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Chemistry World February 23, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US expands pollution monitoring to its embassies The US State Department and Environmental Protection Agency have launched a joint international air quality program.
National Defense March 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Middle East Turmoil Disrupts Navy's Ship Maintenance Plan Despite the fact that the Navy has come up with new maintenance plans, actors like the Islamic State -- also known as ISIL or ISIS -- may compromise its ability to get ships repaired on schedule.
Chemistry World February 18, 2015 Emma Stephen	Nanoporous methane storage -- an impossible target? Methane could reduce global dependence on oil so the search is on for nanoporous materials to act as fuel tanks for this tricky-to-store gas, but things are not looking promising.
HBS Working Knowledge February 17, 2015 Michael Blanding	HBS Cases:The Battle for San Francisco In San Francisco, tech companies are hoping to make the world a better place -- but the fabric of the city is changing in the process. Technology workers may be threatening the very culture that they came to celebrate.
Fast Company David Lumb	Why Facebook's New Cybersecurity Site Is Trouble For Obama Obama has recently pushed for private companies to share information with the government when they face cyberattacks, both to mitigate the damage of the breach and, ideally, to prevent similar hacks in the future.
Fast Company Luke Dormehl	Google, Facebook, and Yahoo Shun Obama Cybersecurity Summit President Obama spoke at the Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection. The urgent theme that surfaced was the importance of the public and private sectors working together.
Chemistry World February 15, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US National Academies to revisit scientific misconduct The US National Academies aims to shift thinking about scientific misconduct away from corrupt individuals operating in a vacuum and toward researchers working within a flawed system, in a forthcoming report.
National Defense March 2015 Sarah Sicard	North Korean Cyber Attack on Sony Poses Tough Security Questions While cyber attacks are on the rise around the world -- both from inside and outside threats -- this was the first known instance of a country deliberately causing destruction to a U.S. company's data.
Fast Company Luke Dormehl	GM Will Go Head-To-Head With Tesla In Race To Build $30K Electric Vehicle Elon Musk might want to check his rearview mirror. General Motors announced today that it is hot on his tail, pledging to build an affordable electric car in 2017.
Chemistry World February 12, 2015 Patrick Walter	Plastic waste entering world's oceans set to double in 10 years Plastic waste entering world's oceans amounts to five bags for every foot of coastline.
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