France's €900 Million Cut to Research Budget Sparks Outrage France's €900 Million Cut to Research Budget Sparks Outrage
Universities, researchers, senators, and students have denounced the cuts as a severe setback.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
What's causing colon cancer epidemic in young people? Scientists launch $25m global probe to find the answer
A team of researchers at top universities in the US and UK will receive $25million over five years to investigate the causes of colon cancer in young people. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
JPMorgan Chase CEO criticizes schools amid Gen Z ’s struggle to find jobs
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has some surprising criticism for colleges and universities around the U.S. amid Generation Z’s recent ongoing struggle to find jobs after earning their degrees. In a new interview with Wish-TV, the CEO claims that there should be more of a focus on job placement as…#jpmorganchase #jamiedimon #generationz #cloudflare #dimon #tiktok #lohannysantos # #lohanny #alisonjohnson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists unearth mysteries of giant, moving Moroccan star dune
Parts of the structure are younger than expected while an east wind blows the whole thing across the desert, researchers findThey are impressive, mysterious structures that loom out of deserts on the Earth and are also found on Mars and on Saturn ’s biggest moon, Titan.Experts from universities including Aberystwyth in Wales have now pinpointed the age of a star dune in a remote area of Morocco and uncovered details about its formation and how it moves across the desert.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 4, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Steven Morris Tags: Geology Research Aberystwyth University Science Higher education Morocco Africa Deserts Environment Middle East and north Africa World news Source Type: news
Japanese universities set to raise foreign student tuition
TOKYO -- Japanese national universities are expected to raise tuition for foreign students starting in April after the government lifts the cap on such charges this month. Standard tuition at Japan's 86 national universities are set at 535,800 yen ($3,500) per year, but schools are allowed to go…#tokyo #standard (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chief of UK universities pension scheme cautions ministers over intervention in funds
Head of USS urges government not to go beyond current reforms of the sector (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
College AI degree programs are booming, but will the jobs still exist for graduates?
Computer science is not a new major at top schools, but with AI jobs in high-demand, there's a growing list of colleges and universities offering a four-year "AI" degree specifically. These programs generally move beyond the foundations of computer science to home in on topics such as machine…#bse #carnegiemellon #mit #purdueuniversity #indeedcom #keremkoca #bluecloud #mariaflynn #jobsforfuture #aidegrees (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Marion Ecob-Prince obituary
My wife, Marion Ecob-Prince, who has died aged 74, was a scientist who spent her career studying the neuromuscular junction, where nerves and muscle fibres meet. Working in laboratories in New York, Newcastle and Glasgow, she developed tissue culture techniques to study the progression of a range of neuromuscular diseases that can cause severe pain, muscle atrophy and numbness.Born in Heanor, in Derbyshire, to Anne (nee Ford), an assistant in a post office, and John Ecob, a delivery driver, Marion attended Spondon Park grammar school in Derby, where she was an excellent fencer, captain of the netball team and head girl. In...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 1, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Tony Prince Tags: Medical research Neuroscience People in science Medicine University of Bristol Harvard University Fencing Newcastle University Source Type: news
Report Helps Answer the Question: Is a College Degree Worth the Cost?
Most people go to college to improve their financial prospects, though there are other benefits to attending a postsecondary institution. But as the average cost of a four-year degree has risen to six figures, even at public universities, it can be hard to know if the money is well spent. A new…#heagroup #scorecard (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Report: Second type of prostate cancer identified by AI
New research by two British universities has identified a new aggressive form of prostate cancer using artificial intelligence, which could change the way the disease is found and treated. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Invention, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation
The practical application of science and technology starts with invention and leads to innovation, job creation, and new business formation. Every sector, including governments and universities, plays an important part in these activities through knowledge transfer activities. This thematic report provides patent data by technology area and geography to illustrate trends in invention in the United States and internationally. Relevant data on trademarks are also presented. In addition, indicators are included that measure the transfer of knowledge and technologies from federal agencies and universities to businesses. Trends...
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - February 29, 2024 Category: Statistics Source Type: news
French scientists alarmed by ‘disastrous’ cut to research budget
Scientists in France are reeling after the government announced it will cut €904 million from this year’s budget for research and higher education.
The cut, announced last week, is part of a broader €10 billion savings package that the government says is necessary to limit the nation’s public deficit in the face of dwindling economic growth since the budget law was adopted in December 2023. But scientists say the research sector is bearing a disproportionate share of the pain.
The move comes hot on the heels of recent social crises in France, including farmers protesting
rising costs and regulatory...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 28, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
NSF board approves funding for just one of two proposed giant telescopes
U.S. astronomers will have to make do with one giant ground-based telescope rather than the desired two, the National Science Board (NSB) announced yesterday.
Meeting last week, the panel of scientists that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF) capped the budget of the U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Program (US-ELTP) at $1.6 billion, enough for a substantial share in one 30-meter class telescope. But US-ELTP represents the interests of two such projects—the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) in Chile and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) in Hawaii—which are building components but not fully funded. The board ...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 28, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Research-intensive universities generate £ 1.7billion for South West ’ s economy
A new report by London Economics, assessing the economic impact of Russell Group universities, which includes the University of Bristol and the University of Exeter, found the impact of their research and commercialisation activities equated to over £ 1.7billion ( £ 1.729billion) in the South West in 2021/2022 and £ 37.6billion overall across the UK. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - February 28, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research, Business and Enterprise; Press Release Source Type: news
From COVID-19 to Measles, Florida ’ s War on Public Health
The culture of public health and medicine rests on open discussions in which different points of view are considered for the betterment of patient care and health. This process depends on psychological safety so individuals feel free and safe to speak and openly disagree. These factors collectively create a just culture, which improves systems and organizations and is being widely implemented in healthcare nationwide.
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However, in the face of politicized anti-science and anti-expert sentiment and attacks, we need to ask if just culture is being restricted in public health. Fo...
Source: TIME: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott A. Rivkees Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
