Making College Affordable Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/26-4/ The best minds on the most important topics. Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:33:24 +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 Making College Affordable Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/26-4/ 32 32 Archives – Summer 2010 https://issues.org/archives-51/ https://issues.org/archives-51/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/archives-51/ Penwald 2: 8 Circles
A Performance by Tony Orrico
Performance artist Tony Orrico presented his latest work, Penwald 2: 8 Circles in the Atrium of the Keck Center on May 20, 2010.… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/archives-51/feed/ 0 Science and the Entrepreneurial University https://issues.org/atkinson-6/ https://issues.org/atkinson-6/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/atkinson-6/ During the second half of the 20th century, research universities in the United States remade themselves into an important engine of the modern economy. Everyone has heard of the technological miracles wrought… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/atkinson-6/feed/ 0 A Cell’s Life https://issues.org/br_fost/ https://issues.org/br_fost/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/br_fost/ Here’s a simple statement most Americans would agree with. If tissue removed during an operation is about to be thrown out with the garbage and has no identifying information, it should be… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/br_fost/feed/ 0 Tracking E-health https://issues.org/br_shortliffe/ https://issues.org/br_shortliffe/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/br_shortliffe/ When I recently moved to a new city and had to identify a primary care provider and health system, I decided to rule out any physician or provider organization that lacked the… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/br_shortliffe/feed/ 0 Book Review: Futurama https://issues.org/br_wachs/ https://issues.org/br_wachs/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/br_wachs/ It goes without saying that most Americans love their cars. Yet today there is a great deal of debate about the appropriate future role of the automobile. For decades, cars have been… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/br_wachs/feed/ 0 Critical Minerals and Emerging Technologies https://issues.org/eggert/ https://issues.org/eggert/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/eggert/ The periodic table is under siege. Or at least that is what one might imagine after hearing some of the cries of alarm that have begun echoing across the United States. We… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/eggert/feed/ 0 Personal Health Records: Why Good Ideas Sometimes Languish https://issues.org/etzioni/ https://issues.org/etzioni/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/etzioni/ At first blush it would seem that maintaining a personal health record (PHR) has many merits. Almost everyone would want to have health information about themselves readily available in a digital format… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/etzioni/feed/ 0 Bringing U.S. Roads into the 21st Century https://issues.org/ezell/ https://issues.org/ezell/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/ezell/ Information technology (IT) has transformed many industries, from education to health care to government, and is now in the early stages of transforming countries’ transportation systems. Although many think that improving a… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/ezell/feed/ 0 Forum – Summer 2010 https://issues.org/forum-summer-2010/ https://issues.org/forum-summer-2010/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/forum-57/ Standards for synthetic biology

Jonathan B. Tucker is helping to track the emerging field of synthetic biology in writing “Double-Edged DNA: Preventing the Misuse of Gene Synthesis” (Issues, Spring 2010… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/forum-summer-2010/feed/ 0 From the Hill – Summer 2010 https://issues.org/hill-53/ https://issues.org/hill-53/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/hill-53/ House votes to reauthorize America COMPETES Act

Despite strong Republican opposition, the House on May 28 approved the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 by a 262 to 150 vote. The legislation… Read More

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