Research and Development

Why Leadership and CSR Are Tightly Aligned

Jon Carson | Posted 05.25.2012

Jon Carson

Leadership and corporate social responsibility are two separate issues that are increasingly talked about, though rarely in the same sentence. But you can't have one without the other.

The "Best Hope" for AIDS Vaccine Advocacy

Mitchell Warren | Posted 05.17.2012

Mitchell Warren

If the world acts with strategy and speed to implement the proven and emerging options, the epidemic should be on a measurable downward trajectory over the next five to ten years. Why, then, do we still need an AIDS vaccine? Because we want to end the epidemic.

John Celock

Lawmakers 'Hijack' Business Bill With Abortion Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.15.2012

The Republican-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives Tuesday adopted a measure placing a 24-hour waiting period on abortions as part of a ...

Helping Teachers Self-Experiment Could Boost Learning

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 04.08.2012

Tom Vander Ark

We need an order of magnitude increase in education R&D. The recent increase in venture capital is overdue.

The Only Job a War Industry CEO Cares About: His Own

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 12.25.2011

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

CEOs of the biggest military contracting corporations published a report today that has absolutely no use in predicting the actual economic effects of cuts to the military budget.

Washington Must Walk the Talk: "Make It in America" Must Move From Slogan to Solutions

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 12.12.2011

Rep. Mike Honda

We might not be able to match the incentives offered by our trading partners dollar-for-dollar, but we can make the choice competitive enough that we can leverage the inherent advantages that our country still offers.

Patients Need Discoveries Translated to New Therapies

Margaret Anderson | Posted 12.05.2011

Margaret Anderson

Despite our strong national commitment to medical research, the advances achieved in basic science are not being translated into new therapies, better prevention strategies and cures fast enough.

Turning Science Into Startups: NSF Launches Innovation Corps

Steve Blank | Posted 09.27.2011

Steve Blank

The NSF has announced the Innovation Corps -- a program to take the most promising research projects in American university laboratories and turn them into startups.

Agricultural Innovation to Feed the World

Paul Schickler | Posted 09.20.2011

Paul Schickler

Recently, China purchased unexpected quantities of corn, boosting corn prices in the United States. This is not only good for American farmers. Those ...

Knowledge Never Goes Out of Style: Resources and Research to Build New Old Technology

The New York Public Library | Posted 08.22.2011

The New York Public Library

World fairs are the cutting edge of where ideas that have become material are showcased. These exhibitions present to the world the future innovations that are going to affect and shape the lives of the participants.

Will Organized Labor Rally For Science... and Jobs

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

James M. Gentile

Science is not a special interest; it's a national interest. And it's time for organized labor -- as well as the business community -- to rally behind it.

Obama Aims To Transform America's "Rust-Belt" Into A "Tech-Belt"

John Dearborn | Posted 05.25.2011

John Dearborn

President Obama and his administration are doing what they need to do: shining the brightest spotlight possible on entrepreneurship as a solution to our nation's job crisis.

Kauffman Foundation: How To Jump Start America's Entrepreneurial Engine Without Spending

Robert E. Litan | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert E. Litan

The Rules for Growth can jump start America's entrepreneurial engine, paving the way for sustained growth in jobs and income -- all at little or no cost to taxpayers.

The Danger of Cutting Federal Science Funding

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Steven Cohen

Over the past two decades, I fear that we have reached a tipping point, where our top scientists are spending a larger and larger portion of their time raising funds and less and less time devoted to science.

William Alden

GOP Senators Supported Obama Tax Credit They Now Oppose

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

A group of ten Republican senators wrote to President Obama in February in support of the very tax credit program they now oppose, Bloomberg News repo...

7 Economic Stimulus Ideas

The Big Picture | Barry Ritholtz | Posted 05.25.2011

If you were going to give me a trillion dollars to stimulate the economy so that the next expansion could proceed, here's what I would do: ...

It's Time to Make R&D Tax Credit Permanent, Assure U.S. Remains World's Top Innovator

Brandon Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

Brandon Edwards

It's time to put questions about the future availability of the R&D credit to rest so that companies will stop discounting its value and take full advantage of it as a key driver of innovation.

In Defense of Bill Gates

Devon Swezey | Posted 05.25.2011

Devon Swezey

If we're going to deal with our energy and climate challenges, then both left and right need to take a cold hard look at the facts, instead of attacking Bill Gates for injecting a needed dose of realism into the climate debate.

Pay Nonprofits an "R&D" Fee

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Lewis

In truth, nonprofits, NGOs, charitable donors, foundations and governmental funding have, in large measure, built the platforms, distribution channels, infrastructure and research upon which for-profit social entrepreneurs depend.

New 'Excelsior' program will benefit all of New York

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 05.25.2011

Kathryn Wylde

The Buffalo News published this op-ed on June 28, 2010 Every region of New York State has a lot to gain from Albany's recent decision to adopt Gov. D...

Definition of Affordable

Richard Chin | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Chin

We believe we can develop drugs much less expensively than big pharma. We don't have some of the constraints they do, and at iOWH, and we have had a lot of success in driving costs down.

We Invest in Research, But What About Teaching?

Vikram Savkar | Posted 05.25.2011

Vikram Savkar

Who will perform meaningful scientific research tomorrow, if sufficient numbers and a diversity of students are not well trained and guided through the education pipeline to the laboratory bench?

Empire State of Security

Reshma Saujani | Posted 05.25.2011

Reshma Saujani

What's so disturbing about a bustling tech company in the middle of rural India? The danger is that the US today risks losing the high tech race to emerging economies.

Asia Challenges U.S. Innovation Leadership, New Report Shows

Teryn Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Teryn Norris

A major report released last week by the National Science Board concludes that U.S. global leadership in science and technology is declining as foreig...

Learning from the Nobel Prizes in Science

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

James M. Gentile

These awards speak volumes about the key role of immigration in American scientific leadership. As a nation, we have our work cut out for us, if we want to maintain scientific leadership.