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Science, Technology and Policy for a Safer World

The Program on Science & Global Security uses technical and policy research, education and training to build a safer, more peaceful world.

Carnegie Corporation Awards SGS $750,000 Grant to Confront Rising Nuclear Weapon Threats

The grants supports the work of SGS to advance effective policies for nuclear arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament, and a safer and more peaceful world free of nuclear weapons.

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SGS VR Experience “The Nuclear Biscuit” Inspires Kurzgesagt Video "How A Nuclear War Will Start - Minute by Minute"

Inspired by the SGS VR experience The Nuclear Biscuit and supported by the SGS-based Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction, a new Kurzgesagt video had over two million views in the first 24 hours.

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SGS Maps Radioactive Fallout from U.S. Nuclear Weapon Tests, Beginning with July 1945 Trinity Test

SGS study estimates radioactive contamination from U.S. tests in New Mexico and Nevada, and offers marker for the start of the Anthropocene.

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What We Do

Nuclear

Reducing nuclear weapon dangers through arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament.

Fissile Materials

Ending production, use and stockpiling of the key ingredients for nuclear weapons.

Verification

Developing approaches and technologies to assess compliance with international nuclear treaties.

Regions

Preventing nuclear crises in the U.S.-NATO-Russian region, Middle East, South Asia and East Asia.

Space

Curtailing weaponization and military activities in space and advancing its use for peace and security.

Biotechnology

Strengthening protection from natural and human-caused diseases and dual-use biotechnology.

Cyber & AI

Controlling the risks from information technologies to international peace and security.

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