eter aggressors and offer the chance to make war less destructive. There's a lesson here as well for the U.S. In an overlooked study in September, the National Research Council pointed out shortcomings in current American missile-defense strategy, saying the U.S. needs to do more to protect the homeland against long-range

terials science. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Whitesides also held advisory positions for many scientific organizations, including the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation. Awards • Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1968) • American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Pure Chemistry (1975

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