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Financial Advisor June 2012 Jerilyn Klein Bier	Class Act More business schools are offering corporate responsibility and SRI components.
National Defense July 2012 Stew Magnuson	Al-Qaida May Have Plans to Manipulate Anonymous Hacking Group Anonymous, a loosely organized group of hackers that has targeted big businesses and governments, could be co-opted by nation states and terrorist groups that want to use it for their own ends, cybersecurity experts said.
National Defense July 2012 Eric Beidel	Soft Robots Could Open Up New World of Spy Tactics The Pentagon could turn to tiny soft robots to fit in the nooks and crannies of the battlefield, taking sensors ever closer to the enemy.
National Defense July 2012 Eric Beidel	Troops Fashion Makeshift Counter-IED Tool Marines and soldiers recently discovered that a pole used to install cable and wiring could be combined with a steel hook crafted locally in Afghanistan to form a new counter-IED tool.
Chemistry World June 1, 2012 Emma Shiells	Electronic skin for health and security checks Scientists in the US have developed an electrochemical sensor incorporated into a temporary transfer tattoo to be used as a device to warn the wearer of any health or security threats.
Chemistry World June 1, 2012 Ned Stafford	224 million EU antibiotics initiative launched The EU Innovative Medicines Initiative has announced a EUR224 million project to develop new antibiotics to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Glenn Zorpette	The Beginning of The End of Cash Cash's role is waning, as mobile, encryption, and other technologies let us plug directly into the digital economy
IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Peter Fairley	Cleaner Coal's Last Stand China's first coal-gasification power plant starts operating amid high hopes, delays, and cost overruns
IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Celia Gorman	Counterfeit Chips on the Rise As more firms report finding phony chips, the danger they pose becomes clearer
IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Paul McFedries	Consumption 2.0 Ownership is being replaced by online tools to rent, share, and trade. Have you noticed that as we dematerialize consumer goods (that is, change their atoms to bits), we're less likely to own them?
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