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Director, Research & Prospect Management (NYC)
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)

Reporting to the Director, Development Services & Collaborative Advancement and in partnership with development staff, the Director of Research & Prospect Management will play an integral role in developing cultivation and fundraising strategies for top prospects/donors and is...

"Big Bang" in Medicine and Engineering Requires Multidisciplinary Thinking


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"Big Bang" in Medicine and Engineering Requires Multidisciplinary Thinking

Dr. Elazer R. Edelman, director of the Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering Center, is an electrical engineer who became a cardiologist and went on to do path-breaking work on the use of stents, small mesh tubes placed in narrowed or weakened arteries for the treatment of heart disease. . .


By AAAS, USA.


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Science: Tiny, Winged Robots Show Agility in the Air


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Science: Tiny, Winged Robots Show Agility in the Air

Small, winged insects, like flies and honeybees, are capable of unique and agile flight maneuvers that allow them to avoid flyswatters and land upon flowers blowing in the wind. For this reason, their aerial prowess has been extremely difficult to reproduce in the laboratory. . .


By AAAS, USA.


Technology Policy Resource.

Science Magazine Prize Goes to High School Engineering Course


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Science Magazine Prize Goes to High School Engineering Course

A classroom approach that helps high school seniors analyze engineering disasters as though the students were professional investigators has been selected to win theScience Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction. . .


By AAAS, USA.


Technology Policy Resource.

AAAS Analysis Shows Uncertain Future for Federal R&D Spending


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AAAS Analysis Shows Uncertain Future for Federal R&D Spending

Spending cuts forced by the Budget Control Act, also known as sequestration, drove federal R&D spending for Fiscal Year 2013 down to 0.8 percent of GDP—the lowest level seen in 40 years. If sequestration continues, "it's quite likely that federal R&D as a share of GDP would drop below 0.8 percent for the first time in a very long time," said Matt Hourihan, director of the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program. . .


By AAAS, USA.


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