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Nature Materials spoke to Thirumalachari Ramasami, the Secretary of State in India's Department of Science and Technology, about the many challenges facing scientific research and development in India.
Although India can capitalize on a long history of scientific excellence, progress in scientific research and science education needs to be implemented across all layers of society.
To counter the decreasing interest in scientific studies, the PhysiScope at the University of Geneva conveys scientific excitement to teenagers by offering an entertaining and practical way to discover physics.
Strong science education is an important part of any modern education. To ensure scientific progress, however, students need to aspire to academic careers.
Despite recent advances, thermoelectric energy conversion will never be as efficient as steam engines. That means thermoelectrics will remain limited to applications served poorly or not at all by existing technology. Bad news for thermoelectricians, but the climate crisis requires that we face bad news head on.
Joseph Michels, a managing director at One Equity Partners, talks to Nature Materials about making private equity investments in high-tech companies in times of recession.
The financial crisis teaches us about the consequences of ignoring risks. We cannot afford to repeat the same mistakes for the continuing crises in energy and climate.