Technologies he and his colleagues have developed have led and are leading to the rapid sequencing of a wide array of other genomes. A photographic scientist-astronomer whose breathtaking images of space are far familiar to millions than the photographer himself. He has devised novel methods for extracting information from photographs that have provided important astronomical discoveries as well as photographic science advances. The 24 AAAS sections correspond to the fields of interest of AAAS members. Section business meetings are open to all meeting registrants, regardless of membership status or section enrollment.
Ideas are the key to the new economy, and educated people produce the ideas.
For decades, research related to military security got the lion's share of federal funds. Then, as the Cold War ended and baby boomers hit middle age, investment shifted toward life sciences research, with its emphasis on cancer, aging and other health matters. Over the next 50 years, expect to see another major transition, toward investment in intellectual capital, or brainpower, says James J. Duderstadt, president emeritus and professor of science and engineering at the University of Michigan. Ideas are the key to the new economy, and educated people produce the ideas. So I think it's time that we consider new models for ramping up very rapidly the investments in understanding how people learn and how learning institutions are designed.