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RICHARDSON, Texas, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States, long the beneficiary of talented immigrants, must act quickly to keep these valuable workers from leaving to pursue expanding opportunities in their home countries, according to an article in the Spring 2009 Issues in Science and Technology.
In A Reverse Brain Drain, Vivek Wadhwa of
The danger, Wadhwa says, is that the United States is taking this immigrant contribution for granted at a time when changes in the global economy are providing career alternatives for the most talented people.
In a related article, Ron Hira of the
In U.S. Workers in a Global Market, Hira argues that policymakers will need to learn more about these developments so that they can make the critical choices about how to nurture a sector that is a key to the nation's future economic health.
Also in the Spring 2009 Issues: Biomedical Enhancements: Entering a New Era. Maxwell Mehlman of
In the article In Defense of Biofuels, Done Right, Keith Kline and colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory write that despite recent claims to the contrary, plant-based fuels developed in economically and environmentally sensible ways can contribute significantly to the nation's -- indeed, the world's -- energy security while providing a host of benefits for many people worldwide.
Also in the Spring 2009 Issues:
In the Zone: Comprehensive Ocean Protection. Carrie Kappel of the
Closing the Environmental Data Gap. Robin O'Malley, Anne Marsh, and Christine Negra of the Heinz Center in Washington, DC, write that information limitations are severely constraining our ability to identify and understand emerging environmental problems, devise interventions to address them, and evaluate whether our responses work.
Finally, Michael Crow, the president of
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