As a result, the report recommends a "science and technical education act" offering loans to college students studying science, math and engineering, with the loans being forgiven if the student agrees to work for the government for a given number of years.
The web's links now encompass computer-science technical reports, folk-song lyrics, economic statistics from America's Department of Commerce, tarot cards, satellite weather photographs, film reviews, legal databases, the Bible, library catalogues, literary magazines and more.
They make up just 25 percent of the workforce in the science and technical fields.
Arts subjects are seen as more prestigious, and only about 15% of university students graduate each year in science or technical subjects.
That said, as more academic researchers become interested in examining large-scale datasets (on the order of Twitter or Facebook), many of the technical skills of data science will have to be acquired by academics.
Researchers at Nippon Hoso Kyokai are working with engineers at the Science and Technical Research Laboratories (STRL) to create an "optical disc recording system based on consumer Blu-ray disc technology that can spin as fast as 15, 000 RPM" without worry of a disc experiencing a complete meltdown and shattering within the drive.
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And the important thing is that you have a good, solid background in the technical fields -- the science, the technology, the engineering and the math -- to build on that, because once everyone comes and is selected as an astronaut, we all train generically for space flight, and then we train specifically for our mission.
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As a graduate from MIT, I am very passionate about students pursuing technical subjects in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields.
Tech hiring has picked up in places like Silicon Valley, New York and DC, but consistently the fastest growth in science, engineering and technical jobs has been in low-cost states such as North Dakota, Virginia, New Mexico, Utah and Texas.
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And that means America has to lead in education. (Applause.) That's why we're working with educators to transform our schools, and make college more affordable, and prepare our kids for science and engineering and technical degrees -- because those are going to be the jobs of the future.
For those of you who are having a hard time comprehending all the breakthrough science, here is the audio Cliff's Notes version on the technical achievements that have been honored this year, courtesy of our science reporters.
The laboratory designs all space shuttle science projects, and a technical site it is.
Nonetheless, the future of fashion will be sure and certain to marry science of cloth and modern technical advances.
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"This style is a way of saying, 'I've arrived, I'm a different president, I'm new, '" said Jesus Silva-Herzog Marquez, a political science professor at the National Autonomous Technical Institute of Mexico.
The broader benefit of all that science: "Having the technical product helps Air Products also sell the commodity gases" to those same customers, says Alain Harrus, former tech chief at chip-equipment maker Novellus.
As a result, technical analysis has always been more of an art than a science.
Technical skills that come from pursuing, say, a computer science or engineering degree certainly insure grads a good salary and standard of living.
It resulted in the Space for Science project, which aims to facilitate scientific and technical cooperation in South-East Europe by providing virtual, collaborative and education services to academic and higher education institutions through fast academic networks and two-way satellite channels.
Again, I agree with Butterworth that in an ideal world, journalists, politicians, and the public would all be more technically literate and, therefore, more able to assess the technical claims being made in public policy debates related to technology, science, and medicine.
Additionally, we recently joined FIRST and Girls, Inc at the National Mentoring Summit, where we talked with others from across the country about the importance of mobilizing mentors with all levels of technical background to help students engage in hands-on technology and science opportunities.
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Of relevance is the committee that drafted the Palestinian national Green paper on Science, Technology and Innovations (Higher Council of Vocational and Technical Education, Accreditation and Quality assurance Commission, and Quality improvement Fund).
After graduation they can enroll in the second year of the technical program as a sophomore and within one year complete their associate of applied science.
Establish and maintain working relationships with, and disseminate relevant information to National Commissions for UNESCO, other government authorities, organizations (in particular other UN agencies and their field offices in the context of UN joint programming and cooperation initiatives such as UNDAF, as well as regional technical agencies), local communities and individuals involved or interested in UNESCO's Science and Sustainable Development Programmes.
UNESCO: Vacancy : Programme Specialist (Natural Sciences) (30/5/2011) (AS/RP/SAM/SC/0005 - (P3))
Plan, organize and provide technical backstopping to projects, workshops, publications and other activities and events of relevance to science and sustainable development in the sub-region.
UNESCO: Vacancy : Programme Specialist (Natural Sciences) (30/5/2011) (AS/RP/SAM/SC/0005 - (P3))
What started as a technical revision has turned into a full-blown public debate on the way we use science to change nature and what that means for our health and the environment.
This disconnect recently attracted the attention of the Defense Science Board, a group of outside experts who advise the Pentagon on strategic and technical matters.
It is one of about 30 engineering and science academies which are expected to open within the next two years, according to the University Technical Colleges body.
Add to this an inevitable end to stretching productivity per acre with further technical advances as we reach some ultimate biological limit, and we would be irresponsible to assume that agricultural science will solve all future problems of food supply.
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