• NUCLEAR WEAPONSMissile Test Helps Launch Mk21 Fuze into U.S. Nuclear Stockpile

    By Tim Deshler

    The June test launch of a Minuteman III from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California was the last in a series of planned activities designed to demonstrate the operational effectiveness of the Mk21 Fuze, providing proof to the U.S. Air Force that it is ready to be accepted into the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

  • STEMU.S. Needs New Strategy to Recruit and Retain STEM Talent: Report

    The United States should adopt a whole-of-government strategy to recruit and retain talent in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Because foreign-born talent makes up a significant portion of the STEM workforce in the U.S., it is of critical importance to fostering and sustaining innovation, economic competitiveness, and national security.

  • DEEPFAKESAn AI Lie Detector for Today’s Deepfake World

    By John Jeffay

    Revealense recognizes indicators from video clips that help client companies know if a customer is being truthful or not. For an AI lie detector, what matters more than the answers to questions are the levels of stress, cognition and emotion that the AI detects. The AI is trained to recognize cognitive dissonance, the discomfort we feel when we hold — and when we verbalize — conflicting beliefs, values or attitudes.

  • DEEPFAKESCountering Deepfakes: We Need to Forecast AI Threats

    By Henry Campbell and Daria Impiombato

    We should consider more action to address new forms of criminality based on AI and other technology. As far as possible, we shouldn’t let these new forms surprise us. The government should organize a group of representatives from law-enforcement and national security agencies to identify potential or emerging criminal applications of new tech and begin working on responses before people are affected.

  • EVsNovel Wireless Charging Technology Facilitating EV Charging While in Transit

    By JooHyeon Heo

    Advancements in electric vehicle (EV) technology are paving the way for solutions that reduce the need to search for charging stations. A research team has developed technology that enables wireless power supply to moving vehicles.

  • TRUTH DECAYSocial Media Manipulation in the Era of AI

    By Doug Irving

    China is not the only U.S. adversary exploring the potential propaganda gold mine that AI has opened. But China provides a useful case study, in part because its disinformation efforts seem to be getting bolder.

  • SEMICONDUCTORSDefense Department Should Secure Access to Advanced Semiconductor Technologies

    A new, multipronged strategy is needed for the U.S. Department of Defense to secure access to advanced semiconductor technologies, one of the agency’s defining challenges, says a new report. DOD should invest in leap-ahead semiconductor technologies, work to reshore production capabilities, and strengthen industry and interagency engagement, says a new report.

  • WILDFIRESAI Technology and Self-Coordinating Drones to Detect and Investigate Wildfires

    Engineers have developed a swarm of self-coordinating drones for firefighting, as part of an effort to develop cost-effective early mitigation strategies for wildfires.

  • ENERGY SECURITYScientists Seek to Invent a Safe, Reliable, and Cheap Battery for Electricity Grids

    How do you store electricity in a way that is large and powerful enough to support the electric grid, as well as reliable, safe, environmentally sustainable, and inexpensive? Scientists are seeking to overcome the major limitations of a battery by using water as the primary component of its electrolyte.

  • ENCRYPTIONToward a Code-Breaking Quantum Computer

    By Adam Zewe

    Building on a landmark algorithm, researchers propose a way to make a smaller and more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for cryptography.

  • FIRE-PROOFING BUILDINGSNew Gels Could Protect Buildings During Wildfires

    Researchers have developed a sprayable gel that creates a shield to protect buildings from wildfire damage. It lasts longer and is more effective than existing commercial options.

  • ENERGY SECURITYHydropower Generation Projected to Rise, but Climate Change Brings Uncertain Future

    By JoAnna Wendel

    A new analysis combines hydrology data with climate change models to help water managers prepare for hydropower’s future.

  • ENERGY SECURITYHydro School: Engaging the Next Generation in Hydropower Discussions

    By Katie Carnahan

    As one of the many clean energy solutions, hydropower offers a variety of benefits, including affordable renewable energy, generation flexibility and resilience, and flood control, to name a few. Adding hydropower-generating infrastructure to water supply systems or waterways can also bring a variety of community benefits, such as recreation, while avoiding some environmental impacts usually associated with traditional dams.

  • AIGlobal AI Adoption Is Outpacing Risk Understanding, Warns MIT CSAIL

    By Peter Slattery, Rachel Gordon, and Neil Thompson

    As organizations rush to implement artificial intelligence (AI), a new analysis of AI-related risks finds significant gaps in our understanding, highlighting an urgent need for a more comprehensive approach.

  • AIThe Danger of AI in War: It Doesn’t Care About Self-Preservation

    By Nishank Motwani

    Recent wargames using artificial-intelligence models from OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic revealed a troubling trend: AI models are more likely than humans to escalate conflicts to kinetic, even nuclear, war.