science diplomacy
The Institut Curie and IPSOGEN announce the signing of a scientific collaboration agreement in the breast cancer domain.
South Korea, hoping to attract investment dollars, says it will build a $15 billion science and technology "belt."
Scientists have used nanotechnology to turn paper into a sensor that can detect toxins in drinking water. The China–US team dipped normal filter paper into a solution containing carbon nanotubes antibodies to microcystin-LR, a common and dangerous toxin.
Scientists and officials from 10 countries have been meeting to assess the risk of extreme weather and to find ways to reduce the damage it can cause.
The United States must reach out to other countries to increase international cooperation in space, NASA chief Charles Bolden told an audience of astronomers this week.
President Obama Expands “Educate to Innovate” Campaign for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education. Public-private investments of more than $250 million will help prepare over 10,000 new math and science teachers and train over 100,000 existing teachers
South Korea will work closely with the United States and other space technology leaders to build its indigenous Korea Space Launch Vehicle-2 (KSLV) rocket, a senior policymaker said Wednesday.
Inter-Korean cooperation is possible in the chemistry, biotech and nano science arenas, where the technology gap separating the two countries is the smallest, a report by a state-run think tank said Wednesday, according to Yonhap News.