Recruiters wanting to hire women for information technology positions have to go beyond the typical sales pitch emphasizing job promotion and security in order to get results, according to a Penn State research study of 92 female IT practitioners.
Regulatory oversight of nanotechnology is urgently needed and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should act now, reports a new study released today.
Between 2000 and 2004, worldwide CO2 emissions increased at a rate that is over three times the rate during the 1990s?the rate increased from 1.1 % per year during the 1990s to 3.1% per year in the early 2000s.
Basic research, or research where the primary goal is the advancement of human knowledge and theoretical understanding, has throughout its history been pressed by politicians and the public to justify its existence.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged policymakers and industry leaders to work together with young people to give more of them access to information and communications technology (ICT).
The American College of Physicians (ACP) this morning commended Marcy Kaptur and Steven C. LaTourette, members of Congress, for their bipartisan sponsorship of the Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility and Equity (CARE) Act.
How do climate change and other global environmental changes affect the average Kansan? Researchers at Kansas State University are working to find out.
The U.S. health care system ranks last compared with five other nations on measures of quality, access, efficiency, equity, and outcomes, in the third edition of a Commonwealth Fund report analyzing international health policy surveys.
WHO is launching a major online project to revise the global standard for medical and health statistics – the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
“ACP strongly believes in the goal of widespread adoption and use of health information technology to improve quality of care,” Michael H. Zaroukian, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., told the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality today at their hearing on “Consumer Controls for Sensitive Health Records.”