by Ezra Mechaber | Apr 2, 2013 | Monitor
Ed. note: This event has concluded, you can watch the full Q&A below. Today, President Obama unveiled the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, which aims to help researchers find new ways to treat, cure, and even...
by Francis Collins and Arati Prabhakar | Apr 2, 2013 | Monitor
Note: Want to learn more about the BRAIN Initiative? Watch Tom Kalil, Innovation Advisor; Dr. Francis Collins, Director of National Institutes of Health; and Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) discuss the new...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 12, 2012 | Monitor
Firefighters practice extinguishing flames engulfing an Air Force C-130 at Rammstein Air Base in Germany, 2007. Keeping the skies under American control is a top priority for Darpa’s new director. Photo: Flickr/USACE Europe District The U.S. has total dominance...
by Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman | Jun 27, 2012 | Monitor
Two names have emerged in the search for the next director of the Pentagon’s premier research agency. Problem is, one of them has ties to Solyndra, the controversial solar energy firm that embroiled the White House in a scandal. And this isn’t exactly the...
