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Jun 25, 2026

Can LLM Agents Select and Engage with Biological Tools? An Initial Biosecurity Assessment

Large language model agents are capable of performing initial interactions with biological tools (BTs), indicating that agents could lower expertise barriers for actors seeking to use BTs. Targeted testing of agent design capabilities is warranted.
Research

Jun 25, 2026

AI agents put offensive cyber within reach of novices: Comparing the performance of AI agents to humans in offensive cyber operations

Agentic AI models now enable non-experts to conduct advanced offensive cyberattacks. This study finds AI agents can autonomously breach complex systems rapidly, highlighting urgent needs for evolved defence and better cyber risk assessments.
Research

Jun 24, 2026

Alcohol-free and Low-Alcohol Beverage Consumption and Concurrent and Subsequent Alcohol Outcomes Among Young Adults

Found that alcohol-free and low-alcohol beverage use was associated with lower social drinking motives and a higher likelihood of alcohol abstention one year later among young adult drinkers in California.
Press

Jun 23, 2026

Nearly 5 Million U.S. Veterans Have Used Psilocybin Mushrooms, LSD or MDMA; Veterans' Policy Preferences Differ by Psychedelic Substance

An estimated 4.8 million U.S. veterans have used psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, or MDMA in their lifetime. About half of them are unsure about discussing their use with a VA doctor. Despite recent federal government investments in psychedelics research, VA policy remains unclear.
Research

Jun 23, 2026

U.S. Veterans and Psychedelics: Prevalence of Use and Policy Preferences

In this report, the authors present new data on U.S veterans’ use of specific psychedelic substances (such as psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, and ibogaine), their psychedelics policy preferences, and how these compare with nonveterans.
Research

Jun 18, 2026

What Is Collaborative Care? Reexamining the Principles of Collaborative Care Through Scaling to Complex Populations and Settings

This perspective argues that when principle-based models are scaled to complex populations and settings beyond those for which they were originally developed, the boundaries of the principles are strained.
Project

Jun 17, 2026

Wargaming the Home Front: Stress-Testing U.S. Homeland Defense

How can defense and civil authorities better coordinate and allocate scarce resources during large-scale domestic emergencies?
Research

Jun 17, 2026

A Latent Class Analysis of Clinical Complexity: Secondary Analysis of the Collaboration Leading to Addiction Treatment and Recovery from Other Stresses (CLARO) Randomized Trial

This study examined heterogeneity in baseline clinical complexity among participants in the CLARO trial and assessed whether the effects of collaborative care versus enhanced usual care differed across clinical complexity groups.
Research

Jun 17, 2026

Evaluation of Cohort 3 of Project imPACT: A Reentry Program in Los Angeles

This report presents findings about Project imPACT, a reentry program for adults who had been involved in the justice system that focused on holistic programs and approaches to expand access to behavioral health services and reduce recidivism.
Expert Insights

Jun 15, 2026

Verifiable Audit Trails for AI-Enabled Biological Design Tools: A Proposal for Verifiable Biodesign Logging

The authors propose a tamper-evident audit-trail framework using cryptographic signing to establish a trustworthy chain of custody that can be used with any artificial intelligence–enabled biological design tool.
Commentary

Jun 10, 2026

Rebuilding Trust in Global Biosecurity

Global capacity to sequence a new pathogen or deliver a vaccine is greater than ever. But mounting a coordinated response to future biosecurity threats will require a framework designed with geopolitics in mind.
Research

Jun 8, 2026

Generics in Medicaid Increased in Price and Shifted To Larger Manufacturers Amid 2022-2023 Amphetamine Shortage

We studied the impact of the 2022-2023 amphetamine shortage on spending, spending per prescription (i.e., prices), and dispensing of amphetamine products

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Can LLM Agents Select and Engage with Biological Tools? An Initial Biosecurity Assessment

AI agents put offensive cyber within reach of novices: Comparing the performance of AI agents to humans in offensive cyber operations

Alcohol-free and Low-Alcohol Beverage Consumption and Concurrent and Subsequent Alcohol Outcomes Among Young Adults

Nearly 5 Million U.S. Veterans Have Used Psilocybin Mushrooms, LSD or MDMA; Veterans' Policy Preferences Differ by Psychedelic Substance

U.S. Veterans and Psychedelics: Prevalence of Use and Policy Preferences

What Is Collaborative Care? Reexamining the Principles of Collaborative Care Through Scaling to Complex Populations and Settings

Wargaming the Home Front: Stress-Testing U.S. Homeland Defense

A Latent Class Analysis of Clinical Complexity: Secondary Analysis of the Collaboration Leading to Addiction Treatment and Recovery from Other Stresses (CLARO) Randomized Trial

Evaluation of Cohort 3 of Project imPACT: A Reentry Program in Los Angeles

Verifiable Audit Trails for AI-Enabled Biological Design Tools: A Proposal for Verifiable Biodesign Logging

Rebuilding Trust in Global Biosecurity

Generics in Medicaid Increased in Price and Shifted To Larger Manufacturers Amid 2022-2023 Amphetamine Shortage

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Why U.S.-China Cooperation Matters in the Fentanyl Crisis

Addressing Evolving Security Challenges in Latin America

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Can LLM Agents Select and Engage with Biological Tools? An Initial Biosecurity Assessment

AI agents put offensive cyber within reach of novices: Comparing the performance of AI agents to humans in offensive cyber operations

Alcohol-free and Low-Alcohol Beverage Consumption and Concurrent and Subsequent Alcohol Outcomes Among Young Adults

Nearly 5 Million U.S. Veterans Have Used Psilocybin Mushrooms, LSD or MDMA; Veterans' Policy Preferences Differ by Psychedelic Substance

U.S. Veterans and Psychedelics: Prevalence of Use and Policy Preferences

What Is Collaborative Care? Reexamining the Principles of Collaborative Care Through Scaling to Complex Populations and Settings

Wargaming the Home Front: Stress-Testing U.S. Homeland Defense

A Latent Class Analysis of Clinical Complexity: Secondary Analysis of the Collaboration Leading to Addiction Treatment and Recovery from Other Stresses (CLARO) Randomized Trial

Evaluation of Cohort 3 of Project imPACT: A Reentry Program in Los Angeles

Verifiable Audit Trails for AI-Enabled Biological Design Tools: A Proposal for Verifiable Biodesign Logging

Rebuilding Trust in Global Biosecurity

Generics in Medicaid Increased in Price and Shifted To Larger Manufacturers Amid 2022-2023 Amphetamine Shortage

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