This week in USA in brief: US science leadership threatened by Asia; NOAA relocation plan feels the heat; Harvard criticised for animal mishandling…;…while NIH responds to worry on research animals.
US science leadership threatened by Asia
China and South Korea are closing in on US global leadership in science and technology, according to trends cited in a report released by the National Science Board on 18 January. The 2012 Science and Engineering Indicators suggests that the US’s share of global R&D dropped from 38 per cent to 31 per cent between 1999 and 2009.
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