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12/16/11
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Global R&D spending will increase in 2012 with continued strong
growth in emerging
economies and stable growth in established economies.
Apr 23 | News
As
cyber attacks worsen and the tactics employed by hackers grow more
nefarious, Congress is being asked to consider legislation to improve
defenses for government, municipal, and corporate networks. However, the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are applying
pressure from the other side, saying the rules would cost money without
improving risk.
Apr 4 | News
Why don't more women enter the male-dominated profession of engineering? Some observers have speculated it may be due to the difficulties of balancing a demanding career with family life. Others have suggested that women may not rate their own technical skills highly enough. However, a recent paper, based on a four-year study of female engineering students, offers a different story.
13 hours ago | News
Gasoline prices this summer could stay relatively steady provided that
an
already-tense Middle East doesn't flare up and nothing else happens to
disrupt
supplies, a Purdue
University economist
says.
15 hours ago | News
A new study by civil engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that using stiffer pavements on the nation's roads could reduce vehicle fuel consumption by as much as 3%—a savings that could add up to 273 million barrels of crude oil per year, or $15.6 billion at today's oil prices. This would result in an accompanying annual decrease in carbon dioxide emissions of 46.5 million metric tons.
May 18 | News
The
U.S. government has been pushing doctors to e-prescribe, in part
because it can be safer for patients. Now, more than a third of the
nation's prescriptions now are electronic, and starting this year,
holdouts will start to see cuts in their Medicare payments.
May 18 | News
Naval Research Laboratory scientists have obtained a first-ever measured altitude profile of a dim extreme-ultraviolet terrestrial airglow emission that provides vital information needed to test and improve the accuracy of advanced techniques for remote sensing of the daytime ionosphere. They have obtained this altitude profile using scans from the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS) experiment.
May 17 | News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
generally approves drug therapies faster and earlier than its
counterparts in Canada and Europe,
according to a new study by Yale University School of Medicine
researchers. The
study counters perceptions that the drug approval process in the U.S. is
especially slow.
May 17 | News
The
U.S. Army Research Laboratory-led Army ManTech program has achieved a
breakthrough in the ability to process thermoplastic-based composites for
use in the helmets of soldiers. The new material grades have produced
several types of head protection, each of which saves at least
one-quarter the weight and up to 35% higher tolerance from fragmenting
munitions.
May 16 | News
Starting
this week, U.S. Navy divers will be part of a multinational effort near
Estonia to help clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines left over from
as long ago as the First and Second World Wars. At the same time,
physicians are studying these divers and how gas molecules form in
humans who experience long periods deep underwater.
May 11 | News
Peratech is developing an electronic nose
using its Quantum
Tunnelling Composite (QTC) material. This new sensor technology detects
the
presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) very rapidly and can
recover
equally quickly, in a matter of seconds.
May 11 | News
Advisers
to government health regulators late Thursday recommended that they
approve sales of what would be the first new prescription weight-loss
drug in the U.S. in more than a decade, despite concerns over cardiac
risks.
May 11 | News
In recent years, scientists have been under scrutiny to
demonstrate the public relevance of their government-funded research. A
new
study from Rice University and Southern Methodist
University finds that women are much more involved in these outreach
efforts
than their male counterparts.
