Disruptive threats: The Pentagon tries to know the unknown
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The quadrennial review of Pentagon's bureaucracy, which is believed to enable the armed forces to better predict and prevent unexpected challenges, is discussed. According to the Office of Force Transformation report, the new solutions to disruptive challenges lie less in trying to detect and catch them and more in making the US military a more elusive target by increasing the rate at which it transforms itself.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
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Nectar for your health
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) is planned to give funds to the medical researches and investigations, to take better advantages of recent advances like mapping of human genome, and will provide the access to share data. With this fund, National Electronic Clinical Trials and Research Network (NECTAR) will provide combined databases, which will help to turn research data into therapies more effectively.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
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Nuclear explosions in orbit
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The enemy states or terrorists with even one nuclear ballistic missile could mount a devastating attack on the global satellite system. The spread of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles have raised the fears of atomic attacks on the global satellite system.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
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