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National Defense November 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Al-Qaida Seen Shifting Tactics to Smaller Attacks The Boston bombing quickly brought domestic jihadist terrorism back into the public eye. Counterterrorism analysts are now concerned that the United States may soon face an increase in deadly, smaller scale attacks.
National Defense November 2013 Dan Parsons	Plant DNA Blows Cover of Fake Electronics Military radios, helicopter sensors and weapons are all at equal risk of falling victim to counterfeit semiconductors that have made it into the Defense Department supply chain. The F-35 alone has more than 2,000 of the electronic components.
National Defense November 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Changing World Blazes New Trails For Military Technology A striking array of challenges is reshaping the course of defense technology. The United States is entering an era characterized by fiscal austerity and the rise of "non-state" actors as enemies of nation states.
Chemistry World October 9, 2013 Angeli Mehta	Australian climate body saved by crowd sourced donations Backing from the Australian public has helped resurrect a body set up to provide independent information on climate change to government and citizens.
Chemistry World October 7, 2013 Andrew Williams	California takes on chemicals in consumer goods California has just introduced a new law to reduce the use of hazardous substances in products and industrial processes in the state.
National Defense November 2013 Stew Magnuson	Companies Ill-Prepared to Fend Off Insider Threats Two high-profile cases are putting a spotlight on insider threats in the private sector, particularly companies that do business with the Defense Department, intelligence agencies and other government organizations.
Chemistry World October 3, 2013 Laura Howes	Chemist sentenced to life A US-based chemist has been sentenced to life for murdering her husband with thallium that she obtained from her work at Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Chemistry World October 3, 2013 John Hoskins	Unraveling environmental disasters A good textbook should have an appropriate intellectual level and be balanced in the presentation of its content. Sadly, it is clear that this book about environmental disasters satisfies neither criterion.
Chemistry World October 2, 2013 Anthony King	Saving carbon to increase biofuel brewing efficiency Scientists in the US have designed a synthetic pathway for glycolysis that cuts carbon loss and could significantly boost production of biofuels and other chemicals in bio-refineries.
Chemistry World October 1, 2013 Emma Stoye	Japan confirms Novartis clinical trial data fabrication Japan's ministry of health has concluded that studies based on clinical trials for Novartis's blood pressure drug Diovan contain manipulated data. It is now investigating whether the company has broken Japanese law by citing these studies to promote the product.
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