like stanford and harvard and princeton and mit -- these are the crown jewels of research institutions in the world, not to take anything away from international and foreign institutions but mit, stanford, harvard, this is it among the best of the best in the world. what about that? we had an open door policy for chinese scholars, even with what we saw in harvard, with the professor working hand in glove with the chinese -- this has to end, yesterday, correct? >> we give hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants to major research institutions in the united states and repressor charles lieber got $50 million to develop products he took to china under the thousand talents program and was working with the university of technology in that famous place now called wuhan and was paid generously over the years for selling for pennies on the dollar, technology that american taxpayers had paid tens of millions of dollars to develop. we've got to stop that and i think chinese students in the scholars i know before they leave china are all told if you come across any commercially valuable

like stanford and harvard and princeton and mit, these are the crown jewels of research institutions ine the world, not to take anything away from international and other foreign institutions. butt mit, stanford, harvard, ths is it. amongst the best ofng the best n the world. what about that? we have an open door policy for chinese scholars even with what we saw with harvard, with the professor working hand in glove withvah the chinese. this has to end yesterday, correct? >> it really does. we get hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants to major research institutions in the united states and professor charles lieber you mention from harvard got $15 million to develop products that he then took to china under the thousand talons program apparently and was working with the university of technology in that famous place now called wuhan and was paid generously over the years for really selling, for pennies on the dollar, technology that american taxpayers had paid tens of millions of dollars to develop. we've got to stop that. and i think the chinese students and scholars i kn

here at another research institute staff and farmers have gathered to meet the man who led sequins reinvention as a model organic state. it was india's longest serving chief minister he is the son of farmers and travels regularly through the state drumming up support for his mission in. the world really coming to persuading farmers to dispense with pesticides and artificial fertilisers wasn't easy at 1st for more than 40 years conventional farming was the norm here as it is across the rest of the country. their pov on channeling is playing the long game it was very hard to convince the body is the. most it was because people. have it and a way of thinking this is a very difficult. but sonority you. decide to become organic. now 3 other states in india are planning to go fully organic come on channeling one the people of seacom over to his vision others are now following suit. is dot earth should be organic by 2050 and we. walked. out of. if we walked to a good there. it is definitely possible this is my message to the work. but the acid test is this does organic farming have the capacity to me

nli research institute foresees a scenario not quite as dire.es restrictions lasting three weeks in tokyo and four neighboring prefectures. that would depress gdp by 2.8 trillion yen or about $26 billion. that's about half a percentage point. nomura research institute assumed the emergency measures would be in place for a month in tokyo and eight nearby prefectures. it predicts gdp would lose 5.9 trillion yen or about $54 billion. that would be just under one percentage point. economists say the hit to the economy would be even greater if stay-at-home requests are in place longer or extend beyond the greater tokyo area. >>> the number of people coming into central tokyo on the weekend already seems to be dropping off, and that's according to data from internet company yahoo japan. this comes after the metropolitan government and some prefectures asked people to stay home on weekends. the yahoo data show that under 1.1 million people visited tokyo's 23 wards on saturday. on sunday, the number was about 810,000. those were declines of about 20% an

why farmers in seacom suffer so few setbacks has its roots in the national organic farming research institute here scientists develop methods to optimally protect and strengthen agricultural crops based both on traditional practices and the latest scientific findings. the farmers themselves have to be proactive over 700 further training programs are available to them maize cultivation for example this farmer is experimenting with using named tree extract as a form of pest control that doesn't adversely affect beneficial insects. biologist ravi kind of history fervently believes the extra work is worth it. or going to farming is and bridging the ecosystem services that we have a lot of. the population has increased the bumblebee population increase appropriate prices for permission of them grieve for you have the impact on the production system. in seeking feeding the population is the 1st consideration but all the while protecting biodiversity. and the environment a wealth of expertise in organic farming has been built up here in the himalayas nature is seen as a valuable asset that deserves

