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- 1From:Nature (Vol. 523, Issue 7560) Peer-ReviewedCountries have long tried to capitalize on scientific achievements by celebrating them as a source of national pride. From the state sponsorship of polar expeditions a century ago to the statements earlier this year...
- 2From:Nature (Vol. 526, Issue 7571) Peer-ReviewedWhat do scientists do for society? Some researchers may resent the increasing calls for them to demonstrate 'impact, but my time seconded to the UK Food Standards Agency as chief scientific adviser has convinced me that...
- 3From:Science (Vol. 295, Issue 5554) Peer-ReviewedEurope is presently undergoing a most exciting period of transition. Via a cobweb of changes, a large number of nations are moving toward creating a federation of states, the European Union (EU). It is possible that in...
- 4From:Science (Vol. 280, Issue 5369) Peer-ReviewedFor every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. (Late 20th-century folklore) For more than a century science and its occasionally ugly sister technology have been the chief driving forces shaping our...
- 5From:Advanced Materials & Processes (Vol. 155, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedDoubts still linger on whether the International Space Station will become a reality. The fears correlate with Congress' negative perceptions on the importance of the space station project. The future success of the...
- 6From:Science (Vol. 285, Issue 5425) Peer-ReviewedA World Conference on Science, held in Budapest, Hungary, was the first such conference in 20 years. Some 1,800 scientists, policy makers, and activists were in attendance and, although there were heated social and...
- 7From:American Scientist (Vol. 87, Issue 3)The increasing disregard for science and technology (S&T) by the US foreign policy establishment is a cause for concern. The growing influence of S&T over national security policy, international economic policy and...
- 8From:National Forum (Vol. 71, Issue 4)SA0016 In our post-industirial society, which relies heavily on continuous development of new, complex technology and strongly supports advances at the frontiers of science, issues of governance and policymaking have...
- 9From:Science (Vol. 249, Issue 4971) Peer-ReviewedEducation and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation IT IS NOW WIDELY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE NATION FACES A serious problem in science and engineering education and that we are not mobilizing the human...
- 10From:Science (Vol. 240, Issue 4850) Peer-ReviewedBreakthrough for Education at NSF? For the science and engineering education directorate at the National Science Foundation, the years of the Reagan Administration have followed a sort of Cinderella scenario. In 1981,...
- 11From:Science (Vol. 241, Issue 4868) Peer-ReviewedFunds Voted for NSF, NASA After allowing only for inflation in the current year, Congress has appropriated a funding increase for the National Science Foundation's core research account that could provide for some growth...
- 12From:Science (Vol. 238, Issue 4826) Peer-ReviewedProgress Report on NSF The National Science Foundation passed another milestone in this year's appropriations marathon when the Senate on 15 October approved the foundation's funding bill for 1988. The next step is a...
- 13From:Science (Vol. 258, Issue 5080) Peer-ReviewedCongress cut the budget requests for most science agencies for the fiscal year that began on 1 October, but it preserved big science projects from the ax The 102nd Congress plowed through a massive stack of...
- 14From:Science (Vol. 224) Peer-ReviewedParis. On 9 June, the leaders of the West's industrial nations informally took a small but significant step toward harmonizing their science and technology policies by endorsing the activities of the working groups that...
- 15From:Science (Vol. 233) Peer-ReviewedBiotech Guidelines Challenged by Rifkin The Administration's proposed regulatory policy on biotechnology is the subject of a new lawsuit filed by activist Jeremy Rifkin and of a congressional hearing to be held on i3...
- 16From:Science (Vol. 234) Peer-ReviewedElections Bring Some Financial Relief for British Scientists The British government, sensitive to increasing criticism of its parsimony toward both science and higher education, has decided to loosen the purse...
- 17From:Science (Vol. 263, Issue 5151) Peer-ReviewedA Carnegie Commission report on science, technology and Congressional procedures recommends major reforms in how the government allocates responsibility for science and technology investments. Under the existing...
- 18From:Science (Vol. 242, Issue 4876) Peer-ReviewedScience Policy GEORGE BUSH 1) Science advice. What will be the role and status of a science adviser in your administration? In particular, do you expect your science adviser to be a senior White House official, as...
- 19From:Science (Vol. 271, Issue 5246) Peer-ReviewedThe federal shutdown created a backlog in grant approvals for federally funded projects. Meetings with outside reviewers were cancelled, resulting in further delays. Lack of payments delayed work on existing projects....
- 20From:International Journal of Health Policy and Management (Vol. 7, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe current system of health technology development is characterised by multiple misalignments. The "supply" side (innovation policy-makers, entrepreneurs, investors) and the "demand" side (health policy-makers,...