Issues in Science and Technology articles from September 2001

Issues in Science and Technology archives from September 2001

Improving the military.
September 22, 2001... The Army is in the midst of a fundamental transformation to meet the challenges of the 21st century operational environment. In the not-too-distant future, we will rely on new equipment with significantly improved capabilities derived from...

New limits on funding of stem cell research questioned.
September 22, 2001... In the wake of President Bush's decision to allow federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, although only on the 64 stem cell lines that existed before August 9, 2001, many scientists and policymakers are questioning the adequacy...

UN forges program to combat illicit trade in small arms.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Since the early 1990s, a global network of arms control groups, humanitarian aid agencies, United Nations (UN) bodies, and concerned governments have been working to adopt new international controls on the illicit trade in small arms and light...

The Info/Biotech Connection.
September 22, 2001... Federal research funding should reflect the reality that many biomedical innovations have roots in the physical sciences and engineering. Although wide agreement exists that information technology (IT) and biotechnology will be the primary...

From Genomics and Informatics to Medical Practice.
September 22, 2001... Sensible regulation and effective use of information technology are essential to reaping the benefits of this scientific revolution. Biomedical research is being fundamentally transformed by developments in genomics and informatics, and...

U.S. Economic Growth in the Information Age.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... We're beginning to understand what fueled growth in the late 1990s, but there is much remaining to be explored. The resurgence of the U.S. economy from 1995 to 1999 outran all but the most optimistic expectations. It is not surprising that...

The Skills Imperative: Talent and U.S. Competitiveness.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... The nation must do more to give people the skills they will need in our evolving economy. Is there anything fundamentally "new" about the economy? With the benefit of hindsight, we know that predictions about the demise of the business...

The Advanced Technology Program: It Works.
September 22, 2001... This government-industry partnership program has proven its success. Now Congress and the president should provide stable financial support. Elizabeth Downing is pursuing a dream. Her small company, 3D Technology Laboratories, which she...

Repositioning the Advanced Technology Program.
September 22, 2001... ATP should be refocused to better fill a major gap in the nation's innovation system. The Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program (ATP) has been the lighting rod of U.S. civilian technology policy during the past decade. Consider...

Striking a New Deal on Climate Change.
September 22, 2001... The Bonn accord has given the United States the leverage to rewrite its short-term obligations and to lead the way to a long-term energy revolution. Eight months after the international community's startling failure in The Hague to agree...

A New Approach to Managing Fisheries.
September 22, 2001... A rights-based system could help rebuild industry profits as well as fishing stocks. Most commercial fisheries in the United States suffer from overfishing or inefficient harvesting or both. As a result, hundreds of millions of dollars in...

Improving U.S.-Russian Nuclear Cooperation.
September 22, 2001... Joint efforts to improve nuclear security are endangered by other political disputes. We must maintain the pace of progress. Anticipating that nuclear proliferation problems might erupt from the disintegration of the Soviet Union a decade...

NetPolicy.Com.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Blumenthal, Marjory S. NetPolicy.Com, by Leslie David Simon. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2000, 442 pages. Public policy about, for, and because of the Internet is hot. The growth of the Internet and its uses and...

World War I Aircraft Detection.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Within days of U.S. entry into World War I in April 1917, the Navy requested the National Research Council's help in developing a method for detecting and locating aircraft. The Research Council passed the problem along to George W. Stewart,...