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FAS Spring 2005 Public Interest Reports
Morrison grew up in Pittsburgh. Stricken by polio when he was four, he was bedridden during much of his childhood and taught himself to read. He loved building radios and hoped to become a radio engineer. But after enrolling at the University of Pittsburgh (later Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie-Mellon University), he discovered theoretical physics. read more…
Construction will soon begin on a unique environmental housing project developed by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) and the Citizens League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN). The project brings together the scientific resources of FAS, Roger Rasbach’s beautiful environmentally-friendly home designs and innovative Houston builders to create a home that is affordable, energy efficient, durable and safe….read more
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) system of national laboratories has been a critical part of the nation’s security and civilian research infrastructure for more than 60 years. The labs play a key part in the economies of regions where high technology enterprises would otherwise never have existed. But the world in which the laboratories operate has been fundamentally transformed…read more
On June 27–28, The Federation of American Scientists’ Learning Federation Project brought together educational researchers, medical practitioners and video game developers for a workshop at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, to discuss trends in simulation-based education and training programs in medicine and how best to make these learning systems easier to build…read more
The FAS Annual Board of Directors Meeting was held on 10 June 2005, at Smith & Wollensky in Washington, DC. The FAS directors reviewed recent developments and shared thoughts on the future of the organization… read more
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