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...post-9/11 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), in which the U.S. and its allies concentrate on intercepting weapons of mass destruction, has made Pyongyang a key target because of the government's past sales of missiles to Pakistan and Iran. The big fear is that North Korea could be tempted to sell nuclear material to al-Qaeda, which would have no reluctance about using it. Former Assistant Secretary of State Robert Gallucci says Pyongyang "might figure that selling fissile material to a terrorist group would be relatively safe and profitable...
...Girguis said. “What a great adaptation.” The findings help scientists understand the limits to which the chemical structures common to all animals can be pushed. The worms, known as Paralvinella sulfincola, can withstand conditions where water pressure reaches 4,000 psi and temperatures can change from 2 degrees to 350 degrees over a few millimeters. Girguis and his team recreated this temperature gradient on a smaller scale in their lab, constructing a tank of water that was cold on one end and hot on the other. Worms were then scattered randomly across the tank...
...promoting their career anymore by pushing nuclear weapons," says Henry Sokolski, who served as a top Pentagon official on proliferation issues in George H.W. Bush's Administration. Since 2003 the Administration, with those of 10 other nations, has pursued the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), which is trying to halt the spread of nuclear weapons through more robust interdiction. U.S. officials say the PSI has curbed Iran's and North Korea's nuclear efforts and helped persuade Libya to give up its quest for weapons of mass destruction...
According to MIT, police obtained a search warrant for Strauss’ room in the Zeta Psi fraternity on Mass. Ave. and seized $30,000-$40,000 worth of computers and computer equipment, which police allege Strauss had been selling on eBay...
Dartmouth’s sexual assault policies have also encountered controversy, coming into the public eye last spring following the college’s decision to derecognize the Zeta Psi fraternity...