Has NIH Lost Its Halo? Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/31-2/ The best minds on the most important topics. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:08:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Has NIH Lost Its Halo? Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/31-2/ 32 32 Forum – Winter 2015 https://issues.org/forum-11/ https://issues.org/forum-11/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=12400 Immigration reform
In “Streamlining the Visa Immigration Systems for Scientists and Engineers” (Issues, Fall 2014), Albert H. Teich articulates very well many of the arguments for making the U.S. visa… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/forum-11/feed/ 0 Has NIH Lost Its Halo? https://issues.org/has-nih-lost-its-halo/ https://issues.org/has-nih-lost-its-halo/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=12414 After decades of strong budget growth, the National Institutes of Health now faces an increasingly constrained funding environment and questions about the value of its research.

Robert Cook-Deegan discusses his article.
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]]> https://issues.org/has-nih-lost-its-halo/feed/ 0 The Battle for the Soul of Conservation Science https://issues.org/kloor/ https://issues.org/kloor/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=12622 Annual scientific gatherings can be sleepy affairs, with their succession of jargon-laden PowerPoint presentations. But there was a nervous buzz at the start of the 2014 conference of the Western Society of… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/kloor/feed/ 8 Nuclear Power for the Developing World https://issues.org/abdulla/ https://issues.org/abdulla/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=12640

Small modular reactors may be attractive in many developing nations. Here is a blueprint for how to build them efficiently and ensure maximum safety.


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]]> https://issues.org/abdulla/feed/ 0 Give Genetic Engineering Some Breathing Room https://issues.org/miller-5/ https://issues.org/miller-5/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=12653 Government regulations are suffocating applications that promise much public benefit. Fixes are available, if society and policymakers would only pay heed to science.

New genetic engineering techniques that are more precise and… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/miller-5/feed/ 1 Oh, the Humanities! https://issues.org/books-2/ https://issues.org/books-2/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=12760 One of the side effects of the financial implosion of 2008 has been an explosion of books bemoaning the demise of the American model of liberal arts education. Given that a college… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/books-2/feed/ 0 Closing the Energy-Demonstration Gap https://issues.org/closing-the-energy-demonstration-gap-2/ https://issues.org/closing-the-energy-demonstration-gap-2/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=12794 A regional approach to demonstrating the commercial potential of major new energy technologies would open up new opportunities for accelerating innovation.

The high costs and risks of demonstrating new clean energy technologies… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/closing-the-energy-demonstration-gap-2/feed/ 0 Daring to Lead: Bringing Full Diversity to Academic Science and Engineering https://issues.org/perspectives-daring-to-lead-bringing-full-diversity-to-academic-science-and-engineering/ https://issues.org/perspectives-daring-to-lead-bringing-full-diversity-to-academic-science-and-engineering/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=12892 Academic science and engineering education in the United States has become more open and diverse, but science policy officials and higher education leaders should not spend too much time on self-congratulation. The… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/perspectives-daring-to-lead-bringing-full-diversity-to-academic-science-and-engineering/feed/ 0 University Proof of Concept Centers: Empowering Faculty to Capitalize on Their Research https://issues.org/perspectives-3/ https://issues.org/perspectives-3/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=12895 In March 2011, President Barack Obama announced the creation of a Proof of Concept Center (PoCC) program as part of the i6 Green Challenge to promote clean energy innovation and economic growth,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/perspectives-3/feed/ 0 From the Hill – Winter 2015 https://issues.org/from-the-hill-3/ https://issues.org/from-the-hill-3/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=12898 “From the Hill” is adapted from the newsletter Science and Technology in Congress, ­published by the Office of Government Relations of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (www.aaas.org… Read More

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