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Washington, Sept 13: US President Joe Biden has announced an ambitious plan to reduce cancer deaths in the United States, which is the second most cause of death in the country after heart disease. Despite the progress of lives extended, and lives saved, cancer is still the number two cause of death in America, second only to heart disease. For too many cancer patients and their families, instead of hope, there’s bewilderment, the feeling of being on your own, Biden […]
The many cybersecurity challenges facing the U.S. include one of which many Americans are unaware the serious threat posed by vulnerabilities in the cyber supply chain. Of the many components including hardware, firmware, and software that compose a technological product, most contain elements stemming from a broad global market that includes nations as diverse as Germany, China, India, Brazil, and Japan, as well as many others, making it difficult to ascertain the complete security of an end product.
The US is expected to pass a sweeping research and innovation bill that doubles the budget of the National Science Foundation (NSF), pouring money into basic and applied research alike, in order to compete with China. In a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, the Chips and Science bill passed the Senate yesterday, and is expected to clear a final hurdle in the House soon, before being signed into law by President Joe Biden.
The inspiration for all of these proposals is the original: the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Started in 1958 at the height of the Cold War, DARPA’s decades of radical innovation have recast military systems and changed military outcomes and also seeded artificial intelligence, developed advanced microelectronics, and started the internet. In 2006, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) was formed to serve the intelligence community, and in 2009, the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) was started in the Department of Energy. Today, we know the model works, and we know it can be adapted to different national purposes.