Recent Posts on Science and Technology

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Animal Research in the Federal Government: A Search for Alternatives

The figure below shows the 2 broad categories of infectious disease models: mechanistic models, which use scientific understanding of disease dynamics and human behavior, and statistical models, which rely only on patterns in the data.

Disease modeling: How Math Can Help In A Pandemic

The image shows a trapped ion qubit (a quantum bit) test bed in the Quantum Information and Integrated Nanosystems Group at Lincoln Laboratory.

Quantum Technology Leaping Toward Reality

The Reward and Risk of Expediting COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Development

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CRISPR: A Technology That Could Help In the Fight Against COVID-19

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Could AI Help Create New Medicines?

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Expanding GAO’s Science & Technology Expertise

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Can Irrigation Technology Address Water Scarcity? (Podcast and Infographic)

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On National STEM Day, Combatting Sexual Harassment in STEM Research

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Our Innovation Lab: Building a Sandbox for Audit Tech

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Our New “Science & Tech Spotlights”

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Artificial Intelligence: Still a Long Way from Judgment Day