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Physicists in times of war [PDF]
arXiv, 2006 Though the majority of physicists would probably not support preemptive wars, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction would not exist without their contributions. Einstein's anti-militaristic position has been well-documented and the present essay recalls the role of some contemporary and past physicists on this issue.
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Decline of war or end of positive check? Analysis of change in war size distribution between 1816-2007 [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 This study examines whether there has been a decline in the risk of death by battle during wars, testing the 'long peace' hypothesis. The analysis relies on the Expanded War Dataset (Gleditsch, 2004) covering intra- and inter-state wars between 1816-2007.
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President of the United States, Destroyer of Worlds: Considering Congress\u27s Authority to Enact a Nuclear No-First-Use Law [PDF]
, 2022 This article argues that Congress can exercise its constitutional war powers to enact a law restricting the President from using nuclear weapons first. The article contends that using a nuclear weapon is qualitatively different from conventional warfare ...
Chappell, John Ramming
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Identification of novel small molecule inhibitors of ETS transcription factors
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.ETS transcription factors play an essential role in tumourigenesis and are indispensable for sprouting angiogenesis, a hallmark of cancer, which fuels tumour expansion and dissemination. Thus, targeting ETS transcription factor function could represent an effective, multifaceted strategy to block tumour growth. The evolutionarily conserved E‐Twenty‐Six
Shaima Abdalla +9 more
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The Russia-Ukraine War and Nuclear Weapons: Evaluating Familiar Insights
Journal for Peace and Nuclear DisarmamentThis article examines the nuclear dimension of the war in Ukraine. It makes two arguments. First, our knowledge of the nuclear world is fundamentally limited and so any inferences we draw from the war in Ukraine should be tentative.
Mark S. Bell
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The Trump Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR): In Historical Perspective
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2018 Except for the Eisenhower administration’s threat of nuclear retaliation to even local non-nuclear and limited aggression, the Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is the most open description of US capabilities and strategies for ...
Seyom Brown
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Letter from Joan Cook, Church and Society Commission of the National Council of Churches in New Zealand, to Geraldine Ferraro [PDF]
, 1984 Letter from Joan Cook, acting secretary of the Church and Society Commission of the National Council of Churches in New Zealand, to Geraldine Ferraro.
Cook, Joan, Ferraro, Geraldine
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Decadal reduction of Chinese agriculture after a regional nuclear war
, 2015 A regional nuclear war between India and Pakistan could decrease global surface temperature by 1°C–2°C for 5–10 years and have major impacts on precipitation and solar radiation reaching Earth's surface.
L. Xia +4 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In lymphoid organs, antigen recognition and B cell receptor signaling rely on integrins and the cytoskeleton. Integrins act as mechanoreceptors, couple B cell receptor activation to cytoskeletal remodeling, and support immune synapse formation as well as antigen extraction.
Abhishek Pethe, Tanja Nicole Hartmann
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Nuclear Risk in the Arctic and Further
Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies, 2023 This speech gives a short overview of the existing risks of nuclear war and of the catastrophic humanitarian and climate consequences of even a regional nuclear war.
Kati Juva
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