and instead created the Space Force, the first new US military service branch established in decades.
Jeffrey S. Lantis
wiley   +1 more source

A call for global nuclear disarmament [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 2012
Danger from nuclear weapons is mounting. It is time to take control of the nuclear fuel cycle and move towards a world without warheads, says Scott D. Sagan.
openaire   +3 more sources

Bioinspired Liquid‐Free Ion‐Conductive Elastomers with Ultrahigh Mechanical Strength and Excellent Ionic Conductivity for Multifunctional Flexible Sensing Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Science, Volume 12, Issue 27, July 17, 2025.
⁻Inspired by the “brick wall” structure of pearl layer, FLICE‐110% liquid‐free ionic conductive elastomer had high mechanical strength (5.46 MPa), excellent ionic conductivity (3.29 × 10−4 S cm−1) and resilience. It can be used in smart music boxes, airplane wings and control manipulators.
Zequan Li   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protection of naringenin chalcone by a pathogenesis‐related 10 protein promotes flavonoid biosynthesis in Marchantia polymorpha

open access: yesNew Phytologist, Volume 247, Issue 1, Page 233-248, July 2025.
Summary Pathogenesis‐related (PR) proteins are diverse stress‐ or pathogen‐induced proteins. Some are associated with specialised metabolism, including proposed functions for anthocyanin biosynthesis. However, data are limited to a few angiosperm species, and the mode(s) of action are uncertain.
Yanfei Zhou   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Call to Action: Arming Nurses With Political Knowledge to Advocate for Older People

open access: yesInternational Journal of Older People Nursing, Volume 20, Issue 4, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction For decades, healthcare systems have enacted cost containment, which has led to nurses working within increasingly thinly resourced healthcare services influenced by political ideologies and often just trying to get through their shift.
Sherry Dahlke, Kathleen F. Hunter
wiley   +1 more source

Through the lens of bioenergy crops: advances, bottlenecks, and promises of plant engineering

open access: yesThe Plant Journal, Volume 123, Issue 2, July 2025.
SUMMARY Advances in engineering of bioenergy crops were driven over the past years by adapting technological breakthroughs and accelerating conventional applications but also exposed intriguing challenges. New tools revealed rich interconnectivity in the exponentially growing and dynamic ‘big' omics data’ of metabolomes, transcriptomes, and genomes at ...
Angel Indibi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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