January 30, 2010 | The Informatition Technology & Innovatition Foundatition

With the unemployment rate around 10 percent, job creation tops the policy agenda in Washington. One of the best ways to spur job creation is to expand the federal R&D tax credit to encourage more research and development.

January 29, 2010 | Boston Globe

A study from the Pioneer Institute, a conservative think tank, recommends Massachusetts focus its economic policies on nurturing home-grown entrepreneurs and companies, rather than working to entice out-of-state firms to relocate here,

January 29, 2010 | Inside Higher ERd

Jonathan Hook remembers March 9 all too well. Ohio State University's chief investment officer received a handwritten note -- scanned into PDF format and e-mailed -- with six simple words: “Get Out Of All Equities Now.”

February 1, 2010 | NSF/Kauffman Foundation

Foreign nationals have earned more than half of U.S. natural sciences or engineering (NS&E) doctorates since 2006. Half of these students are from East Asia, mostly from China (31%), India (14%), and South Korea (7%). The United States remains by far the single largest R&D-performing country.

February 1, 2010 | San Jose Mercury News

Cleantech's vast ecosystem includes a dizzying array of emerging technologies, from green building materials to electric vehicles, lighting and wind power. But as Silicon Valley reinvents itself as a global center of clean technology, two sectors — solar power and "smart" upgrades to the electric grid — already are reshaping the valley and changing the way energy is produced and used.