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Issues in Science and Technology articles from March 1995
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Issues in Science and Technology archives from March 1995
The European model of research cooperation.
March 22, 1995... The United States can learn from Europe's trailblazing policies for multinational science.
Science is, and always has been, an international undertaking. In the past few decades, the cost of research has escalated, and the problems that...
In defense of the flat-panel display initiative.
March 22, 1995... Flat-panel displays (FPDs) will be the primary interface with the torrent of real-time data that will provide U.S. forces with a critical advantage on the battlefield of the future. The Department of Defense (DOD) does not currently have assured,...
Heading off a crisis in vaccine development.
March 22, 1995... An R&D partnership between industry and government is the best way to develop urgently needed new vaccines.
Vaccination is the single most cost-effective health intervention known to modern science - and public policy. Effective use of vaccines...
Medical innovation at the crossroads. (health care reforms)
March 22, 1995... The processes for developing new technologies must adapt to the dramatic restructuring of the health care system.
Last year's intense debate over the future of U.S. health care has subsided into an eerie silence. Despite the stalemate in public...
Recasting military roles and missions. (restructuring of the defense establishment)
March 22, 1995... Without a major restructuring, the Pentagon risks becoming the IBM of the early 21st century.
Not long after the 1991 Gulf War, some high-level executives from Xerox, AT&T, and IBM met with a group of senior Pentagon civilian officials and...
Technology policy for a global economy.
March 22, 1995... The United States should embrace, not restrict, cooperative technology development with foreigners.
The coming of the new Republican Congress has reopened the debate over the future of U.S. technology policy. Although there has been...
Nuclear nonproliferation: time to make it permanent. (1970 Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons)
March 22, 1995... We must seize the opportunity to extend indefinitely the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
On April 17, 1995, the more than 170 "states parties" to the 1970 Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will meet in New York to extend...
The elusive middle ground in environmental policy.
March 22, 1995... Although Republican bills go way too far, major changes in the nation's environmental laws are long overdue.
Forewarned isn't always fore-armed. Despite numerous warnings last year, the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Time to "green" U.S. farm policy. (environmental impact of farm subsidy programs)
March 22, 1995... Agricultural subsidies should be redirected toward solving the serious environmental problems caused by farming.
During the past decade, taxpayers have footed the bill for farm-subsidy programs to the tune of close to $15 billion per year, and...
Time to dump recycling?
March 22, 1995... Once considered a win-win policy, recycling often costs too much and is of dubious environmental value.
After decades of lobbying by environmentalists and extensive experience with voluntary programs, municipal solid waste recycling has...
Making Schools Work: Improving Performance and Controlling Costs.
March 22, 1995... Public fretting over the quality of U.S. schools has become something of a national pastime. An early indication of problems in the public schools came in 1966 with the release of the Coleman report, a sweeping statistical study of the...
R&D Collaboration on Trial: The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation.
March 22, 1995... With the start-up of the Micro-electronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) and the Semiconductor Research Corporation in 1982 and Sematech in 1987, the computer industry led the way to a marked increase in the scale and visibility of...
International Cooperation in Space: The Example of the European Space Agency.
March 22, 1995... Enhancing international cooperation is a central theme in space policy discussions around the globe. So it is useful to have this brief book about a particularly successful example of institutionalized space cooperation, the 14-country European...
The Keys to the Kingdom: The FS-X Deal and the Selling of America's Future to Japan.
March 22, 1995... Jeff Shear's highly readable, entertaining book about the controversial agreement between the United States and Japan to co-produce the FS-X fighter plane provides a thrilling account of the convoluted process of government-to-government...