research of the arms and military expenditure program at the stockholm international peace research institute from leipsic in germany adam need director of the australia base to china policy center and from glasgow in the u.k. andrew smith spokesman for the campaign against the arms trade thank you all for joining us peter to you 1st of all do you see a main driver in this increase in spending the. increase in spending is driven by a wide variety of courses depending on region to region or contrary to country but of course as the united states is by far the largest military spending in the world it's always important to live there and there i think we can say that it's true but ministration in particular is really seeing a return to the great power rivalries of the past and believes that military spending military capability is an important foreign policy tool there now of course we see something similar in china there it is not so much a return to being a very large spender but to actually having an economy that has growth over many years to the point that it can actually now be the 2nd larg

professor to find out if teachers internet technologies and systems at a part of them based research institute what's more secure possible words biometrics . i think up look is that we should be using your fingerprint to log in is obviously more convenient you just put your finger on the reader are identified and then you're in. that's much easier than typing a password the passwords are often we get halfway to pass they're a little out of date of what password protected systems are easy to implement that's probably why they're so common. that. for years that's a costly mirrors and so on the most sense as i can use to scan a fingerprint or face the more accurately i can capture someone's biometric profile as a for. the security of this technology depends on how well it's implemented or if there are enough senses this is more secure than passwords. solution talk iris recognition fingerprint scans and facial recognition similar in the sense that the old check for a single constant biometric feature or. which the system recognizes me for a passport by contrast is something i need to memorize i sh

effects of the coronavirus crisis and that's according to a new report from the country's efore research institute which says the key measure has hit its lowest level ever and that there's no improvement in sight with the ongoing lockdown restrictions in germany and abroad companies expect the slump of demand to continue so the situation is especially dire for small businesses and startups. as mentioned the start ups in particular face a unique challenge they invest the bulk of their revenues into research and development that leaves them little cash on hand now while some are adapting others may have to fold. in a matter of just hours the largest series build 3 d. printers can manufacture industrial parts or prototypes up to one cubic metre in volume the high tech machines are made by a berlin startup big graham c.e.o. martin back sells his gigantic printers on every continent and he's made the company a world market leader but now during the coronavirus crisis many of his customers are struggling to survive in january orders stopped coming in from asia then europe and the us followed and now the

right lester let's talk about the how germany's academy of sciences one of the most renowned research institutions in the country says primary and secondary schools should gradually open again and it should be mandatory for people to wear face masks on public transportation what is your take on that. i think these are very good and reasonable of such actions many experts from various fields have been involved in this recommendations and i think that those are really good starting points we all have to understand however that if restrictions are lifted it's that we may see an effect of the health care system again and that we have to increases some of the restrictions or potentially this will be an on off for some time we have to evaluate this very 'd carefully indeed exports are doing to 2 to recommence 'd specific measures to the politicians who don't have to make their decisions but i think the recommendations of the national academy of science will 'd be reasonable and say a good starting point also it is important that they set that we should not realize the late specific care groups such as t

for example many asian countries similar very as well as from the talk of international peace research institute thank you very much for giving us that analysis we appreciate it welcome. salvador security officials have been authorized to use lethal force against gang members following a surge in violence during the pandemic prisons have been ordered to place members of rival gangs into shared cells in a bid to break up lines of communication and social imposed a 24 hour lockdown in correctional facilities the country suffered 24 homicides on friday and another 29 by late sunday. the united arab emirates says it stands against a decision by a separatist group in yemen to declare self rule over the areas it controls a southern transitional council announced a state of emergency from sunday accusing the government of failing to improve the lives of yemenis the government's backed by a saudi u.a.e. military coalition and its fight against who think rebels but the m iraqis have previously supported the southern separatist group. iran plans to reopen some mosques in areas that are deemed free of coro

