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Innovations In Space Technology Are Still Key

James M. Gentile | Posted 11.07.2011 | Technology
Read More: Spectrawatt, Nasa, Scialog, Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, Biosphere 2, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, The New York Times, Mars, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Cornell, Evergreen Solar, Amazon.com, Solar Energy, San Francisco Chronicle, Fablevision, Peter H. Reynolds, Mars Rover Opportunity, Solyndra, Technology News
James M. Gentile

Innovation in space technology is still key to U.S. scientific and economic preeminence; space has been primarily America's frontier for 50 years and should remain so.

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"Collaboration Within Competition" Is Key to American Technological Innovation

James M. Gentile | Posted 10.04.2011 | Technology
Read More: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Consortium for Science, Scialog, University of California Berkeley, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, The New York Times, Policy and Outcomes, Center for the Future of Arizona, Nobel Prize, Arizona State University, Solar Energy, John Markoff, Cottrell Scholar Award, Technological Innovation, Cottrell Scholars Collaborative, Sybil Francis, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Ernest O. Lawrence, Technology News
James M. Gentile

As Research Corporation for Science Advancement prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary next year (as America's oldest foundation dedicated wholly...

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The Leadership of Gabrielle Giffords

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: University of Arizona Medical Center, Joaquin Ruiz, Scialog, House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, Solar Energy Conversion, U.S. House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee, Biosphere 2, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Tucson, University of Arizona, Roger Angel, Arizona, College of Science, Dr. Arun Majumdar, Arpa-E, Gabrielle Giffords, Solar Power, Kavli Prize, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Politics News
James M. Gentile

As we pray for Congresswoman Giffords, we think of her not only as a cherished friend but as a valued leader, whose vision, intellect, drive and enthusiasm are so important to our nation's future.

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Green Energy Innovation: Building A National Commitment

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: American Energy Innovation Council, General Electric, High-Risk High-Reward Research, Kleiner Perkins, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Bank of America, George F. Will, Clean Energy, Scialog, National Science Foundation, James Fallows, Arpa-E, John Holdren, Ursula Burns, Steven Chu, Electric Cars, Department of Energy, Nathan Lewis, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Lockheed Martin, Energy Secretary, Biosphere-2, American Association for the Advancement of Science, John Doerr, Bill Gates, U.S. Treasury Department, Caltech, Jeff Immelt, Nobel Prize, Xerox, The Atlantic, Green Products, Wind Turbines, China, Green News
James M. Gentile

Clean energy may well be the next economic revolution, and the United States can be at the forefront, if we take full advantage of our nation's streng...

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America Needs To Re-Energize Our Scientific Culture

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Caltech, National Science Foundation, Thomas Friedman, Arpa-E, Biosphere 2, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Steven Chu, Scialog, Arun Majumdar, Green News
James M. Gentile

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently endorsed a "Manhattan Project" approach to renewable energy research. Specifically, he urged the U.S...

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Scientific Innovation Should Be Highly Prized

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Science, Solar Energy, Scialog, Barack Obama, Office of Management and Budget, George W. Bush, Innovation, Technology News
James M. Gentile

The use of challenges and prizes is important for the sciences, because they can promote promising ideas, build networks, and encourage contestants to learn new skills.

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Learning From The Gulf Oil Spill Could Save Our Planet

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Foreign Oil, Solar Energy Conversion, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Scialog, Barack Obama, Green News
James M. Gentile

Even as we confront a biblically proportioned flood of undersea crude, our nation spends nearly $1 billion a day -- every day! -- to import foreign oil, while China and other nations rapidly invest in clean energy jobs and industry.

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