Search results for information warfare

Optics & Photonics Apr 8, 2024

Atom interferometer charters Navy's inertial navigation path to reduce drift

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers have developed a patent-pending Continuous 3D-Cooled Atom Beam Interferometer derived from a patented cold and continuous beam of atoms to explore atom-interferometry-based ...

Ecology Mar 27, 2024

Sounds emanating from coral reefs found to change as the moon rises and sets

A pair of underwater researchers at the U.S. Navy's Naval Undersea Warfare Center, working with a colleague from the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, also in the U.S., has found that sounds emanating from coral ...

Plants & Animals Feb 21, 2024

Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll—scientists struggle to stop them

At the far end of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lies Kuaihelani—also known as Midway Atoll—a small set of islands home to the world's largest albatross colony. Over a million albatrosses return to Kuaihelani each ...

Archaeology Feb 19, 2024

History's crisis detectives: Using math and data to reveal why societies collapse—and clues about the future

American humorist and writer Mark Twain is believed to have once said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."

Cell & Microbiology Jan 10, 2024

The value of information gathering in phage–bacteria warfare

Phages, the viruses that infect bacteria, will pay a high growth-rate cost to access environmental information that can help them choose which lifecycle to pursue, according to a study.

Social Sciences Dec 11, 2023

Technologies like artificial intelligence are changing our understanding of war

Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely regarded as a disruptive technology because it has the potential to fundamentally alter social relationships. AI has affected how people understand the world, the jobs available in the ...

Social Sciences Dec 7, 2023

Disinformation is rampant on social media. A social psychologist explains the tactics used against you

Information warfare abounds, and everyone online has been drafted whether they know it or not.

Environment Nov 22, 2023

Climate conspiracy theories flourish ahead of COP28

Climate conspiracy theories are flourishing with lifestyle influencers joining in the misinformation war and scientists hounded on social media, researchers say, as pressure rises on leaders at the COP28 summit.

Plants & Animals Nov 14, 2023

Increased threat of conflict enhances mongoose pup survival: Study challenges long-held belief on reproductive success

Animal offspring may survive better when their groups are in greater conflict with rival factions, research from the University of Bristol has shown for the first time.

Political science Nov 8, 2023

How the pandemic is shaping US security policy

The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the most serious crises since the end of World War II, taking a staggering human and economic toll across the planet. As the world gets up again, groggily, like a punch-drunk fighter, it's ...

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