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Current Social Issues Articles

Chemistry World February 2012	Keeping the tap on James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth.
Chemistry World February 2012 Bibiana Campos Seijo	Editorial: The energy conundrum Energy, the environment and sustainability all go hand-in-hand, providing multiple areas for chemists to make an impact, and so 2012 will be another opportunity for our discipline to shine.
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 Miles et al.	Using Lasers to Find Land Mines and IEDs A laser could ionize a distant puff of air and thus safely detect the fumes from buried explosives
Chemistry World January 31, 2012 Yuandi Li	Molecular dynamics to combat chemical terrorism Computers can make finding new ways of decontaminating the deadliest known chemicals safer and easier, according to US researchers.
Chemistry World January 27, 2012 Rebecca Trager	Obama calls for renewed focus on manufacturing The US chemical industry applauded President Obama's emphasis on manufacturing and energy during the annual State of the Union speech. But the sector is also stressing the need for balanced, rational regulations that don't stifle innovation.
National Defense March 2012	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Sequestration offers opportunities for industry... Flexible approaches are required if we hope to defeat the enemies of 2061... Truly unconventional forms of warfare...
Chemistry World January 24, 2012 Hayley Birch	Fake pesticides rife in Europe According to the European law enforcement agency Europol, which earlier this month published a set of recommendations for stamping out counterfeits, the trade is on the rise.
Sports Central January 23, 2012 Corrie Trouw	What Ails Us Joe Paterno, the man, was beneficially influential to an army spanning decades. And Paterno, the icon, was in some part responsible for a bubble where fanatical devotion blinded justice to the plight of several victims.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Alyce Lomax	Investor Action Thumps Government Washington may be slacking on climate change policy, but private investors are stepping up.
Chemistry World January 18, 2012 Rebecca Trager	BASF pulls out of Europe over GM hostility German chemical giant BASF has announced that it will halt the development or commercialization of genetically modified crops in Europe, and move its biotech R&D operations to the US.
HBS Working Knowledge January 18, 2012 Carmen Nobel	Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs Research reveals that a large number of social entrepreneurs are focused on local rather than global change, and on sustainable funding.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Travis Hoium	Online Gaming Pressure Mounting on Feds States will end up forcing the Feds to act on online gaming.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Tough War Lessons Force Military Vehicle Programs To Consider Fuel Efficiency Moving fuel to and around battle zones that have no "front lines" has an extraordinarily high price in terms of money and lives.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Improving Bad Driving Habits Can Lead to Fuel Savings in Military Vehicles Experts are focusing on smaller changes -- both to the vehicles and how they are operated. This includes taking a hard look at who is driving them.
Chemistry World January 17, 2012 Rebecca Trager	EPA Publicises Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data The US Environmental Protection Agency has for the first time released comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions data on large facilities and made them available online. But the American Chemistry Council says the new EPA data misrepresents the chemical industry's total GHG emissions.
Chemistry World January 16, 2012 Yan Yan	China mulls tax on carbon emissions Following more encouraging sounds from the Chinese government at the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, on reducing carbon emissions a proposal to levy a carbon tax is moving up the policy agenda.
Chemistry World January 13, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Ionic polymers open door to greener, safer explosives Highly sensitive explosives could become safer and greener by exploiting newly characterised ionic polymer structures, say chemists in the US.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square Off in Budget Battle Unmanned aerial vehicles have become a potent portion of the U.S. Air Force inventory and an indispensable weapon in the global war on terror.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Robot-Makers Ponder Next Moves as Wars Wind Down The end of the nearly nine-year war closed one chapter for a technology that came into its own during the conflict.
Chemistry World January 11, 2012 Hayley Birch	Drive towards detecting drugs at the roadside The UK government is setting up an advisory panel that will assess the feasibility of roadside testing for drug driving, similar to testing for drunk driving.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	10-Year Effort Leads to Bomb-Safe Fertilizer In the late 1990s, Honeywell researchers stumbled upon a molecule that would not only make a more potent fertilizer, but it was more stable than those found in traditional nitrate-based compounds that farmers spread on their fields to increase crop yields.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Virtual Reality Helps Troops Confront Pain The Pentagon wants to discover different ways to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, one of which will take patients back to war via a video game-like simulation.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Army Lab Analyzes Bad Dust From War Zones The Army Research Laboratory has deployed equipment to Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa to find out if particles floating around in the air in these places are causing Gulf War Syndrome and other illnesses.
National Defense February 2012 Sean M. Connolly	Update Emerges For New Personal Conflicts of Interest Rule Effective Dec. 2, 2011, the Federal Acquisition Regulation requires U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to prevent personal conflicts of interest that arise during their employees' performance of certain acquisition functions.
Fast Company January 9, 2012 Stephanie Schomer	Beatbully's Modern Anti-Cyberbullying Campaign Uses Avatars As Demonstrators An army of protestors will descend upon UN headquarters in New York on February 2 in an effort to end bullying worldwide. Here's the catch: The protesters are online cartoons.
Fast Company January 9, 2012 Linda Tischler	The "Truth" Campaign Creators' MenthLab Combines Design And Community To Steer Youth From Menthol Cigarettes A Detroit program is designing new ways to keep kids from lighting up.
Chemistry World January 2012	Cultivating collaboration A new network aims to bring the power of interdisciplinary innovation to bear on global food issues.
IEEE Spectrum January 2012 David Schneider	Plug-in Vehicles Proliferate Full battery-electric and hybrid-electric plug-in vehicles will start hitting the streets in significant numbers later this year
Chemistry World December 23, 2011 Rebecca Trager	US crackdown on mercury pollution The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced its long-awaited standards to limit mercury, lead and other toxic pollutants emitted by power plants.
Finance & Development December 2011 Tanner & Restrepo	A Cushion for the Poor Commodity-exporting governments can reduce debt and still protect their least well off citizens
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Jim Barlow	Stirring Debate Joe Thornton is a laser-focused scientist probing the molecular evolution of steroid hormones and their receptors. When Thornton enters the classroom of "Biology and Politics," however, his focus broadens to embrace his background in the liberal arts and environmental activism.
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