Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 27, 2024
Posted: 27th May 2024
Joey Kabel (left) and Dan Stack, co-founders of Electrified Thermal Solutions in Medford, Mass., stand next to the company’s elevator-sized pilot system which contains electrically charged bricks that generate and store heat. Credit: Barry Chin/The Boston Globe
PHIL MCKENNA
Can electrically conductive bricks replace fossil fuels?
MIT spinoff company Electrified Thermal Solutions says its electrically conductive bricks can replace fossil fuels. Read more.
EVA SIEGMANN
False Russian claims hijacked the biological weapons treaty. Here’s how to reclaim it
Russia exploited a clause in the Biological Weapons Convention, overshadowing ongoing work and accusing Ukraine of illegal bioweapons research. Here’s how to prevent that from happening again. Read more.
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Hiroshima Memories
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It’s a process of trust collapsing bit by bit, like dominoes falling one by one.”
— Sigal Samuel, “I lost trust”: Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded,” VOX
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