Global Biodefense January 13, 2023 The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released the Framework for Federal Scientific Integrity Policy and Practice. It builds on the assessment of federal scientific integrity policies and practices described in the January 2022 report. The goal of the Framework is to assist agencies across the Federal Government as they take next steps together to strengthen, implement, and institutionalize scientific integrity policy, practice, and culture. It requires all agencies to designate a scientific integrity official, and agencies that fund, conduct, or oversee research to designate a chief science officer, and it establishes […]
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Widening political rift in U.S. may threaten science, medicine
Science Daily March 22, 2021 According to a team of researchers in the US (Washington University, Stanford University), in the United States, the wide ideological divergence in public confidence in science poses a potentially significant problem for the scientific enterprise. They examined the behavioral consequences of this ideological divide for Americans’ contributions to medical research. Based on a mass survey of American adults, they found that engagement in a wide range of medical research activities is a function of a latent propensity to participate. The propensity is systematically higher among liberals than among conservatives. A substantial part of this ideological […]
Protecting emerging and existing technology investments with escrow
Defense Systems August 14, 2020 One of the key concerns for all government agencies — especially DOD with its national security mission — is what happens to the technology they have procured when a commercial developer determines that it will no longer support that version of the technology, merges with or is acquired by another company, goes out of business or no longer has the ability to make changes to the software source code or underlying technology. On a basic level technology escrow is a legal agreement between all parties involved in a technology transaction. It is managed by a […]
‘The Alexa of chemistry’: NSF puts VCU and partners on fast track to build open network
EurekAlert September 12, 2019 Currently, there is no shared network or central portal where molecular scientists and engineers can harness artificial intelligence and data science tools to build models to support their needs. There is no standard way to represent — or predict — molecular performance. Under the NSF Convergence Accelerator program it has funded a multi-university pilot project seeking to use artificial intelligence to help scientists come up with the perfect molecule for everything from a better shampoo to coatings on advanced microchips. They will develop a central platform for collecting data, creating molecular imprints and developing algorithms for […]
Checking in with Army Futures Command
Defense Systems July 29, 2019 A year after its launch, the Army Futures Command has hit full operating capability. The article provides a quick look at three projects: All-in-one heads-up display for the tactical environment, Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (APNT)…read more.
US Has to Out Innovate China in Long Term Technology Competition
Next Big Future May 30, 2019 China is seeking technological self-sufficiency and even superiority in key industries. It has concentrated military spending on advanced technologies. Its Belt and Road Initiative proposes a trillion-dollar investment program to project China’s influence across the world. According to Asia Times the US should offer an alternative Belt and Road Initiative to support the industrial and technological transformation of developing countries, Engineer brain drain from China, where top scientists, technologist and entrepreneurs are enticed to move to the US focus on new military technology, require semiconductors to be made at US-based fabs, recreate powerful corporate […]
US Army Approves Plans for Microwave, Laser and Hypersonic Weapons
Next Big Future May 26, 2019 Starting in 2021, the Army will test-fire hypersonic weapons twice a year. A fully assembled canister for launching the glide vehicle will be delivered to the first rocket artillery unit so they can train to load and reload the 400-inch long canister on the Transporter Erector Launcher. The Army’s main modernization priority is an array of Long-Range Precision Firepower weapons, from rocket-propelled, precision-guided howitzer shells to hypersonics firing over 1,000 miles…read more.
Fundamental Research to Counter Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Weapons
Global Biodefence September 21, 2018 The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) seeks to identify, adopt, and adapt emerging, existing and revolutionary sciences that may demonstrate high payoff potential to Counter-WMD (C-WMD) threats, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives threats. Initially released in 2015, the BAA, Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (FRCWMD) https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275322 is open continuously through September 2024. Published Topics may be updated at any time… read more.