A National Research Council report recently examined the health and competitiveness of research universities and their partnership with government and industry.
It can be as big as a breach of national security, a personal attack on private information or something that seems as simple as an off- sync traffic light in a power outage. Regardless of the situation, cybercriminals may be to blame.
Contrary to prevailing wisdom, keeping the outgoing CEO of a company on as board chair when a new CEO is hired provides very little reward potential and a whole lot of risk, according to research by Timothy Quigley, assistant professor of management.
Arizona State University has been awarded a four-year contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a novel diagnostic technology called immunosignaturing.
A $500,000 grant to Saint Louis University's Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics will fund the first ever remediation program to aid institutions when they discover researchers who have engaged in wrongdoing or unprofessional behavior.
Sealing cracks in roadways ensures structural integrity and extends the time between major repaving projects, but conventional manual crack sealing operations expose workers to dangerous traffic and cover a limited amount of roadway each day.
A future weapon in the battle against obesity and diabetes could come in the form of an oil derived from the seeds of wild almond trees, according to researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
The updated site-specific risk assessment for the proposed National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility has a number of deficiencies and inadequately characterizes the risks associated with operating the facility, NRC says.