robert darling at the army research institute of infectious diseases saying china will not give overamples of sars covid 2 that ask reveal its origin that could be used to create a vaccine. >> they don't respond to pressure the united states or the world health organization. r they think that they are pretty much the h number one country in the world now. their gdp is 80% of ours. steve schwarzman said our own gdp suffered a $5 trillion cut. that's almost a quarter of our gdp. china is messaging, a media i follow every day. they are basically saying they are number one in the world now. if they don't want to be hand over the history of what happened in with you land. they won't't do it. theyca make jokes le american senators and congressmen who go on television and make a resolution to block china but they don't get any sponsors. the chinese attitude, they have a strong lobby in washington. when rex tillerson was secretary of state the first year, liz, he renewed all of our almost 100 scientific exchange programs with china.ie we could have canceled those or held them at risk. we cou

secretary, joining up with the private sector, pharmaceutical companies, like science companies, research institutionsbeing asked tojoin institutions and universities are being asked to join the effort to turn their facilities into testing la bs turn their facilities into testing labs and process tests for coronavirus —— life science companies. it seems that given the two types of tests you were explaining just now in some detail, the government expects to meet this target and plans to meet this target solely on the basis of the swab test, which tells you if you have coronavirus there and then. it is not banking on the antibody tests, which tell you if you have had previously and will now had some immunity to it being ready in time to meet this target. so that tells you they are planning and expecting a big upscaling in the number of tests being done everyday. we have seen those facilities with drive—through tests being done in london and the surrounding area, a makeshift lab has been set up in milton keynes, more are being set up in different parts of the uk to process what will be a huge of tests bu

economic research institute says there's been a surprising jump in german investor confidence despite the pen to make bringing the economy to a standstill and let's go right to date abuse shall see delaney our financial correspondent in a frankfurt shell see can you explain this to us why are investors showing confidence despite the pen demick. well i would read this data with a little bit of caution there are 2 parts of this survey the 1st is how investors feel about the economy right at this moment so that indicator was deeply negative and march so investors are really concerned about the current state of the economy the 2nd part of this was how do you feel about where the economy is going to be in several months or maybe 6 months from now that's where we saw this surprising bounce back and confidence so investors seem to be taking confidence from these stimulus measures that governments and central banks have put in place over the past few weeks as well as the tentative reopening of the german economy but we are still seeing a steeper session. so they see a light at the end of the

ofinister who is the head the research institute in charge of the pandemic said because the belowion rate has dropped one, that means one infected person is not infecting even one other person. the bad news is that we don't know how this will evolve further, so the situation won't be back to norormal justst yet. stay in distancing will place. we have to respect five meters distance with another person. there is a b ban of gatherings f more t than two people. cafes, restaurants, the the bars are still closed, and large-scale cultural events as well as sporting events are banned in the country. that is until august 31 at least. so it is not back to normal even plans to r ramp up the testing. it already carried out 2 million tests so far. advisesrnment strongly people to wear masks on public transport. the government stands short on making that measure mandatory, with s some stateses arere makit , forpulsory in n their regegios example, saxony. wewe see different measures in different states. thomas: that was a report from berlin a little earlier. back over the atlantic, the u.s. presid

the beethoven house is the former home of the composer's family today it is a museum and a research institute its aim is to bring people closer to liberate from beethoven the man young had extraordinary musical gift at an early age he began learning the piano and was also taught composition the boy was soon able to play better than his teachers he gave his 1st public performance when he was 7 beethoven's beloved mother died aged 40 his father was an alcoholic. at 14 beethoven became a church organist and as head of the family took care of his siblings. when he was 22 he left bon and moved to vienna the self-proclaimed world capital of music. he lived there until his death in 827. and inspired by are inspired by his dedication or his complete absorption in his music. there's often these stories about him. you know composing in his room half naked and then standing outside and not realizing he was addressed as he saw in the musical soaking himself in water it's a fresh in itself get some inspiration singing mumbling all the time all these things is always reassuring to hear about someone so in

they are in research institutions doing critical research work to bring them online also. to supplement the other laboratories, to create a mosaic and complete strategy that brings together the high throughput platforms with the medium throughput platforms with what are the low throughput but rapid platforms which is this idea now. iodine now is not going to be the answer to the number of tests that we need over the next few weeks. those wh who the test every 15 minutes. we can get about 55,000 cartridges a day. i just got done saying that these other machines of which we have hundreds of could run 500 to 1,000 in a single time frame. we need to bring all of these assays together. our team has been created to call every single laboratory and every single research institution across the united states to define the complete capacity in every single state. it shouldn't be our expectation that every governor understands exactly everything that's in his state. but we have to understand everything in every state in order to be able to meet the needs of the american people. i kno

