Robert Half Technology, which has an office on ParkLake Avenue in Raleigh, has released its list of “hot technology and design jobs” for 2013, and several of the suggestions just happened to fit in with the Triangle’s
Meetings of the National Science Board Begin on December 4th
December 3rd, 2012 by Brad Graham
The National Science Board (NSB) will meet on Dec. 4 and 5, 2012, to address science and engineering policy of interest to the National Science Foundation (NSF). All open sessions on Dec. 4 and 5, will be webcast.
Women Band Together, Make Inroads Into Tech
November 29th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Back in the mid-1980s, Jeanine Swatton was in an all-girl band in Boston, belting out top-40 hits — just like the then-popular band The Go-Gos.
The all-female band from the 1980s was iconic for making noise in the predominately male music industry. Years later, Swatton is trying to do the same with an all-female engineering team at her software start-up
15-Year-Old Invents Paper Sensor to Detect Pancreatic Cancer
November 27th, 2012 by Brad Graham
The method for detecting pancreatic cancer hasn’t changed in nearly 60 years, but thanks to online research, a curious mind and an appetite for science, 15-year-old
U.S. Science Industry Faces Fiscal Cliff Doom
November 26th, 2012 by Brad Graham
The American science programs that landed the first man on the moon, found cures for deadly diseases and bred crops that feed the world now face the possibility of becoming relics in the story of human progress. American scientific research and development stands to lose thousands of jobs and face a starvation diet of reduced funding if politicians fail to compromise and halt the United States’ march towards the fiscal cliff’s sequestration of federal funds.
STEM Education: A Nation Advancing?
November 19th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Today the National Research Council (NRC) released a report, “Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education.” The report builds on previous work in this area, and
The Gates-Funded Toilet Of The Future
November 19th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Today is World Toilet Day. That’s not as silly as it sounds. Two and a half billion people around the world don’t have access to clean toilets, which means they are at risk for a number of diseases–diarrhoeal
Posted in: Bill Gates, Sanitation, STEM
A Hip-Hop Experiment – Rap & STEM
November 19th, 2012 by Brad Graham
They are an unlikely team of educational reformers. Christopher Emdin is a Columbia University professor who likes to declaim Newton’s laws in rhyme. GZA is a member of the Wu-Tang Clan
