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Foundation Funding for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene – Foundation Center’s WASHfunders.org “In recent years, the number of U.S. charitable foundations awarding grants for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects around the world has more than tripled. A new research brief by the Foundation Center…finds that between 2003 and 2010 this growth in the number of …
Pew: The Web Is Dead? No. Experts expect apps and the Web to converge in the cloud; but many worry that simplicity for users will come at a price, Janna Quitney Anderson, Elon University – Lee Rainie, Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project, March 23, 2012 “According to estimates by Cisco, by 2016 …
Cathryn Delude, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory: “Our fond or fearful memories that first kiss or a bump in the night leave memory traces that we may conjure up in the remembrance of things past, complete with time, place and all the sensations of the experience. Neuroscientists call these traces memory engrams. …
News release: “Top executives in Europe and the U.S. say global political and economic risk, and government regulation are their most pressing concerns, while Asian CEOs name innovation as their top challenge, closely followed by human capitalattracting, retaining, and rewarding talent. So finds The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2012, a global survey of business leaders, …
News release: “College seniors who graduated with student loans in 2010 owed an average of $25,250, up five percent from the previous year, according to a new report from the Project on Student Debt at the Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS). The Class of 2010 also faced the highest unemployment levels for new …
“In 2011, the digital revolution entered a new era. The age of mobile, in which people are connected to the web wherever they are, arrived in earnest. More than four in ten American adults now own a smartphone. One in five owns a tablet. New cars are manufactured with internet built in. With more mobility …
Hormones and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Low-Dose Effects and Nonmonotonic Dose Responses – Laura N. Vandenberg, Theo Colborn, Tyrone B. Hayes, Jerrold J. Heindel, David R. Jacobs Jr., Duk-Hee Lee, Toshi Shioda, Ana M. Soto, Frederick S. vom Saal, Wade V. Welshons, R. Thomas Zoeller and John Peterson Myers. Endocrine Reviews March 14, 2012 er.2011-1050 “For decades, …
Review of NASA’s Lessons Learned Information System, March 6, 2012: “NASAs policy on lessons learned requires the collection, validation, assessment, and codification of lessons learned submitted by individuals, NASA directorates, programs and projects, and any supporting organizations and personnel. To this end, the Lessons Learned Information System LLIS is designed to be searchable and available …
GALLUP Economy: “Americans on average say gas prices of $5.30 to $5.35 per gallon are the tipping point that would make them cut back on spending in other areas or make significant changes in the way they live their lives…Americans on average say gas prices of $5.30 to $5.35 per gallon are the tipping point …
A New Way to Compute or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud – Robert Bohn, NIST, March 7, 2012 – DC/SLA Washington, DC Chapter “NIST Cloud Computing Program Goal – Accelerate the federal governments adoption of cloud computing* Build a USG Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap which focuses on the highest priority …
News release: “March is National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month, and the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) is working to educate the public on risk factors, prevalence, and the severe lack of awareness surrounding autoimmune diseases. During March, AARDA hopes to educate the public on the top five things everyone should know about autoimmune disease: …
Womens economic opportunity 2012 – A global index and ranking from the Economist Intelligence Unit “Women are the worlds greatest undeveloped source of labour: nearly one-half of working-age women are not currently active in the formal global economy. By working disproportionately in unpaid labour, particularly in developing countries, women traditionally have had less access than …
