Science

• [New] The world is way off-target in containing global warming and at risk of reaching disastrous climate tipping points.
• [New] The whole point of the CDC is to stand firmly on science - and science alone - when rogue waves of political and economic expediency threaten to wash away concern for public health.
• [New] The Australian Academy of Science has released a report ahead of the summit warning of the risks to Australia of a three-degrees-warmer world, saying deep cuts in global emissions now could keep global warming below two degrees.
• [New] Projections from the UN's climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that to halt global warming at 1.5 C - beyond which the worst impacts of rising temperatures are expected - global emissions will need to reach net zero by around 2050, or sooner.
• [New] More competition may be expected in defense technologies and technological areas, where China has explicit ambitions to become world leader.
• [New] Hundreds of corporations, including the largest emitters of greenhouse gases, have pledged to become net zero by 2050 or earlier, and over 1,000 corporations have embraced science-based targets to measure carbon reductions.
• [New] In the next 10 years, things once considered science fiction will become science fact, from augmented reality and artificial intelligence (AI) to quantum computing.
• [New] Whether the final numbers turn out to be enough to help the U.S. stay ahead of Chinese advances in quantum science, artificial intelligence and other key technologies will likely be a subject of intense debate.
• [New] The UK's reputation as a science superpower is under threat because of government cuts to global health research, experts have warned.
• [New] One provision of the American Jobs Plan calls for the U.S. to become a leader in climate science, innovation and research and development.
• [New] The Discovery Accelerator will leverage IBM's multi-year roadmap for advancing quantum computing, bringing its revolutionary capabilities into the hands of scientists and professionals in healthcare and life sciences.
• [New] In less than four decades, computational science has grown from a small supporting activity where computers were used simply to analyze experimental data to a recognized scientific discipline where simulations explain and predict scientific phenomena and generate scientific data.
• Deloitte identified life sciences as a space industry that could grow to a multibillion-dollar market over the next five years, reaching $1.4 billion per year.
• The STS at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source will provide transformative new capabilities for discovery science, enabling breakthroughs in many areas of materials research and development.
• Science, technology and innovation will play a key role in supporting the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan for South Africa.
• The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council will soon launch $ 2.25-million funding to promote vaccine confidence in Canada.
• As Ontario's Science Table explains, Health Canada has stated that the benefits in protecting Canadians from COVID-19 continue to outweigh the risks and encourage Canadians to get immunized with any of the COVID-19 vaccines that are authorized in Canada when they are eligible.
• As the world's wealthiest economies, strong leadership is needed from the G7 nations to advance rapidly the next generation climate technologies that will be needed in the next 10 to 30 years to create the net zero world of 2050.
• The Discovery Accelerator will leverage IBM's multi-year roadmap for advancing quantum computing, bringing its revolutionary capabilities into the hands of scientists and practitioners in healthcare and life sciences.
• IBM and Cleveland Clinic said they will focus on training a workforce on data science and quantum computing, with research priorities of analyzing viral genomes and vaccine development.
• STEM occupations are expected to see explosive growth in the coming years, as math, science, and engineering become highly sought after skills by employers.
• A survey of 17 of the UK's largest banks has found that just five of them have net-zero targets or science-based emissions targets, meaning they risk breaching their legal requirements on climate change.
• Greater Manchester is proud to be home to world-leading industries in sectors such as life sciences and advanced manufacturing, which together employ some 60,000 people across Greater Manchester and are projected to deliver significant increases in productivity over the next ten years.

Last updated: 12 April 2021