Bridging the gulf

• Autores: Michael T. Clegg
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3067, 2016, págs. 24-25
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Clegg tackles US-Cuba scientific collaboration. The US National Academy of Sciences runs workshops with scientists from Iran, and both governments seem to value this neutral channel of engagement. Cuba has strong capabilities in fields including biotechnology, oceanography, biodiversity, public health and disaster management. Its education system achieved nearly 100% literacy by the 1970s and its higher education and research sectors are impressive for a nation of just over 11 million. Obama had technology-based entrepreneurism and expanded access to the Internet on his wish list for Cuba, along with the chance to work with Cuban biotech efforts, in particular trials for new vaccines for lung cancer and other human and animal diseases.