Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 13.5% of the global population but less than 1% of global research output. In 2008, Africa produced 27,000 published papers – the same number as the Netherlands.
Economics & Business
Sep 6, 2018
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The sorry saga that is funding for Australia's most crucial national research infrastructure has dragged on for too many years. It is now at crisis point.
Other
Mar 6, 2015
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Climate prognoses for 100 years or weather forecasts for tomorrow: The more precisely and continuously data are measured, the better will the prognosis be. KIT runs a number of stationary and mobile measurement instruments ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 2, 2015
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The federal government needs to increase its funding for research and development in order for the U.S. to keep its competitive edge in technology, science, health care and defense, officials told a Senate committee on Tuesday, ...
Other
May 1, 2014
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Colonial legacy has a significant impact on scientific productivity across the continent of Africa, according to a study by researchers at the University of Lomé, in Togo. Writing in the International Journal of Education ...
Social Sciences
Mar 19, 2014
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Australia's peak body for higher education, Universities Australia, has been debating the relationship universities have with government.
Other
Nov 26, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- First-year college students' political and social views shifted in a more liberal direction in 2011, according to the CIRP Freshman Survey, UCLA's annual survey of the nation's entering students at four-year ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2012
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University and college students who identify themselves as politically liberal voted at higher rates in the 2008 presidential election than conservatives, according to new data released by the Higher Education Research Institute ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2010
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