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Analysis of U.S. plans to dispose of excess weapons plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a geologic repository in southeastern New Mexico.

The first public evidence of how Chinese firms like Tencent circumvent export controls on semiconductors by using hardware workarounds and maximizing software efficiency, and what that means for the future of the United States’ export control strategy.

Policy discussions on AI risk are currently over-focused on vague definitions of “foundation” and “frontier” models, ignoring the critical role of data in determining a model’s capabilities and risks.

Ritwik Gupta, Leah Walker, Rodolfo Corona, Stephanie Fu, Suzanne Petryk, Janet Napolitano, Trevor Darrell, Andrew W. Reddie

Study on the effects of high-energy ball milling and the far-from-equilibrium conditions induced by complex mechanical interactions.

Eric C. O’Quinn, Alexandre P. Solomon, Casey Corbridge, Cale Overstreet, Cameron Tracy, Antonio F. Fuentes, David J. Sprouster, Maik K. Lang

As sanctions become a widely-used tool of state power, their effectiveness — particularly regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine — has been called into question, prompting a re-evaluation of the theory behind them.