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No First Use and Credible Deterrence

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2018
Despite progress in reducing the number of nuclear weapons in the largest arsenals, a number of states are now looking to increase their reliance on nuclear weapons not only for deterrence, but also for coercion or war fighting.
Steve Fetter, Jon Wolfsthal
doaj   +1 more source

Return Fantasies: Martial Masculinity, Misogyny and Homosocial Bonding in the Aftermath of Second World War

Gender &History, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This article explores male popular culture in Australia in the mid‐1940s, particularly men's magazines of the period, to illuminate aspects of the psycho‐sexual dimensions of Australian veterans returning to civil society. The sexual landscape of Australian society had undergone considerable transformation, especially through an increasing ...
Stephen Garton
wiley   +1 more source

Weapons Radiochemistry: Trinity and Beyond [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
On July 16, 1945, the Trinity nuclear test exploded in the desert near Alamogordo, NM. A variety of new diagnostic experiments were fielded in an effort to understand the detailed performance of the nuclear device. This article describes a series of radiochemical experiments that were designed to measure the efficiency and neutron fluence of the test ...
arxiv  

Nuclear Disarmament Verification via Resonant Phenomena [PDF]

Nature Communications 2018, 2017
Nuclear disarmament treaties are not sufficient in and of themselves to neutralize the existential threat of the nuclear weapons. Technologies are necessary for verifying the authenticity of the nuclear warheads undergoing dismantlement before counting them towards a treaty partner's obligation. This work presents a novel concept that leverages isotope-
arxiv   +1 more source

Smart Dust for Chemical Mapping

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review article explores the advancement of smart dust networks for high‐resolution spatial and temporal chemical mapping. Comprising miniature, wireless sensors, and communication devices, smart dust autonomously collects, processes, and transmits data via swarm‐based communication.
Indrajit Mondal, Hossam Haick
wiley   +1 more source

‘Edited and Approved by Women for Maximum Benefit of all Readers’: Newsprint Journalism, the International Women's Year and the Remaking of a Gendered National Public in 1970s Ghana

Gender &History, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract During the International Women's Year (IWY) of 1975, United Nations bodies made concerted efforts to ensure global awareness and understanding of the IWY aims of equality, peace and development, via the mass media. In this article, we engage with these strategies of global information distribution from the vantage point of Ghana, West Africa ...
Kate Skinner, Jovia Salifu, Akosua Adomako Ampofo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Letter from an Australian Anti-Nuclear Weapons Activist to Geraldine Ferraro [PDF]

, 1984
Letter from an anti-nuclear weapons activists to Geraldine Ferraro, detailing the supposed capabilities of nuclear weapons and tactics.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_correspondence_1984_international/1015/thumbnail ...
Ferraro, Geraldine
core   +1 more source

Potential Use of Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons in a Korean Context

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2022
This report explores the potential uses of low-yield nuclear weapons in the context of a possible conflict on the Korean Peninsula. It starts with a definition of low-yield weapons – typically, weapons with yields of ten kilotons or less that are ...
Eva Lisowski
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Clinically Relevant Metallic Nanoparticles in Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Therapy

Advanced Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge, with drug‐resistant strains exacerbating the issue. Metallic nanoparticles (MNPs) show promise in TB diagnosis as sensor probes and in combination therapy with antimycobacterial drugs, requiring further pre‐clinical and clinical research for clinical translation.
Christianah Aarinola Akinnawo, Admire Dube   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Russia-Ukraine War and Nuclear Weapons: Evaluating Familiar Insights

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
This 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
doaj   +1 more source