Traditionally, the United States has supported science heavily, and the investments have led to our standing as an international scientific leader.
This situation is beginning to falter as other countries are making large investments in science with high expectations of academic and economic benefits.
In particular, several east Asian countries are emerging as leaders. Singapore is a small island country with major commitment.
China and Japan are also major investors in science.
The U.S. populace is divided with respect to science. A large fraction of our citizenry is well informed and highly supportive of science.
Unfortunately, a subset of our countrymen exhibit a lack of scientific understanding and often question the validity of future financial commitment to science.
Depending on which of these two camps controls the government, our scientific pre-eminence may decline.
(6 votos, promedio: 5,00 de 5)
Premio Nobel de Química. Es un biólogo y catedrático estadounidense galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Química 2003 "por los descubrimientos referentes a los canales de las membranas celulares".
Conocido mundialmente por las acuaporinas, Agre es profesor distinguido de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad John Hopkins y director del Malaria Research Institute de la Escuela de Salud Pública de la Universidad John Hopkins.
Agre es miembro de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias y del Instituto de Medicina de los Estados Unidos; también fue presidente y miembro del Comité de Derechos Humanos de las Academias Nacionales Norteamericanas. Agre es columnista de investigación y políticas científicas de Ciencia del Sur.
