The schemes also have the backing of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) which welcomed reinvigorating the science base for "the benefit of business and the UK as a whole".
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That's important in a sector where the science base is strong, notably with Dundee University's drug discovery, but it's proving tough to get scale and momentum in the private sector.
By 2020, knowledge, the science base and technologies relating to biodiversity, its values, functioning, status and trends, and the consequences of its loss, are improved, widely shared and transferred, and applied.
Indeed, the two most successful statistical analysis programs, SPSS and SAS, expanded from their domain-specific base (social science for SPSS and bio-medical research for SAS) to become tools used wherever there was data to analyze.
While at the camp, guests can participate in a variety of activities, including exploring ice caves, visiting a nearby science base, kite-skiing or touring a colony of Emperor penguins, where more than 6, 000 of the flightless birds nest and raise their chicks.
And of course, using Roswell, NM as home base makes it all more science project than pure science.
"We're hitting a lot of base hits that move the science but don't mean a lot to patients, " says Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society.
Mr Davies confirmed that science and a robust evidential base were key to reform and that he had asked officials to strengthen the evidence around key stocks covered by the Common Fisheries Policy.
Curiosity mission planner Dawn Sumner said photographs like the ones beamed back by the rover, as well as others taken by probes in orbit, will be used to map a path to the mountain's base -- "doing the best science we can along the way, but also keeping our eyes on that beautiful layered rock, " she said.
After finalizing the National Curriculum Framework Document, UNESCO is now working with the Ministry of Education to provide specialized training to develop Science and Math Curriculum Documents upon which to base the production of new quality school textbooks.
"It will support high-tech areas where the UK's research base and industry can gain a competitive advantage, " said Science Minister David Willetts.
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