Saturday, April 25, 2015

Why declining investment in basic research threatens a US innovation deficit

Why declining investment in basic research threatens a US innovation deficit

April 24, 2015 | http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-declining-investment-in-basic-research-threatens-a-us-innovation-deficit?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c8687d57f0-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_147a5a48c1-c8687d57f0-282100801
Declining U.S. federal government research investment — from just under 10 percent in 1968 to less than 4 percent in 2015 — in critical fields such as cybersecurity, infectious disease, plant biology, and Alzheimer’s are threatening an “innovation deficit,” according to a new MIT report to be released Monday, April 27.http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-declining-investment-in-basic-research-threatens-a-us-innovation-deficit?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c8687d57f0-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_147a5a48c1-c8687d57f0-282100801

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