National science academies from 15 countries have called on the leading industrialised economies to pay greater heed to science and technology.
But another well-respected minister (Jaipal Reddy) is moved out of the crucial petroleum ministry and "demoted" to science and technology.
Such a broad exposure is needed, Guessoum argues, to counter the tendency of many Muslims to adopt counterproductive attitudes to science and technology.
Legal, economic, and technological pressures involved were reviewed as well the ways to preserve and promote public domain and open access to science and technology data and information on a global basis, with particular attention to the needs of developing countries.
In fact, part of the reason for the fervent interest in these topics is that the free, unfettered internet and free educational resources (particularly those related to science and technology like the ones MITx is offering) and the small companies that emerge from them are closer to the heart of job creation than large corporations.
President Obama and President Rousseff are united in their desire to strengthen public health systems and to advance science and technology research, both in their own countries and around the world.
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She promised a statement in March on how she intended to "enhance the State Department's ability to handle science and technology issues" and also committed herself to appointing a science advisor as soon as possible.
The Science Unit of UNESCO Pakistan arranged an informative stall highlighting its contributions to promoting science and technology in the country.
Chinese intelligence practices rely on nonprofessional collectors motivated by profit, patriotism or other factors and acting either independently or on behalf of the Chinese government to gather science and technology intelligence.
The same question undoubtedly arose 80 years ago as Vannevar Bush and Karl Taylor Compton at MIT foresaw that the use of national resources to fund science and technology research could change the course of warfare.
He gave evidence to the Science and Technology Committee on 2 March 2011, where he said he would push the pharmaceuticals company to ensure continuing employment in the East Kent area.
The same thing was said about our ability to harness the science and technology to land a man safely on the surface of the moon.
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We need these bold ventures to inspire the next generation to pursue science and technology.
The largest social science research initiative ever undertaken in the United Kingdom says industry and government alike are failing to exploit the potential of science and technology to protect the environment.
This additional investment is a signal to Esa and commercial companies that we are going to continue to support space science and technology.
Outstanding contribution to the application of Science and Technology to industry or to human well-being in a developing country.
In this regard, the President-elect said his government intends to ensure universal access to secondary and higher education, to democratize access to information technology and communication and to allocate at least 1% of Mexican GDP to the development of science and technology.
Your job as President is to think about how do we set up a equitable tax system so that everybody is paying their fair share that allows us then to invest in science and technology and infrastructure, all of which are going to help us grow.
They raised concerns about a lack of promotion of science and technology subjects at school, leading to a low uptake of computer science and technology courses by university students.
According to Science Magazine, specific science and technology-based programs in jeopardy include, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, and Environmental Protection Agency, to name a few.
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Many other Obama appointees who will be in a position to influence science- and technology-related issues are ideological, radical and poorly qualified to offer sound, unbiased advice on policy.
"The most powerful role to be played is to inspire the next generation of Britons to embrace science, technology and engineering to innovate and provide answers to the challenges of tomorrow, " he said.
Currently, Causecast is partnering with the White House to bring more corporate philanthropy and volunteers to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education for young women and girls.
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"The consistent approach of CSSD has been to use the best science and available technology to develop standards that protect the environment, " Vagt said.
In fact, before coming to Washington, President Medvedev visited California and Silicon Valley to explore new partnerships in science and technology and in venture capital.
The UNESCO Ethics of Science and Technology Programme, organizer of the conference, was created in 1998 with the establishment of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) to generate ethical reflection on science and technology and its applications.
But there are steps we can take as a nation to make it easier for companies to grow and to hire, to create platforms of success for them -- everything from giving more people the chance to get the right training and education to supporting new research projects into science and technology.
The committee in turn recommended the creation of an Innovation Council made up of eminent experts to advise on science and technology.
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To strengthen cooperation in science and technology that fuels growth, we are going to be pursuing joint research in areas like energy and biodiversity conversation.
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Some of the challenges we face we're going to have to work on for a while -- improving our schools, making sure that we've got the best infrastructure in the world, making sure that we're bringing down our deficit, making sure that we're continuing to invest in science and technology.
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