RAND Corporation

🏥 Saúde

19 de ago. de 2026

Personal Protective Equipment Prioritization and Demand

This report presents an occupation-based framework to estimate vital workforce size and personal protective equipment demand during a pandemic. An interactive dashboard supports scenario-based planning at the national, state, and regional levels

United States

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🏛️ Política

19 de ago. de 2026

Mirror Biology Research

The most pressing deficit in the mirror biology research landscape is the gap between its recognition as a governance challenge and the absence of a concerted effort to govern it; the authors develop a preliminary framework to close this gap

Global

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💻 Tecnologia

19 de ago. de 2026

Building a Defense-in-Depth Biosecurity Strategy for the AI Era

The authors develop a layered mitigation strategy for responding to the threat of misusing artificial intelligence–enabled biology. They examine mitigations’ strengths and weaknesses, describe areas of mutual reinforcement, and propose next steps

Global

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🏥 Saúde

18 de ago. de 2026

Virtual Culturally Grounded Interventions for Substance Use in Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Emerging Adults

This paper tests two culturally grounded virtual interventions for substance use among urban American Indian and Alaska Native emerging adults

United States

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🏥 Saúde

18 de ago. de 2026

Tobacco Dependency Treatment Services for People with Severe Mental Illness

The research highlights the importance of a tailored service for people with severe mental illness, but that additional metrics could be more broadly captured on service user outcomes and service costs

United States

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💼 Negócios

18 de ago. de 2026

Integrated Strategic Forecasting

The authors describe the combined methodology of integrated strategic forecasting, a new exploratory approach to futures and anticipatory planning that leverages the unique advantages of scenario planning and crowdsourced forecasting

Global

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👥 Sociedade

15 de ago. de 2026

"The Force Is in Our Union"

This study examines how a sample of Latino Catholic parishioners in eastern Los Angeles perceive their role in neighborhood change before and after participating in a park environmental advocacy training

United States

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👥 Sociedade

15 de ago. de 2026

Illegal Firearms Markets

This article examines illegal firearms markets in the United States, analyzing transaction patterns, the diversion of guns from legal commerce to criminal use, cross-border trafficking, and privately made firearms

United States

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📈 Economia

15 de ago. de 2026

Stability and Turbulence in Illegal Drug Markets

This article provides a primer on illegal drug markets, with a focus on the structure and nature of these markets and the enterprises involved

Global

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🌍 Geopolítica

14 de ago. de 2026

Exploring AI’s Operational Implications in a Future U.S.-China Conflict

The wargame Camp(ai)gn explores the military implications of artificial intelligence. This paper presents gameplay observations about how autonomous systems might shape the character of conflict, logic of escalation, and choices facing commanders

United States

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📚 Educação

13 de ago. de 2026

Modernizing Department of the Air Force Training and Education Approaches

Stackable certificate programs in artificial intelligence and advanced technologies could build technological fluency in U.S. Department of the Air Force critical missions and career fields and modernize existing professional military education

United States

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💼 Negócios

13 de ago. de 2026

Respirator Surge Manufacturing

Small and medium-sized enterprises stepped up production of personal protective equipment in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and could do so again if the conditions exist for them to remain viable, competitive, and surge ready

United States

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