40 Years of Issues | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/40-1/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:56:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png 40 Years of Issues | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/40-1/ 32 32 A Curious Collaboration https://issues.org/mathemalchemy-ehrmann-archives/ https://issues.org/mathemalchemy-ehrmann-archives/#respond Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40941 Dominique Ehrmann, A Curious Collaboration, 2022–2023, textiles and acrylic on cork with wood frame, 30.5 x 40.5 x 3.5 inches. Permanent collection of the National Academy of Sciences.

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]]> https://issues.org/mathemalchemy-ehrmann-archives/feed/ 0 Informing Decisionmakers in Real Time https://issues.org/informing-decisionmakers-sean-nasem-groves-bassett-backes-chiweshe/ https://issues.org/informing-decisionmakers-sean-nasem-groves-bassett-backes-chiweshe/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40312 Near the end of April 2020, Alondra Nelson, then the president of the Social Science Research Council, wrote an essay announcing the launch of Council “initiatives that propose answers to the question,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/informing-decisionmakers-sean-nasem-groves-bassett-backes-chiweshe/feed/ 0 Environmental Apparitions https://issues.org/environmental-apparitions-gulf-ballengee-gallery/ https://issues.org/environmental-apparitions-gulf-ballengee-gallery/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40882 Brandon Ballengée, SOS Humpback Black Seadevil Anglerfish, 2023, salvaged latex house paint on thrifted cotton bed sheets, 77 x 96 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Various Small Fires, Los Angeles,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/environmental-apparitions-gulf-ballengee-gallery/feed/ 0 When the Energy Transition Comes to Town https://issues.org/energy-transition-analytical-tools-miles-combemale-karplus/ https://issues.org/energy-transition-analytical-tools-miles-combemale-karplus/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40302 In July 2023, Homer City, Pennsylvania, saw its coal-fired power plant deactivated, only three months after the community got word of the impending closure. With the plant being the state’s largest generating… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/energy-transition-analytical-tools-miles-combemale-karplus/feed/ 0 Finding a Greener Future Beneath the Surface of Petroleum Science and Engineering https://issues.org/petroleum-geosciences-engineering-energy-transition-sorkhabi-deo/ https://issues.org/petroleum-geosciences-engineering-energy-transition-sorkhabi-deo/#respond Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40306 Even though oil prices have rebounded since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, undergraduate enrollment in petroleum engineering has fallen by 75% since 2014, disrupting a long-standing trend linking petroleum program enrollments… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/petroleum-geosciences-engineering-energy-transition-sorkhabi-deo/feed/ 0 How Will Carbon Capture Transform Port Arthur, Texas? https://issues.org/carbon-capture-port-arthur-texas-energy-transition-baurick/ https://issues.org/carbon-capture-port-arthur-texas-energy-transition-baurick/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40309 Hilton Kelley says you can understand a whole lot about his hometown from the top of City Hall.

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]]> https://issues.org/carbon-capture-port-arthur-texas-energy-transition-baurick/feed/ 0 Your Money or Your Life https://issues.org/capitalizing-cure-roy-review-cook-deegan/ https://issues.org/capitalizing-cure-roy-review-cook-deegan/#respond Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40276 Victor Roy’s Capitalizing a Cure is not a beach read. Its 136 pages of text are a dense, thoroughly researched analysis of drug discovery and development, a deep dive into how the… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/capitalizing-cure-roy-review-cook-deegan/feed/ 0 Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains https://issues.org/semiconductor-supply-chains-berger-khan-schrank-fuchs-forum/ https://issues.org/semiconductor-supply-chains-berger-khan-schrank-fuchs-forum/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40757 Global supply chains, particularly in technologies of strategic value, are undergoing a remarkable reevaluation as geopolitical events weigh on the minds of decisionmakers across government and industry. The rise of an aggressive… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/semiconductor-supply-chains-berger-khan-schrank-fuchs-forum/feed/ 0 Inviting Millions Into the Era of Quantum Technologies https://issues.org/quantum-technologies-workforce-dudley-brazil/ https://issues.org/quantum-technologies-workforce-dudley-brazil/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40296 Quantum technologies involving sensing, networking, and computing are beginning to transform areas as diverse as health, geology, astrophysics, materials science, and finance. Building on decades of work in theoretical and experimental quantum… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/quantum-technologies-workforce-dudley-brazil/feed/ 0 An Epic Battle Against Polluters https://issues.org/paper-valley-allen-campbell-review/ https://issues.org/paper-valley-allen-campbell-review/#respond Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40272 When we think about the evolution of environmental policy, many of us tend to imagine congressional committee wrangling, Sierra Club activists trying to out-hustle coal industry lobbyists, and competing policy briefs from… Read More

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