Chicago Council on Science and Technology

In an era when women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law and business, why are there so few women scientists and engineers? A new research report by AAUW presents compelling evidence that can help to explain this puzzle.

A long list of health problems result from vitamin D deficiencies including rickets, skeletal deformities, osteomalacia, weak bones, and urinary incontinence.

“I look at this program as a defining moment in my career… It made a difference of night and day in how I address challenges at work.” Brendan Casey, Fermilab

MSU Technologies identifies and commercializes inventions created by MSU’s world-renowned researchers. The office works closely with MSU inventors and with businesses interested in licensing the inventions to create new products and services.

Courtesy: The New York Times Turning the tables on a China-based computer espionage gang, Canadian and United States computer security researchers have monitored a spying operation for the past eight months, observing while the intruders pilfered classified and restricted documents from the highest levels of the Indian Defense Ministry. In a report issued Monday night, the researchers, [...]

“A federal infrastructure approach alone will not address the discrepancies in the benefits people can gain from Internet access,” Hargittai said. “Even when we control for basic access and for number of years spent online, we find that people from different backgrounds vary in their Internet understanding and use.”