[opendtv] U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences

  • From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 23:48:25 -0400

U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences

By WILLIAM J. BROAD
May 3, 2004

The United States has started to lose its worldwide dominance in 
critical areas of science and innovation, according to federal and 
private experts who point to strong evidence like prizes awarded to 
Americans and the number of papers in major professional journals.

Foreign advances in basic science now often rival or even exceed 
America's, apparently with little public awareness of the trend or 
its implications for jobs, industry, national security or the vigor 
of the nation's intellectual and cultural life.

...

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/science/03RESE.html


 
 
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