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Forum – Summer 2012

Issues — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

National education standards
Martin West’s “Global Lessons for Improving U.S. Education” ( Issues, Spring 2012) reaffirms the importance of developing and implementing rigorous standards and transparent data-driven accountability in our… Read More

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What Makes U.S. Energy Consumers Tick?

Issues — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

On October 6, 1997, during the runup to the Kyoto Protocol negotiations in Japan later that year, President William J. Clinton described barriers to the adoption of energy-efficient technologies at a White… Read More

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From the Hill – Summer 2012

Issues — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

R&D funding receives some good news amid major uncertainty
Despite continuing calls from many in Congress to cut spending, the fiscal year (FY) 2013 appropriations process has generally been positive for a… Read More

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Eight Questions for Drug Policy Research

Issues — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Drug abuse—of licit and illicit drugs alike—is a big medical and social problem and attracts a substantial amount of research attention. But the most attractive and most easily fundable research topics are… Read More

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Decisionmaking, Transitions, and Resilient Futures

Issues — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

In early 2010, two major earthquakes hit the Western Hemisphere: a 7.0 magnitude quake southwest of Porte-au-Prince, Haiti (population 9.7 million), and an 8.8 temblor north of Concepción, Chile (population 17.1 million).… Read More

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Getting the Most Out of Electric Vehicle Subsidies

Issues — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

The electrification of passenger vehicles has the potential to address three of the most critical challenges of our time: Plug-in vehicles may produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions when powered by electricity instead… Read More

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U.S. Competitiveness: The Mexican Connection

Issues — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

A “giant sucking sound” was the memorable description made by presidential candidate Ross Perot during the 1992 campaign of the impact that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would have, as… Read More

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Valuing the Environment for Decisionmaking

Issues — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Making thoughtful decisions about environmental challenges that involve wide-ranging and potentially irreversible consequences is of profound importance for current and future human wellbeing. How much and how fast should greenhouse gas emissions… Read More

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The Small Business Innovation Research Program

Issues — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

The Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 created the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to stimulate technological innovation, to use small businesses of 500 or fewer employees to meet federal… Read More

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Data Deluge and the Human Microbiome Project

Issues — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

A specter is haunting science: the specter of data overload. All the powers of the scientific establishment have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this specter: the National Institutes of Health… Read More

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