Science funding and policy

In 2004, the NRC released a workshop report about the future direction of the U.

Crime and Punishment in the Future Internet is an examination of the development and impact of digital frontier technologies (DFTs) such as Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of things, autonomous mobile robots, and blockchain on offending, crime control, the criminal justice system, and the discipline of criminology.

In the midst of several large cyberattacks in 2017, the European Commission adopted its multi-sector cybersecurity package in September of that same year.

This book explains why science and politics collide, why this is an especially critical problem at this precise time in U.

Transformative new technologies are reshaping economies and societies.

When science changes, how does public policy respond?

The Office of Science and Technology (OST) of the U.

Enlightened Zeal examines the fascinating history of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s involvement in scientific networks during the company’s two-hundred year chartered monopoly.

Science and art were not always two separate entities.

In June 2006, seventeen scientists and educators selected by the National Academies, the Academy of Sciences of Iran, and the Acadmie des Sciences of France held a workshop at the estate of the Fondation des Treilles in Toutour, France, to discuss issues concerning the role of science in the development of modern societies.

With digital media becoming ever more prevalent, it is essential to study policy and marketing strategies tailored to this new development.

Research in Medical and Biological Sciences covers the wide range of topics that a researcher must be familiar with in order to become a successful biomedical scientist.

Policy insider''s compelling argument to reorganise our efforts in science, diplomacy, and economics to tackle climate change five times faster.

Transformative new technologies are reshaping economies and societies.

The 2012 National Research Council report Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative highlighted the challenges of increasing national resilience in the United States.

This book completes a scientific life trilogy of books following on from the Hows (i.

This report is the proceedings of a July 2002 workshop of the Committee on AXXS 2002: A Workshop for Clinical Societies to Enhance Women's Contributions to Science and their Profession.

It is a curious situation that technologies we now take for granted have, when first introduced, so often stoked public controversy and concern for public welfare.

Competition policy-encompassing cartels, monopolies, mergers and state aid-is a hallmark of the European Union (EU).

The mission of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Physics Laboratory is to support U.

This report is the twelfth assessment of the National Institutes of Health National Research Service Awards program.

,The most fundamental difference between ,developing, and ,developed, societies is technology, in a broad yet specific sense,; so states the author of this important study, Liberation and Technology: Development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy.

Based on the deliberations of a high-level international conference, this report summarizes the presentations of an exceptional group of experts, convened by Intel's Chairman Emeritus Gordon Moore and SEMATECH's Chairman Emeritus William Spencer.

The United States economy relies on the productivity, entrepreneurship, and creativity of its people.

This book investigates the ways in which the mobile telephone has transformed societies around the world, bringing both opportunities and challenges.

Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work.

Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia is the summary of a 2013 conference convened by the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine of the National Research Council to discuss the current status of women of color in academia and explore the challenges and successful initiatives for creating the institutional changes required to increase representation of women of color at all levels of the academic workforce.

This book uncovers the many ways in which innovations and innovation system development policies have become crucial to development policy formation across Africa.

Issues involving science, technology, and health (STH) have moved to the forefront of the international diplomatic agenda.

A unique take on how to survive and thrive in the process your PhD, this is a book that stands out from the crowd of traditional PhD guides.

Experts believe that self-driving cars will be much safer than conventional cars.

The absence of water supply infrastructure is a critical issue that affects the sustainability of cities in the developing world and the quality of life of millions of people living in these cities.

In the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand.

Hark, Hark!

With digital media becoming ever more prevalent, it is essential to study policy and marketing strategies tailored to this new development.

The Nobel Prizes in natural sciences have developed to become a unique measure of scientific excellence.

Engineers know what they mean by the word technology.

Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States explores the role and impact of students and scholars on US educational institutions and the US economy.

An examination of poverty dynamics and developmental failure, shifting emphasis from development as control to development as coping strategy.

The book on the NCNR presents a general assessment of the Lab, followed by assessments of its facilities and personnel, its role as a user facility, and its science and technology.

In the midst of several large cyberattacks in 2017, the European Commission adopted its multi-sector cybersecurity package in September of that same year.

Explore how Western-trained Asian-born scientists'' return migrations are fueling and fueled by Asia''s rise in the global scientific field.

This book offers a social, political, and aesthetic critique of transhumanism and of the accelerating growth of scientific knowledge generally.

Ever since Singapore became independent in 1965, its leaders have invested tremendous efforts and resources to develop its economy in order to create jobs for its people and to support national development.

Despite decades of government, university, and employer efforts to close the gender gap in engineering, women make up only 11 percent of practicing engineers in the United States.

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Scientists, Engineers, and Mathematicians shows college and university faculty members how to draw on their disciplinary knowledge and teaching experience to investigate questions about student learning.

Innovation has been a major engine of American economic and societal progress.

This book is an everything-included approach to understanding drones, creating an organization around using unmanned aircraft, and outlining the process of safety to protect that program.

With regions and nations having formally fulfilled the ex ante conditionality, this book provides a first overall review of RIS3 policy processes, aiming to assess the consistency of the concept of smart specialization from an applied, policy-oriented perspective.

With thorough analysis and balanced reporting, Ghost Guns: Hobbyists, Hackers, and the Homemade Weapons Revolution is an essential resource for readers seeking to understand the rise of homemade firearms and future options for managing them.