ENERGY INNOVATION
Despite hopeful proclamations of game-changing innovation at this year’s ARPA-E summit, our national clean energy policy remains an insufficient balance of proaction and compromise with the status quo.
SPACE AND SOCIETY
New evidence indicates that support for science in America is in trouble, and SP Editor-In-Chief Jonathan Moreno examines whether a high-minded national goal such as a manned mission to Mars can change that.
CLIMATE POLICY
For the first time in U.S. history, greenhouse gasses from new power plants will be regulated at the federal level, representing the first, small step toward a coherent climate policy in the United States. Here are the top five facts to keep in mind.
INNOVATION
The new BusinessUSA.gov portal is a key first step in bringing scattered federal programs together in one place to be more effective in helping business and spurring American innovation.
INVESTING IN INNOVATION
At a recent event at the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, Dr. Sybil Francis and Dr. Gregg Zachary discussed best practices for managing competition among and between federal research programs.
PODCAST
We need to rethink the legal framework that allows new industrial chemicals to enter the market every day without being tested for potential health impacts on humans.
ENERGY INNOVATION
As BrightSource Energy adds cutting-edge molten salt storage to its new solar plants, the choice between clean energy and cheap energy is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
INNOVATION POLICY
President Obama’s State of the Union address demonstrated the importance of science, innovation, and economic competitiveness to a prosperous and growing middle class.
INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS
A proposal to elevate the Department of Commerce by consolidating federal trade, technology, workforce training, and economic development programs into one department with one mission: national competitiveness through innovation.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
A day of online activism by Internet titans, bloggers, and citizens may have shifted the political calculus of controversial online piracy and intellectual property legislation.
INNOVATION
Measures to simplify and strengthen the corporate R&D tax credit can help make the most of the spillover benefits of innovation and enhance economic competitiveness.
SCIENCE OF POLITICS
Chris Mooney clears up misunderstandings about the findings of several scientific studies pointing to behavioral differences between liberals and conservatives.
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION
Encouraging the commercialization of ideas and easing the path from paper, to patent, to product for new technologies would have major benefits for small businesses.
TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
In the latest installment of CAP’s “Big Ideas for Small-Business Policy” series, Sean Pool and Ed Paisley address changes to existing policy that help start up firms with high growth potential create jobs through the commercialization of new technology.
INVESTING IN SCIENCE
The House appropriations bill cuts vital science reserach on food safety, technology innovation, agriculture, and rural entrepreneurship, but preserves the corporate jet tax loophole.
JOBS AND INNOVATION
A small but promising new federal program aims to help the private sector create thousands of jobs by helping small business, institutions of higher learning, and regional economic development agencies collaborate to innovate.
PROCESS INNOVATION
Humble “process innovations” like the DOE’s new Optical Cavity Furnace don’t get much attention, but are in fact among the most important parts of the solution to climate challenges.
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
First DARPA, then ARPA-E, now… ARPA-Ed? On Wednesday the Senate HELP committee will discuss whether or not to create a new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Education.
INNOVATION
The jobs of today came from the innovation of yesterday. Leaders of both parties should be discussing how we can invest in innovation today to create the jobs of tomorrow.
PODCAST
Two new polls out this month reveal interesting insights about Americans’ attitudes toward climate science and policy action; they don’t always match up.
Science Progress and American Progress's Doing What Works project teamed up to produce a set of policy proposals that the Obama administration and Congress can adopt to reinvest in the building blocks of American science, innovation, and economic competitiveness. Read the overview of the five reports.
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