A think tank for accelerating scientific, technological, and industrial progress
Policy research and advocacy to remove the bottlenecks to U.S. growth
Over the last 50 years, our rate of innovation has been slowing down while the global challenges we face have been growing. To combat climate change, future pandemics, and economic stagnation, we need to leverage the United States' unique advantages and chart a path to abundance.
Metascience
How can we change the incentives within science to produce more breakthrough research?
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Immigration
How can we attract and retain superstar talent from around the globe?
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Biosecurity
How can we prevent future pandemics and accelerate progress in the life sciences?
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Emerging Technology
How can we shape the frontier of technological development and deployment?
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Metascience
But Seriously, How Do We Make an Entrepreneurial State?
Some practical strategies for rebuilding state capacity
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Emerging Technology
Unlocking American Agricultural Innovation
There is still lots of low-hanging fruit in crop biotechnology
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Immigration
Creating a Global Skill Partnership with Central America Using Existing US Visas
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Metascience
How to Translate Research Findings into Policy
Recommendations for successfully communicating with policymakers
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Infrastructure
How Biofuel Mandates Raise Food and Energy Prices
Blending requirements harm consumers and the environment
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Emerging Technology
Decarbonization Won’t Require As Much Land As You Think
We can reach net zero emissions without devoting hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land to energy farms
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Biosecurity
Why the Department of Defense Should Invest in Biosurveillance
Building integrated, layered, and pathogen-agnostic detection systems
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Emerging Technology
Climate Relief Can’t Wait for Utopia
Wishful thinking hampers the clean-energy revolution
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Emerging Technology
How to Stop Environmental Review from Harming the Environment
Permitting reform is an opportunity to accelerate decarbonization
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Metascience
Drug Pricing Reforms Could Hurt Innovation
Here Are Three Ways to Prevent That
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Immigration
The Case for High-Skilled Immigration Reform
(And How to Make It Happen)
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Immigration
Semiconductor Investments Won’t Pay Off If Congress Doesn’t Fix the Talent Bottleneck
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