Restrictions on technology exports are hurting American innovation and scientific leadership, Stanford University President John Hennessy warned U.S. lawmakers Friday.

The Antarctic Treaty has continued to serve as a model of successful international cooperation.

Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research and the French National Research Agency announced today the first bilateral Joint Call for Proposals (JCP) in the areas of Nanotechnology and Information Communication Science & Technologies.

Dr. Ahmed Zewail, a member of U.S. Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, said on Friday that Turkey was a strategic country.

The Singapore-China Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology, the first non-governmental body set up on Friday to promote the exchange of science and technology between the two countries.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking at Yale on Thursday, called on university leaders to help spread the benefits of scientific innovation to the developing world.

he challenges facing the international community in the 21st century are primarily posed by changes in the natural environment.

Physicists from across Africa gathered this week in Dakar, Senegal, for a conference focused on lasers and optics. But radio astronomy dominated the chatter in the hallways.