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House competition bill aims to boost minorities in science and technology
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House competition bill aims to boost minorities in science and technology

Congress is aiming to reshape America’s workforce through new legislation that would direct more than $1 billion toward increasing diversity of the scientists, researchers and technologists who drive the innovation economy. The measure includes $900 million for grants and partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities, $164 million to study barriers for people of color […]

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Hitting the Books: How the interplay of science and technology brought about iPhones
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Hitting the Books: How the interplay of science and technology brought about iPhones

Scientific research and technological advancement have gone hand-in-hand since the invention of the wheel. Without research, we lack the knowledge base to advance the state of technology and, without technological advancement we lack the functional base for further scientific exploration. In their new book, The Genesis of Technoscientific Revolutions, Harvard University Professor of Technology and […]

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The United States needs a department of technology and science policy
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The United States needs a department of technology and science policy

The White House in Washington DC. It includes the Office of Science and Technology Policy, which helps to coordinate federal science policy.Credit: Getty Unlike most other advanced economies, the United States has typically relied on a diversity of decentralized federal science agencies to design and conduct the government’s research programmes. With funding decisions made by […]

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Air Force Research Laboratory names new head of space science and technology efforts
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Air Force Research Laboratory names new head of space science and technology efforts

WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory has named Andrew Williams the new head of the organization’s space-related science and technology efforts, overseeing the lab’s work with the U.S. Space Force. As the deputy technology executive officer for space science and technology, or D-TEO, Williams will be the focal point of AFRL’s space activities, ensuring […]

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