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Saudi Arabia To Collaborate With Lunar Science Institute

14 hours ago ago from NASA Watch

NASA Partners with Saudi Arabia on Moon and Asteroid Research "NASA and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have signed a joint statement that allows for collaboration in lunar and asteroid science research. The partnership recognizes the Saudi Lunar and Near-Earth Object Science Center as an affiliate partner with the NASA Lunar Science Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett ...

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Japan's Government Says "Institutional Bottlenecks" Hinder Science Plan

2 hours ago ago from JAPAN HIGHER EDUCATION OUTLOOK

Perhaps this helps explain why there are no Japanese universities in the THES-QS top 20 in 2009? For example, the difficulties around foreign personnel who teach and conduct research continue. Also, the report cites an innovation--fixed term positions--as an improvement but if anything such contractual posts have helped contribute to instability in research and unfair treatment of foreign personnel, women and junior colleagues. ...

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Profile of Japan's top university--U. of Tokyo (Toudai)

2 hours ago ago from JAPAN HIGHER EDUCATION OUTLOOK

Recently Toudai dropped out of the THES-QS top 20 ranking of universities worldwide . I thought this would be a good time to run an alternative version of an earlier piece on the University of Tokyo. --------------------------- Is University of Tokyo Japan's only world-class university? Charles Jannuzi, University of Fukui, Japan It is unique and elite When the university system of Japan is compared internationally, one ...

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NASA, Saudi Arabia Partner on Lunar and Asteroid Research

12 hours ago ago from Parabolic Arc

NASA PRESS RELEASE NASA and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have signed a joint statement that allows for collaboration in lunar and asteroid science research. The partnership recognizes the Saudi Lunar and Near-Earth Object Science Center as an affiliate partner with the NASA Lunar Science Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. (...) Read the rest of ...

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ASU hosts second Chinese science delegation

8 hours ago ago from Arizona State University

Arizona State University’s Decision Center for a Desert City hosted a delegation from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG), part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on Dec. 14. The visit was the second meeting and exchange of ideas with members of the Chinese scientific community in two months, following close upon the heels of an Oct. 26-27 DCDC workshop co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation and National ...

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Raytheon subsidiary receives $81M Army contract

10 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Raytheon subsidiary receives $81M Army contract CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Raytheon BBN Technologies, a research and development organization owned by defense contractor Raytheon Co., said Tuesday that it received an $81 million contract from the Army Research Laboratory. The contract, which has a five-year term, will be used to research network science, the company said. A group will be formed to research network science that will include ...

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