Science Education & Policy

$1 Of Prevention Is Worth $9 Of Cure In Sanitation- Study

Experts estimate that $9 in productivity, health and other benefits are returned for every dollar invested in installing toilets for people in countries that today are off-track in meeting the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for sanitation. Achieving ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2008 - 11:56pm

Protecting Against Future Genetic Discrimination- 6 Policy Recommendations

As we learn more and more about the human genome and delve into specifics about what makes certain people healthier than others at the genetic levl, it becomes possible for health care providers, insurers and even employers to use genetic information again ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2008 - 2:46pm

Over Half Of Group-Based Cancer Trials Used Flawed Design/Analysis- Review

A new study reviewing 75 group-randomized cancer trials over a five-year stretch shows that fewer than half of those studies used appropriate statistical methods to analyze the results. The review suggests that some trials may have reported that interventi ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2008 - 4:17pm

Terrorism Rooted In Poverty? Not So Fast

New research suggests political freedom and geographic factors contribute significantly to causes of terrorism, challenging the common view that terrorism is rooted in poverty. "There is no significant relationship between a country's wealth and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2008 - 1:54pm

Appeal To Americans By Making Global Warming A Local Issue- Study

Results from a recent survey conducted by a University of Missouri professor reveal that the U.S. public prefers to act locally and nationally on environmental issues and that may be why appeals to global warming are not more successful. “The survey’s core ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2008 - 5:41pm

Bringing Shakespeare's Quartos Into The Digital Age

An international collaboration is creating an innovative "freely-accessible, high resolution" digital interactive archive of William Shakespeare's pre-1641 quartos; living artifacts that tell the story of how Shakespeare's Hamlet, Henry ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2008 - 12:45am

Patent Awarded For Virtual Telemicroscope That Assists In Remote Diagnosis Of Patients

After nearly ten years of research and development, scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn and Peking University in Beijing were awarded a United States patent for their virtual telemicroscope. This patented software permits off-site patho ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2008 - 8:50pm

Ironically, Fears About Making Mistakes And Appearing Racist Cause Segregation

Democratic consultant Donna Brazile brought home America’s reluctance to talk openly about race in a New York Times article that preceded the Barack Obama speech that now has the whole nation buzzing. In essence, she said in her quote, any serious discussi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2008 - 4:09pm

Knowledge Is Power

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about a Chicago charter school. I was naive enough to believe that if a group of ninth graders could not read it was unique to this Chicago school. Today I read a report by Christopher B. Swanson, Ph.D. titled "Cities in ...

Article - Jim Myres - Apr 2 2008 - 12:41am

Labor Market Strong For Scientists And Engineers- National Science Foundation

Every two years NSF surveys and collects data on scientists and engineers, defined as people with a bachelor's degree or higher with science, engineering or related degrees or occupations. NSF collects data on these individuals with three separate nat ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2008 - 10:42am