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Environment
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Policy Memo
Reduce Disaster Costs by Better Tracking Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke

Smoke from wildfire disasters kills many more people than direct exposure to wildfire flames, and impacts many more communities than the communities located directly in wildfire perimeters. Direct exposure to…

04.22.21 | 9 min read
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Emerging Technology
Article
A Focused Research Organization for Superconducting Optoelectronic Intelligence

Artificial intelligence places strenuous demands on current computing hardware, but the integration of semiconductors, superconductors, and optical hardware will create revolutionary new tools for AI. Digital computers are excellent for…

04.02.21 | 3 min read
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Education & Workforce
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Policy Memo
Creating an Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-L) for the Department of Labor

To create fresh and powerful new approaches to the complex challenges that America’s workers face, Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration should invest $100 million per year for 5 years to…

03.29.21 | 8 min read
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Global Risk
The U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force: A Post-Cold War Timeline

The Pentagon is currently planning to replace its current arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with a brand-new missile force, known as the Sentinel (previously called the Ground Based Strategic…

03.24.21 | 1 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Revitalizing the DOE Loan Program Office to Support Clean Infrastructure Development

The Biden-Harris Administration should expand the focus of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Program Office (LPO) to meet the demands of a changing energy industry. The LPO was established…

02.18.21 | 5 min read
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