William D. Nordhaus e Paul M. Romer receberam o prêmio por seus estudos sobre economia sustentável e sobre crescimento econômico a longo prazo. Dois americanos ganham nesta segunda (8) o Prêmio Nobel de Economia William D. Nordhaus e Paul M. Romer foram premiados nesta segunda-feira (8) com o Nobel de Economia. De acordo com o …
Ottawa must improve research funding – or risk losing the innovation race
Consider a breakthrough in machine learning that revolutionized voice and image recognition, a drug that turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable disease, or a biotechnology sector with revenues in the billions that employs thousands of people. These three very different achievements share a common origin: They each stem from discovery research conducted …
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Brexit Is Quietly Strangling Science
Illustration: Jack Sachs By Simon Parkin A Nobel Prize winning physicist considers taking his research elsewhere, while applications from foreign researchers have plummeted. For many years Andre Geim was best known for designing an experiment that looked more like a parlor trick than a serious piece of scientific research. One Friday evening, in a moment …
