Sentences with phrase «potential dual use»

China has banned exports of items to North Korea with potential dual use in weapons of mass destruction, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday.

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The Asan report said its trading of goods that could qualify as potential military and nuclear dual - use products under U.S. export restrictions were of particular concern.

The official declined to elaborate, but experts say providing the $ 930 Samsung phone could violate U.N. sanctions that ban the sale of luxury items and electronics with a potential «dual» commercial and military use.

The potential for China to acquire cutting - edge European technology or convert critical infrastructure investments into strategic assets — including the potential for dual - use of assets such as ports — might also pose long - term challenges to U.S. interests, especially as U.S. - China competition intensifies.

A spokesperson for the journal's publisher, PLOS, wrote in an email that a committee on «dual use research of concern» at the journal unanimously agreed that the benefits of publication, including «the potential improvements in vaccine development» outweighed the risks.

Our study reveals a family of endonucleases that use dual - RNAs for site - specific DNA cleavage and highlights the potential to exploit the system for RNA - programmable genome editing.

The authors caution that more precise measures of when, why and how e-cigarette use was initiated and how it is continuing are needed, and that such questions as well as longitudinal cohort studies may help researchers and policymakers better understand issues such as dual use, exclusive e-cigarette use and e-cigarette use as a potential cessation aid.

It asked a number of questions about how the government reviews potential «dual - use research of concern» (DURC) that might be used for good or evil.

Using responses and anecdotes provided by over 600 respondents, they identify key issues and roadblocks faced by dual career couples and provide potential solutions to some of these roadblocks.

Hunters is perhaps most notable for pushing the DS to its maximum potential both graphically and through innovative use of the touch screen, easily establishing it as one of the best handheld first - person shooter experiences produced for the dual - screened system.

But the company says in the press release they are «keen to gauge the reactions of buyers and media, since pickup trucks are one of the biggest volume segments in the U.S.» Source: Volkswagen Press Release is on Page 2 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS TANOAK PICKUP CONCEPT MAKES WORLD DEBUT AT THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW A dual - cab, short - bed pickup truck, the Tanoak concept shows the flexibility of the award - winning MQB platform Based on an extended wheelbase Atlas, the Tanoak is 214.1 inches long and has nearly 10 inches of ground clearance Interior is marked by digitalized instrumentation and controls, with sport seating Innovative features include a movable cargo rail over the bed Volkswagen's U.S. produced Atlas SUV has the potential to grow into a model family Vehicle uses 276 - horsepower V6 engine with 4MOTION ® all - wheel - drive system Wolfsburg / New York (March 28, 2018)-- The Volkswagen Atlas Tanoak pickup truck concept makes its world debut today at the New York International Auto Show.

Using a hinged pair of 5.5 - inch screens, the Sony S2 offers the pocket - size portability of a phone, the total screen size of a tablet, and the dual - screen potential of a Nintendo DS.

Those are just two examples of student loan forgiveness being used as a solution to a problem, showing that student loan forgiveness has the potential to serve a dual purpose.

France and Japan, on the other hand, routinely extract and reprocess plutonium for reuse as reactor fuel, but the dual - use potential of this process has led Holdren and his coauthors to recommend a «once - through fuel cycle» in which the spent fuel is not reprocessed, but instead goes directly into a storage repository.

«ABRs often appeal to individuals interested in planning for potential care needs of the future with a dual - purpose product that eliminates the «use it or lose it» risk of traditional long - term care insurance.

Libon's dual nature — a potential Joyn front - end and a platform in its own right — has turned it into both a handy tool for use within the Orange group and a key to partnerships with other, non-Orange operators.

Dual camera configurations have the potential to help map our our environments, which could be used for superior tracking in virtual or augmented reality spaces in the not too distant future.