Global Advances Challenge U.S. Dominance in Science
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The United States remains the world leader in scientific and technological innovation, but its dominance is threatened by economic development elsewhere, particularly in Asia.
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TRIESTE, Italy, Oct 5 (IPS) - U.S. embargos on 'dual use' technology  are stifling knowledge vital for development, scientists say.
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American eighth-grade students have made gains in math and science compared with their worldwide counterparts, but performance at the fourth-grade level appears to have reached a plateau, according to a major international study released yesterday.
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The American health care system, high expenditures and all, is driving innovation for the entire world.
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Scientists have struggled for years to make electricity from the sunâs light at a cost competitive with power from coal or natural gas. The challenges are formidable.
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The U.S. needs to overhaul its education system to encourage innovation and focus more federal funding on high-risk research to maintain a competitive edge over other nations, according to a report endorsed by leading U.S. companies and universities.
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Where the frenetic pace of technological change is concerned Asia's general dominance in the race to provide the next must-have gadget seems only too apparent to many a European.
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Nanotechnology is confronting the U.S. with a familiar problem - assessing claims of innovation that do not match up neatly with the way patent examiners are trained to categorize them.
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The United States must &quot;rededicate&quot; itself to the strength of its universities if the nation is to maintain its place as a world leader in technology and innovation, Microsoft Corp.
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Eighth-grade students in the United States scored better in both mathematics and science last year than in 1999, but still lagged their peers in a number of other industrial countries, according
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A scientific revolution of sorts is underway, with California taking a giant lead in the race to see which states become centers for basic research using human embryonic stem cells.
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Americans have dominated the annual Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences five years running, and it may not surprise Nobel watchers if the trend continues.
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A panel of leading computer scientists warned in a report issued on Monday that unless the federal government significantly increased support for advanced research on
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Beyond the independents in the U.S., big companies enjoy a major edge in global energy.
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If the United States is to remain a global economic leader, we must foster an environment that enables innovations.
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The United States is losing its leadership role in particle physics as its best brains move to sunny Switzerland. But fear not: There's always another giant accelerator on the horizon. By John Borland.
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WASHINGTON -- By 2020 the world's economy will have grown by 80 percent and average incomes will have risen by half as India and China -- which together will account for more than a third of the planet's population -- surpass Europe and compete with the United States as the major global powers, top US intelligence analysts forecast yesterday.