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Seabed sabotage, germanium, and the future of American digital power
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this piece that makes the argument that it’s not solely the vulnerability of undersea cables that constrains U.S. digital and military power, but China’s leverage over ....
January 23, 2026
Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years old and big enough to supply NYC for 800 years
Brandon Dugan, associate department head, professor of geophysics and Baker Hughes Chair in Petrophysics and Borehole Geophysics, discusses his research on a body of fresh water buried beneath the ocean.
January 21, 2026
‘An incredibly harsh environment’: Why seizing Greenland doesn’t mean securing its minerals
Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, says that Greenland is just one of many countries across the globe that have abundant critical mineral resources.
January 21, 2026