Noteworthy new publications from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Kashmir: Background, Recent Developments, and U.S. Policy, August 16, 2019
Global Trends in HIV/AIDS, CRS In Focus, updated August 15, 2019
Retroactive Legislation: A Primer for Congress, CRS In Focus, August 15, 2019
Words Taken Down: Calling Members to Order for Disorderly Language in the House, August 13, 2019
International Discussions Concerning Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems, CRS In Focus, August 16, 2019
Science funding agencies are biased against risk, making transformative research difficult to fund. Forecast-based approaches to grantmaking could improve funding outcomes for high-risk, high-reward research.
Establishing an NIH Office of Infection-Associated Chronic Illness Research can guard against the long-term effects of Covid and lead to novel breakthroughs across many less understood diseases.
A military depot in central Belarus has recently been upgraded with additional security perimeters and an access point that indicate it could be intended for housing Russian nuclear warheads for Belarus’ Russia-supplied Iskander missile launchers.
With a PhD in materials science, a postdoc position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and a stint as a AAAS Fellow, Dr. Shawn Chen has had a range of roles in the research community.