US Lead In Science And Technology Continues To Narrow
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 19:47
in Physics & Chemistry
United States dominance in science and technology declined during the last decade as several Asian nations rapidly increased their innovation capacities. According to a new report, The 2014 volume of Science and Engineering Indicators prepared by NSF's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), the major Asian economies, taken together, now perform a larger share of global R&D than the U.S., and China performs nearly as much of the world's high-tech manufacturing as the U.S. read more