http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/security-studies.html Security studies and military headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/security-studies.html 88 31 Tue, 3 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/3q-tsipis-0203.html In this installment of "3 Questions" Kosta Tsipis, former director of MIT's Program in Science and Technology for International Security, discusses the threats posed by nuclear proliferation. Tue, 3 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/3q-tsipis-0203.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/election-vote-1027.html As part of a News Office series in the run-up to the Nov. 4 presidential election, Charles Stewart III, the Kenan Sahin (1963) Distinguished Professor of Political Science and head of MIT's Department of Political Science, examines issues of voting security. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/election-vote-1027.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/smell-0929.html MIT biological engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the lab, paving the way for the creation of "artificial noses." Such devices could be used to detect drugs and explosives as well as to understand the molecular basis of smell. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/smell-0929.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/detector-tt0924.html U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents might benefit from technology developed by an MIT professor, which could enable screeners to examine the contents of a cargo container for radiological or nuclear material without having to open the container. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/detector-tt0924.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/foreign-adv-0916.html Tough questions confronting the next American president will be discussed by MIT scholars from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, in a roundtable discussion on "Foreign Policy and the Next U.S. Administration: America's Defining Moment." Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/foreign-adv-0916.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fallon-0902.html He has been in all the world's hot spots in the last 40 years -- both as soldier and commander -- and now Admiral William J. Fallon brings his hands-on experience and wide-ranging knowledge to MIT's Center for International Studies. Tue, 2 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fallon-0902.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/security-0827.html In response to the chronic cyber threat of hackers, MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are developing a software tool to identify the most vulnerable points in a computer network, allowing administrators to focus on those rather than the whole network. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/security-0827.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lincoln-satellite-0728.html The enhanced capabilities of a new global satellite communications system were successfully tested recently by MIT Lincoln Laboratory, representing a major step forward in improving U.S. Department of Defense communications around the world. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lincoln-satellite-0728.html