ENERGY SECURITYHydropower’s Future Is Clouded by Droughts, Floods and Climate Change – It’s Also Essential to the U.S. Electric Grid By Caitlin Grady Published 23 May 2022 The United States has over 2,100 operational hydroelectric dams, with locations in nearly every state. They play essential roles in their regional power grids. But most were built

WATER SECURITYDiminishing Snowmelt to Make Colorado, Utah, Wyoming Resemble the Arid Southwest Published 23 May 2022 New research predicts that changes in mountain snowmelt will shift peak stream flows to much earlier in the year for the vast Colorado River Basin, altering reservoir management and irrigation across the entire region. As a result, upper basin

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MASS SHOOTINGThe Buffalo Shooting Suspect Once Threatened a Mass Shooting. Why Wasn’t He Disarmed? By Jennifer Mascia Published 21 May 2022 The Buffalo mass shooter was taken into custody by police last June after he threatened to carry out a shooting at his Western New York high school. He was ordered to undergo a psychiatric

IRAN’S NUKESCodifying Support for Nuclear Inspections in Iran By David Albright Published 21 May 2022 The main obstacle for a new nuclear deal with Iran is Iran’s disregard of its safeguards commitments and defiance of standard International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) procedures are more problematic for a nuclear deal. Resolving those outstanding inspection issues offers

MASS SHOOTINGAccused Buffalo Mass Shooter Had Threatened a Shooting While in High School. Could More Have Been Done to Avert the Tragedy? By James Densley and Jillian Peterson Published 21 May 2022 There is a $3 billion industry in U.S. school safety focused almost entirely on hardening schools with active shooter drills, metal detectors and

CYBERSECURITYNew Method Kills Cyberattacks in Less Than a Second Published 21 May 2022 Researchers, using artificial intelligence, new method that could automatically detect and kill cyberattacks on our laptops, computers and smart devices in under a second. A new method that could automatically detect and kill cyberattacks on our laptops, computers and smart devices in under

CHINA WATCHEuropean Academics Helping China’s Military By Naomi Conrad, Esther Felden, and Sandra Petersmann Published 19 May 2022 European researchers have cooperated with China’s National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). The NUDT’s purpose is to “Strengthen the Armed Forces and the Nation.” An investigation by 10 European news outlets has found nearly 3,000 scientific publications

PUBLIC HEALTHU.S. Tracks Monkeypox Case Tied to Recent Canadian Travel By Stephanie Soucheray Published 19 May 2022 US officials have confirmed a case of monkeypox in a Massachusetts resident who had recently traveled to Canada. This is the first monkeypox case detected this year in the United States. In 2021, both Maryland and Texas reported

AIRPOR SECURITYComputer Code to Speed Up Airport Security Published 19 May 2022 Imagine moving through airport security without having to take off your shoes or belt or getting pulled aside. Researchers are working on the Open Threat Assessment Platform, which allows the Transportation Security Administration to respond more quickly and easily to threats to air