Scientists can save nuclear arms control
Summary
February 2026 saw the end of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as New START, the last nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. Without limitations on nuclear weapons, what comes next? Can scientists step in, as they did in years past, to help stop the risk of nuclear war?
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# Scientists can save nuclear arms control
*Published: 2026 Mar 26*
February 2026 saw the end of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as
New START, the last nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and
Russia. Without limitations on nuclear weapons, what comes next? Can scientists
step in, as they did in years past, to help stop the risk of nuclear war?
DOI: 10.1126/science.aeh3556