Despite gains over the past decade, women globally lag behind men in Internet usage, the science and engineering workforce, and leadership positions, reflecting a troubling divide in the emerging knowledge economy.
As the United States prepares for a year of election-driven partisanship, William Press points to something that many Americans share: a commitment to science....
“The year 2011 was tumultuous for the laboratory industry. In comparison, the outlook for 2012 looks only slightly positive. Laboratory decision makers generally expect their funding conditions either to remain the same or to minimally improve.”
In the aftermath of now discredited genomic research involving a former Duke cancer researcher, Duke University is taking several steps to safeguard data transparency and accountability and the chain of data evidence.
Pittsburgh, PA-The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, is proud to announce its 2012 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grant (PCMNCG) recipients. The maximum
Projects include heat storage, A/C & heat for electric vehicles, cheap replacements for rare-earth magnets, and better rechargeable batteries; power grid expertise to be discussed.
Due to the recessionary climate, the median salary for food scientists polled by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) slightly dropped 0.8 percent over the past two years, according to the recently released IFT Employment and Salary Survey.