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Nobel Prize festivities in the USA

Published December 10, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Washington

What a week! As this year’s Nobel Prize laureates could not travel to Stockholm to receive their medals due to the pandemic, the medals had to come to them. This meant two full days of Nobel Prize events, one on each side of the US....

A proposed DARPA for Life Sciences

Published November 12, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Washington

The U.S. Congress is considering an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, ARPA-H with a requested funding level of $6.5B for three years. Located within the National Institute for Health (NiH), if approved in the upcoming appropriations...

Photo by Michael Dziedzic on Unsplash

Photo by Michael Dziedzic on Unsplash

Quantum Computing: On the President’s agenda and on primary school’s curriculum

Published October 22, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Washington

Everyone should keep an eye on what is going on in Quantum Computing in the U.S., in the labs, in politics, and in schools. The country is exploring the boundaries of what can be done from a manufacturing point of view, what could be possible...

Research cooperation between Sweden and the U.S. results in qualitative scientific articles

Research cooperation between Sweden and the U.S. results in qualitative scientific articles. Photo: Ulf Lundin

8000 scientific papers annually confirm US-Swedish research cooperation

Published September 30, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Washington

Co-publication of scientific articles is a way to quantify research co-operation between countries or academic institutions. A recent study by STINT shows that Swedish and U.S. researchers co-authored 8,000 scientific articles in 2019. Researchers...

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Talent mobility can spur sustained collaboration between universities.

Talent mobility – Win-win or a double-edged sword?

Published September 9, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Washington

Dear reader, This is my first blog post as Science and innovation counselor at the Swedish embassy in Washington D.C. My job – since three weeks – is to promote Sweden-U.S. collaboration in the areas of science, innovation and higher...

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the U.S.

Published June 2, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Washington

When the concept of carbon capture storage (CCS) was launched in the U.S in the spring of 2001 by newly elected President George W Bush, it became an immediate global political success. Since then then we have seen the development of new...

Electrify America

Published May 25, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Washington

There is a lot of buzz around electrification as a major component to tackle the climate crisis. But electrification has its challenges too that need to be addressed in order to be a major part of the solution. Electrification will only have the...