Research & Innovation

A compilation of policy-relevant information on research and innovation from ACS’ policy briefings, PressPacs and news releases. Also includes reports from other institutions.

• Cyber Physical Systems: Creating a Safer, Healthier, More Prosperous Future (July 9, 2009)
• More Bang for the R&D Buck: Young Researchers & High-Risk Research (February 27, 2009) video available
• The Nature of U.S. Innovation: The Federal Role (December 2, 2008) video available
• Nanotechnology 102: Understanding Congress’s Role (April 18, 2008) video available
• Future Research Directions in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (March 14, 2008) video available
• Nanotechnology 101: Science, Technology and Health (March 12, 2008) video available
• Basic Research Drives Defense Technologies (February 28, 2008) audio available
• America, We Have a Problem (December 12, 2007)

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• Silicon oxide gets into the electronics action on computer chips
  Jan 19, 2011—In the materials science equivalent of a football fan jumping onto the field and scoring a touchdown, scientists are documenting that one fundamental component of computer chips, long regarded as a passive bystander, can actually be made to act like a switch. That potentially allows it to take part in the electronic processes that power cell phones, iPads, computers, and thousands of other products…
• New “frozen smoke” material: One ounce could carpet three football field
  Jan 12, 2011—Scientists are reporting the development of a new, ultra-light form of “frozen smoke” — renowned as the world’s lightest solid material — with amazing strength and an incredibly large surface area. The new so-called “multiwalled carbon nanotube (MCNT) aerogel” could be used in sensors to detect pollutants and toxic substances, chemical reactors, and electronics components...
• Seeing the invisible New CSI tool visualizes bloodstains and other substances
  Jan 12, 2011—Snap an image of friends in front of a window curtain and the camera captures the people - and invisible blood stains splattered on the curtain during a murder. Sound unlikely? Chemists from the University of South Carolina are reporting development of a camera with that ability to see the invisible, and more…

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• R&D Budget and Policy Program

• Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2009 , CRS Report RL34448, John F. Sargent, March 17, 2009.

• Science & Engineering Indicators, National Science Board, 2008.
• Research & Development: Essential Foundation for US Competitiveness in a Global Economy: A Companion to Science and Engineering Indicators 2008, National Science Board, January 2008.
• The Science and Engineering Workforce: Realizing America’s Potential , National Science Board, August 2003.

• International Benchmarking of U.S. Chemical Engineering Research Competitiveness, National Research Council Report in Brief, 2007.
• Benchmarking Chemistry , National Research Council Report in Brief, 2007.

• Research & Development Bolsters U.S. Economic Growth Press Release of NSF Study, October 1, 2007
• Measure for Measure Chemical R&D Powers the US Innovation Engine , Council for Chemical Research Phase II Study, D.B. Anthony, 2005.

• Benchmark II report Taskforce on the Future of American Innovation, November 14, 2006.
• Measuring the Moment Innovation, Security, and International Competitiveness , The Task Force on the Future of American Innovation, November 2006.
• Task Force on the Future of American Innovation, Benchmarks of Our Innovation Future: The Knowledge Economy: Is the United States Losing Its Competitive Edge? February 2005.

• Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, October 2005.

• President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Sustaining the Nation’s Innovation Ecosystem: Information Maintaining the Strength of Our Science and Engineering Capabilities, June 2004.
• Sustaining the Nation’s Innovation Ecosystems, Information Technology Manufacturing and Competitiveness , President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, January 2004.

• Riding the Rising Tide: A 21^st Century Strategy for U.S. Competitiveness and Prosperity , ASTRA’s 14-Point Action Agenda for our Innovation Future, December 2007.

• Technology Transfer Works: 100 Innovations from Academic Research to Real-World Application , AUTM: The Better World Project, 2008.
• Five for the Future. Council on Competitiveness, October 26, 2007.
• Sustaining America’s Competitive Edge Enhancing Innovation and Competitiveness Through Investments in Fundamental Research , Report from a Workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Standards and Technology, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, December 2006.
• Looming Workforce Crisis: Preparing American Workers for 21st Century Competition , National Association of Manufacturers, September 2005.
• Tapping America’s Potential: The Education for Innovation Initiative , Business Roundtable, July 2005.
• Does Globalization of the Scientific/Engineering Workforce Threaten U.S. Economic Leadership?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 11457, July 2005.