Gates grant helps Africa develop science academies

Why national science academies?

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The Renaissance academies between science and the humanities.

The scientific academies of early modern Europe have long been recognized for their critical role in incubating and legitimating the Scientific Revolution. So also, academies dedicated to vernacular literature and language, opera and ballet, art and design, and speculative philosophy all contributed greatly to the emergence of new humanistic art forms. Rarely, though, have scholars asked whethe...

Academies of Science and the Cooperative Spirit in Scientific Research.

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Network helps hospitals develop own evidence-based medicine.

A Research Network Based in London, Ont., aims to improve hospital care by having hospitals share information. The research points out the ways some hospitals do things differently. Dr. William Sibbald, who heads the network, says that if hospitals overcome some of the variations between them, they may be "able to save money and become more efficient."