AAAS Contributes to Recommendations Regarding Science Advice for the Next U.S President

How should the next U.S President ensure the highest quality science advice to help guide White House decisions related to such critical issues as energy and the environment, national security, and competitiveness?Earlier this year, AAAS Science and Policy Programs Director Albert Teich and AAAS Chief International Officer Vaughan Turekian joined an array of other experts in discussions that resulted in a new report: Critical Upgrade: Enhanced Capacity for White House Science and Technology Policymaking, which was released 17 June by the Woodrow Wilson Center, regarding science advice for the next U.S administration.

By AAAS, USA.

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U.S. President's 2009 Biodefense Budget Proposal Calls for Overall Growth, But Some Cuts

U.S. hospitals have dramatically improved their ability to respond to biosecurity threats since the 2001 terrorist attacks. Yet, the number of hospital beds and emergency departments continues to decline, and many hospitals remain unprepared for either deliberate attacks or major disease outbreaks.

By AAAS, USA.

Technology Policy Resource.

Experts Say States, Foundations and Financiers Attempting to Fill the U.S. Innovation Policy Vacuum

In China, R&D investment is growing at a breathtaking rate. In Finland, three established universities that focused on design, business management and technology have been combined into an "innovation university." Singapore has a life sciences initiative that will one day employ thousands of researchers from throughout the world. Australia and the United Kingdom each have established innovation ministries.

By AAAS, USA.

Technology Policy Resource.

Researchers Resurrect Extinct Judean Date Palm Tree from 2,000-Year-Old Seed

In the foreboding, cliff-side fortress of Masada some 2,000 years ago, Jewish Zealots savored sweet dates from Judean palm trees, gazed at the Dead Sea, and perhaps spit seeds onto the palace floor while Roman invaders converged below. Now, researchers led by Dr. Sarah Sallon of Jerusalem's Louis L. Borick Natural Medicine Research Center, part of the Hadassah Medical Organization, have brought an extinct date palm back to life, by resurrecting the oldest seed ever.

By AAAS, USA.

Technology Policy Resource.