When hyping technology is a crime

The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, former chief executive officer (CEO) of the high-flying, privately held, American medical diagnostics company Theranos, has riveted the public for years. A bestseller, a documentary, and a seemingly endless stream of news stories have chronicled the drama, which came to a climax last week when a jury decided that Holmes committed fraud. Although a verdict has been rendered, it’s worth examining how the culture of science innovation contributed to the problem. For too long, fledging companies promoting technological and scientific advances have relied too much on style and not enough on substance.

НАУКОВА ПРОЄКТНА ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ЯК ПЕРЕДУМОВА ФОРМУВАННЯ ФАХОВИХ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТЕЙ ЗДОБУВАЧІВ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ З ЕЛЕКТРИЧНОЇ ІНЖЕНЕРІЇ

Purpose. Determination of the role of scientific project activity in the formation of professional competencies of applicants for higher education in the field of electrical engineering.Methodology. The method of scientific projects is used to form the professional competencies of applicants for higher education in the specialty “Electricity, electrical engineering and electromechanics”.Findings. The implementation of project scientific activities using the base of engineering and scientific projects to improve energy efficiency motivates applicants for higher education to acquire new knowledge, creates the preconditions for the development and implementation of a modern educational program in the field of electrical engineering, contributes to the integration of a new structure into the university system – an energy-innovative hub of knowledge.Originality. In the work design methods and teaching technologies in the field of electrical engineering were further developed, which provide the use of the university base of scientific and engineering projects on energy efficiency and participation in the implementation of projects of applicants for higher education, which allows to form professional (scientific-research) competencies of applicants and to develop modern educational program.Practical value. The research results can be used to update educational programs in electrical engineering and to support the development of energy efficiency at the university when creating an energy-innovative knowledge hub that will allow organizing a complex interaction of the components “education – science (innovation) – business (entrepreneurship) – state”.

Analysis of the Dynamic Landscape of Scientific Innovation in the Chip Domain

Chip is the core of the electronic information industry, and its current "neck" phenomenon is rooted in the failure to keep up with basic research. This study aims to provide a clear landscape of the dynamics of scientific innovation in the chip domain. Specifically, this study uses bibliometrics, social network analysis, and SPLC algorithm-based master path analysis to analyze spatial and temporal trends, collaboration characteristics, knowledge flows, and mainstream research paths through the global output of scientific paper in the field of the chip. The results show that the scientific output in this field has grown significantly, the network size is expanding, a few countries/regions and organizations are in the main position of chip science innovation, and the research themes on the mainstream research paths are concentrated in chip manufacturing. The study can provide lessons for researchers, policymakers, and research funders.

Our mutual fiends: cancer research in a time of COVID-19

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health services in the UK and around the world cannot be understated. Cancer care services, patient and cancer research communities have been particularly affected. Screening services, treatment and clinical trials have been halted. Research laboratories have been closed or repurposed to tackle the pandemic. Despite these profound setbacks, there are ways in which the pandemic is accelerating areas of cancer research. In the context of a new cancer research exhibition planned by the Science Museum Group, Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hope , this essay draws out some remarkable parallels between cancer science and the remarkable research effort seeking to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Knowledge and therapeutic approaches from seemingly unrelated fields of medical research are opening up new possibilities to control both diseases. As the race to control COVID-19 has shown, the more research angles, disciplines and tools and people we can bring together to tackle the challenge cancer poses, the better our chances of staying ahead of this disease for more of us now and in future.

Between Science, Technology and Society

The intersection and permeability of science, innovation and society result in a series of benefits and challenges, underlying the important role the latter can and should play.

Science, Innovation, Communication and Ethics in the days of COVID-19 in Latin America

Two renowned Cuban scientists and professors who arrived in Brazil in the last decade of the last century, completed their doctorates at USP and expanded their professional achievements in the country, share in a relaxed way their knowledge and experiences about Science, Technology, Communication and Ethics in the times of COVID-19 in Latin America. One of them from the Exact Sciences area, Efrain Pantaleón Matamoros; and the other from Social Sciences, Felipe Chibás Ortiz. The views of these two Latin American researchers - who have previously written an article together on Innovation Management - now speak of these themes from the perspectives of different sciences, in an enriching way – relevant to the context of the ‘new-normal’ during the times of Covid-19. This article, presented as an interview, reflects on what these two experts have to say about Science, Technology, Innovation, Communication and Ethics in the days of COVID-19 in Latin America, from their unique perspectives.