The hundreds of millions of dollars that the IRA invests in environmental-data collection and analysis will serve as critical scaffolding to efficiently guide federal spending on environmental initiatives in the near future.
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If we want to keep America at the forefront of scientific discovery, we need to make sure that we are constantly replenishing our pool of scientists with the best and brightest minds.
Read CHIPS and Science Highlights: Developing a Scientific Workforce of the Future
Many aspects of the CHIPS and Science Act have gotten significant attention, but one potentially consequential section for U.S. science has been almost wholly overlooked: a requirement that the U.S. government establish a national science and technology strategy.
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Three new programs, NSF Engines, Tech Hubs and Recompete, plus existing programs like BBBRC and GJC, represent a massive proposed investment in building regional innovation clusters.
Read CHIPS and Science Highlights: Regional InnovationTo help catalyze innovation in the health and biomedical sciences, research and development (R&D) paradigms with a track record of producing ‘moonshot’-scale breakthroughs – such as the Advanced…
Read moreThe field of synthetic biology has enormous potential for constructively impacting society, already contributing products such as drugs, food ingredients, and living fertilizers. As the field continues to develop,…
Read moreThose persons who have authorized access to classified information that they believe is improperly classified are “encouraged and expected” to challenge the classification of that information (…
Read moreJust a small group of nationally-ranked universities are awarded the majority of federal research funding. In 2018, a study found that out of…
Read moreThe world will be “increasingly out of balance and contested at every level” over the next twenty years due to the pressures of demographic, environmental, economic and technological change,…
Read moreA properly trained soldier can distinguish a vegetarian from a meat-eater based on their smell, a new Army publication says, since “different diets produce different human odors.”…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen The first public release of New START aggregate numbers since the United States and Russia in February extended the agreement for five years…
Read moreThe amount of content posted on social media platforms is increasing at a dramatic rate, and so is the portion of that content that is false or misleading.
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