The FAST system is the first step in an effort to use Xerox PARC's expertise in physics, engineering and computer science to invent and commercialize new technologies for biology and health care.

FORBES: Scanning For Cancer

It meant that we put much more emphasis on math and science and how we could develop new technologies in our economy and innovation.

WHITEHOUSE: Discussing the Economy in Des Moines

Investments in science, innovation and new technologies, including green technologies and resource management must be encouraged to stimulate economic growth as well as to contribute to a sustainable future.

UNESCO: Speech by Hon Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin During the 184th UNESCO Executive Board Meeting,

For from Newton and Darwin to Edison and Einstein, from Alan Turing to Steve Jobs, we have led the world in our commitment to science and cutting-edge research, the discovery of new medicines and technologies.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Addresses the British Parliament

The state of the ocean today should be the tipping point that wakes us up from the trance of consumption that we haven lulled into complacency with, and which sends us into a new era of material science, bio and ocean degradability, and new re-use technologies.

CNN: Re-use tech can help our oceans recover

The biotechs should, however, get renewed attention as various important biotech industry groups that attract thousands of healthcare investors and professionals start holding their annual conventions and meetings where biotech and life science companies offer their outlook for the coming new year and present updates on their new products and technologies.

FORBES: Don't Be Surprised If Underpriced Small-Cap Biotechs Catch Investors' Eye Once Again

This new stage in the evolution of data science holds a lot of promise, but also requires people that could take advantage of the new technologies and techniques for data analysis.

FORBES: The First Data Scientist on the Evolution of Data Science and the Ever-Changing American Voter