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Maintenance, Modernization & Modules | U.S. Naval Institute

Maintenance, Modernization & Modules | U.S. Naval Institute

The key to rebuilding and retaining naval readiness? Take greater advantage of the Military Sealift Command f…

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Keep the U.S. Naval station at Gitmo open

Keep the U.S. Naval station at Gitmo open

President Obama's decision to renew diplomatic ties with Cuba caused many to wonder what it bodes for the fut…

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Heeding the call to service

Heeding the call to service

Last month I went back to the Naval Academy, my alma mater of 27 years, to attend ship selection night, an an…

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Stability in the Arctic: Dancing with Polar Bears

Stability in the Arctic: Dancing with Polar Bears

Whether you believe the East Coast of the United States will be flooded out in the next 90 years, or that cli…

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ISIS and the Principles of War | RealClearDefense

ISIS and the Principles of War | RealClearDefense

Ever since the Chinese military philosopher Sun Tzu outlined principles required for the conduct of war in th…

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Right-sizing the United States Navy

Right-sizing the United States Navy

Late one September evening in 1779, Captain Richard Pearson of the British Royal Navy stared from the deck of…

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A halogen-bonding foldamer molecular film for selective reagentless anion sensing in water

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By Bob Hein, Arseni Borissov, Martin Smith, Paul D. Beer
| Royal Society of Chemistry Verified
A halogen-bonding foldamer molecular film for selective reagentless anion sensing in water We describe self-assembled monolayers of novel halogen-bonding and hydrogen-bonding foldamer receptors capable of selectively recruiting perrhenate, iodide and thiocyanate in water. Unprecedented anion sensing via impedance-derived capacitance spectroscopy enables sensitive and selective anion detection without the need for a redox probe.
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Using Video Games to Crowdsource Scientific and Intellectual Work

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By Bob Hein
| ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
Video games have come a long way since their early days on the Atari 2600. Once perceived as a niche hobby, gaming has evolved into an entertainment and cultural juggernaut that-not surprisingly-now weighs heavily on the minds of parents, educators, scholars, and designers. Are games becoming too violent? What technical and soft skills are games teaching—or not teaching-their players? Should classrooms themselves be gamified?
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Options to Counter Piracy in the Horn of Africa | RealClearDefense

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By Bob Hein
| RealClear Defense
Captain Robert N. Hein (U.S. Navy, Retired) was a career Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy. He previously commanded the USS Gettysburg (CG-64) and the USS Nitze (DDG-94). He can be found on Twitter @the_sailor_dog. Claude Berube teaches at the United States Naval Academy, was a 2004 Brookings Institution LEGIS Congressional Fellow and a 2010 Maritime Security Studies Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. He can be found on Twitter @cgberube.
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