RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REEs)Rare Earths in Australia Must Be About More Than Mining By John Coyne Published 12 July 2022 REEs are a group of 17 metals—15 elements from the lanthanide series and two chemically similar elements, scandium and yttrium. Each has unique properties vital for a range of commercial and defense technologies, including batteries,

POWER GRIDTexans Asked to Conserve Energy to Protect the Power Grid for the Second Time in a Week By Mitchell Ferman Published 12 July 2022 Texans have been asked to turn up their thermostats and avoid using large appliances from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The power grid operator said it does not expect rolling blackouts.

OUR PICKS: CRITICAL MINERALSWyoming’s REEs | Deep See as a Source of REEs | Electric Vehicle & National Security, and more Published 12 July 2022 ·  China Beats Competition to Secure Zimbabwe Lithium Source ·  Turkey Announced the Discovery of Rare Earth Mines That Could Meet 1,000 Years of Global Demand, and the Result Was a

OUR PICKSISIS Planned Chemical Attacks | International Norms on Cyber Operations | U.S. Successful Hypersonic Missile Test, and more Published 13 July 2022 ·  Homeland Security Watchdog Delayed Inquiry, Complaint Says ·  ISIS Planned Chemical Attacks in Europe, New Details on Weapons Program Reveal ·  Domestic Terror Cases Increasingly Cross Borders, FBI Director Says ·  Exploiting a Crisis:

LAW RNFORCEMENTUpdated Software Reference Library Will Aid in Criminal Investigations Published 12 July 2022 A recent update to a publicly downloadable database maintained by NIST will make it easier to sift through computers, cellphones and other electronic equipment seized in police raids, potentially helping law enforcement catch sexual predators and other criminals. A recent update to

CYBERSECURITYProtecting Computer Vision from Adversarial Attacks Published 12 July 2022 Advances in computer vision and machine learning have made it possible for a wide range of technologies to perform sophisticated tasks with little or no human supervision — from autonomous drones and self-driving cars to medical imaging and product manufacturing. Engineers are developing methods to

OUR PICKS: CRITICAL MINERALSWyoming’s REEs | Deep See as a Source of REEs | Electric Vehicle & National Security, and more Published 12 July 2022 ·  China Beats Competition to Secure Zimbabwe Lithium Source ·  Turkey Announced the Discovery of Rare Earth Mines That Could Meet 1,000 Years of Global Demand, and the Result Was a

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REEs)Rare Earths in Australia Must Be About More Than Mining By John Coyne Published 12 July 2022 REEs are a group of 17 metals—15 elements from the lanthanide series and two chemically similar elements, scandium and yttrium. Each has unique properties vital for a range of commercial and defense technologies, including batteries,

WAR IN UKRAINETime for the Russian Army to Take Stock By Lawrence Freedman Published 11 July 2022 Late last week, Vladimir Putin insisted that there are no grounds for concern about Russia’s military performance. “Largely speaking,” he said last Thursday in a meeting with parliamentary leaders, “we haven’t even yet started anything in earnest.” This

DISINFORMATIONThese Red Flags Can Let You Know When You’re in an Online Echo Chamber Published 11 July 2022 Online echo chambers are virtual spaces that gather like-minded individuals. Research has shown that people are more likely to believe and share information they encounter in these spaces, because it confirms their existing beliefs. Somesocial media users