World News
World News
2019年12月24日
+STI Policy Articles Overseas (December 12-18, 2019) collected by CRDS
Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS)
This page is for weekly articles collected by the Center for R&D Strategies (CRDS) whose mission is to monitor, examine, and analyze the trends of 'STI and Society' and the policies in Japan and overseas. Based on the analyses, CRDS comes up with problems to be solved and proposes the solution and strategies to the government. The following articles are expected to be of help to those involved in STI policymaking activities.
EU : Science|Business
EU Council meets to debate Green Deal grand plan for tackling climate change
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/eu-council-meets-debate-green-deal-grand-plan-tackling-climate-change
Norway : Science|Business
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) receives prestigious EU grant to create the world's smallest network
https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/ntnu-receives-prestigious-eu-grant-create-worlds-smallest-network
UK : Science|Business
UK attracts more deep-tech investment than any other EU country
https://sciencebusiness.net/news-byte/uk-attracts-more-deep-tech-investment-any-other-eu-country
UK : Science|Business
UK scientists regret lost Brexit battle and look to future with mix of hope and despair
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/uk-scientists-regret-lost-brexit-battle-and-look-future-mix-hope-and-despair
USA : Science
Final 2020 spending bill is kind to U.S. research
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/final-2020-spending-bill-kind-us-research
USA : Nature
US biomedical agency has investigated 100 claims of inappropriate conduct this year
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03835-3
COP25 : Economist
COP25, the UN climate talks in Madrid, ends in a sad splutter
https://www.economist.com/news/2019/12/15/cop25-the-un-climate-talks-in-madrid-ends-in-a-sad-splutter
USA : National Science Foundation (NSF)
Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299718&org=NSF&from=news
USA : Environment Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA Announces Competitive Grant Award for the Pesticide Regulatory Education Program
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-competitive-grant-award-pesticide-regulatory-education-program
EU : The Federal Government
Commitment to climate neutrality by 2050 is a "milestone"
https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/europaeischer-rat-1707438
Germany : The Federal Government
Strategy for new skilled workers
https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/fachkraefteeinwanderung-1707852
USA : Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Energy Awards $40 Million for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer
https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-awards-40-million-small-business-innovation-research-and-small-business
USA : Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Energy Announces $55 Million in Funding for Electric Aviation Programs
https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-announces-55-million-funding-electric-aviation-programs
USA : Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Drinking Water, on Demand and from Air
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2019-12-12
Russia : University World News
Scientists demand end to new curbs on foreign contacts
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20191213125713732
USA : University World News
Universities failed to report US$1.3 bn in foreign funding
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20191213144459914
USA : Department of Energy (DOE)
Climate Change Opens Door to Arctic for Competitors, DOD Official Says
https://www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/2040295/climate-change-opens-door-to-arctic-for-competitors-dod-official-says/
Switzerland : Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
New National Centres of Competence in Research strengthen top-flight research
http://www.snf.ch/en/researchinFocus/newsroom/Pages/news-191216-new-national-centres-of-competence-in-research.aspx
