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Scientific Funding

Need Cures? Who Ya Gonna Call?

Margaret Anderson | Posted 01.14.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Nih, New Research, Science, Cures, Life Sciences, Health Care, Medical Breakthroughs, Sequestration, Research, Medical Funding, Medical Research, Scientific Funding, Medical Cures, Medical Research Funding, Health Research, Health News, Science Funding, Healthy Living News
Margaret Anderson

While we need to celebrate the success stories in medical research that allow us to carry on our lives, we have more work to do. We must ensure that we continue to have a robust flow of scientific discoveries that we can then translate into better health.

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Federal Investments in Scientific Research Must Remain a Priority

Michael Ham | Posted 04.10.2012 | Science
Read More: Taxes, Science, Funding, Congress, Medicine, Ivf, Scientific Research, Federal Budget Deficit, Scientific Funding, Federal Grants, Science News
Michael Ham

Pages of facts and statistics cannot adequately describe the impact research has on the lives of everyday Americans and the necessity of federal science funding.

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Why We Need To Fund Even 'Crazy-Ridiculous' Research

Mark Changizi, Ph.D. | Posted 10.12.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Science and Research, Research, Research Funding, Revolutionary Ideas, Science, Stagnant Ideas, Scientific Funding, Healthy Living Mind, Brain Science, Healthy Living News
Mark Changizi, Ph.D.

The government funds a lot of weird and wacky research, something politicians occasionally point out. How's a scientist to respond? "Crazy-ridiculous" is expected in a functioning scientific community.

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The Smartest Kid in the Class

Buck Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Innovation, Scientific Funding, Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, Immigration Policy, China, Business News
Buck Goldstein

If the top thinkers in the world are attracted to the United States and its elite institutions of higher learning, either as a permanent resident or as a source of collaboration, how do we build on this enviable position?

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