Faculty of the Future
By Webmaster, 17 October 2012
The Schlumberger Foundation is accepting applications for the 2013–2014 Faculty for the Future Fellowships from September 10th to November 16th 2012
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ending Poverty
By Webmaster, 16 November 2010
Paul Romer makes the case for Charter Cities in Atlantic Monthly (June 2010)
Conference on Science, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Addis Abeba
By Webmaster, 22 June 2010
The second "Science with Africa" conference will be held from 23-25 June 2010 in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia (United Nations Conference Center).
A call for papers: A way out of the food crisis for Africa
11 June 2008
The June 2008 Food Summit convened by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called for increased investment and support for developing countries most negatively affected by high food prices. A special double issue of the ATDF Journal seeks to address the food crisis from an African perspective - with a focus on national experiences and best and not-so-good practices in agricultural policies, food production and marketing.
The Summit on rising food prices, convened by the UN Food (...)
The Summit on rising food prices, convened by the UN Food (...)
Intellectual Property Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation: A Handbook of Best Practices
29 June 2007
Just published: This project creates benchmark for policy makers, public sector research leaders, technology transfer professionals, licensing executives, and scientists; offers tools and strategies for utilizing power of intellectual property and public domain; aims to advance IP protected technologies for both commercial and humanitarian ends
Prepared by and for policy-makers, leaders of public sector research establishments, technology transfer professionals, licensing executives, and (...)
Prepared by and for policy-makers, leaders of public sector research establishments, technology transfer professionals, licensing executives, and (...)
What is your list of top 10 environmental technologies?
24 June 2007
Environmental technologies are emerging in all areas of technology, human activity and in all forms. Firms and governments are investing significant resources in "cleaning up", mitigating and avoiding further pollution of the planet. Here, we highlight the ten top technologies as compiled by ScienceLive
Make Oil from Just about Anything
Any carbon-based waste, from turkey guts to used tires, can, by adding sufficient heat and pressure, be turned into oil through a process called (...)
Make Oil from Just about Anything
Any carbon-based waste, from turkey guts to used tires, can, by adding sufficient heat and pressure, be turned into oil through a process called (...)
The greatest threat to globalisation: Protesters or globalisation’s cheerleaders?
27 March 2007
According to Dani Rodrik, the cheerleaders in Washington, London and the elite universities of north America and Europe that shape the intellectual climate present the greater menace. Anti-globalisers are marginalised.
He argues that a healthy economic system necessitates a delicate compromise between the national scope of governments and the global nature of markets. Too much of one you have protectionism and of the other you have unstables world economy that hurts those it seeks to help. (...)
He argues that a healthy economic system necessitates a delicate compromise between the national scope of governments and the global nature of markets. Too much of one you have protectionism and of the other you have unstables world economy that hurts those it seeks to help. (...)
The need for science editors: The case of GM potatoes that translates cysts into cancers
5 March 2007
The Guardian has "Suppressed report shows cancer link to GM potatoes" by the deputy political editor of the Independent, about cancers and tumours in rats fed a genetically modified potato in Russia. A critical look at the report revealed many scientific flaws in the trial design, reporting and translation.
In 1998 researcher Arpad Pusztai claimed on television and in the media that GM potatoes stunted rats’ growth and damaged their immune system. When the research was published, over a (...)
In 1998 researcher Arpad Pusztai claimed on television and in the media that GM potatoes stunted rats’ growth and damaged their immune system. When the research was published, over a (...)