a number of different companies and research institutes are working on this antibody test, as our medicals what a home antibody test looks like. this one is for hiv, and can be bought online. it is this kind of highly accurate fingerprick blood test which is needed for coronavirus. an antibody test would tell you if you've previously been infected with coronavirus, and have built up some immunity which might protect you in future. the british company behind the hiv test says it hopes to have a similar one for coronavirus ready within weeks. i think it would make an incredible difference. the question everyone's asking themselves is, have i had it? you know, i had a cold injanuary and i didn't feel well. so for us, antibody detection is the key, really, to accelerating how we handle this. the government agrees. it has already bought 3.5 million antibody tests, but these are still being evaluated to check they're accurate. we're currently working with nine companies who've offered these tests, and evaluating their effectiveness. these antibody tests, blood tests, offer the hope that people

about what your company is doing to try to combat this in partnership with microsoft and some research institutionsell me what you think you'll be able to accomplish and how soon? >> there's three efforts we're involved in the at c 3 ai. we're working with medical equipment manufacturers around the world to use a.i. in an application optimization of the supply chain to maximize production and delivery of ventilators and cpap machines and ventilator monitors. we announced the transformational newt with microsoft, university of illinois, m.i.t., carnegie melonen, university of chicago, almost a $400 million effort to aggregate some of the best research minds on the planet and the initial initiative is to fund advanced research as it relates to the covid-19 and the pandemic this week we announced a third initiative, the next week we would push -- publish a covid-19 data link available at no cost this consists of 24 of the largest and most important data sets related to covid infection ct scans, x-rays, epidemiology, and we'll be publishing that unified fed rated image, one on april 13th and secondly o

human touch is denied, tiffany is the to rector -- the director of t touch receive -- and touch research institutere some examples of how important physical touch is? >> the most example is children in romanian orphanages who failed to thrive and grow and that is an extreme example.ors. i don't think that is happening in ts covid-19 time. it is wonderful children can hug their grandparents and vice versa because it does a lot for immune function. they w migt to wear masks so they don't run a risk. that would be fun for the kids and grandparents. we know from studies we have done on elderly people touching children lowers their stress hormones. when you lower stress hormones, eouav kill viral cells. in this pandemic, when we are not allowed to touch people, touch is more important for saving the natural killing the . anchor: switzerland is reducing for grandchildren and grtoandparenucts. others say we don't know the ability of childreto pass on covid-19. many otherhat countries case, fs that tonoar grants, what else can we do to substitute human contact? the skin to get positive effects on immune f

really lifeboats and she's actually being supported by those has mr young and ahead of the research institute caught as she went on people not to let their guard down. stay with us while we take a closer look at a new study conducted in one of the worst affected regions in germany in the west of the country far ologists from the university of baum have managed to test nearly a 1000 people then the hind spec district and found that 15 percent of participants are already immune to the disease. scientists in germany have taken a close look at a region hit especially hard by the corona virus the affected community is goggled southwest of distilled or if initial results show that 15 percent of the population has tested positive thought about we gave people a questionnaire took a throat swap and used the p.c.r. methods to verify whether an infection was currently present we also took a blood sample and use an antibody test to see if the person had already experienced an infection. in the minas apology of dangled the scientists calculated a mortality rate of 0.37 percent that's 5 times lower than wh

the first day of research centres, the francis crick institute.work in other areas including cancer have been switched to analysing swab samples. today the government called on academic and industry teams to help in a new national drive to boost virus testing. had this come a little late in the day, i asked the director, sir paul nurse. i think this whole covid—19 has exposed that the country wasn't as well—prepared as it have been. we see that in a number of areas. i don't think now is the time to go into that in great detail because we all have to work together, all put our shoulders to the wheel and get through it. at this research centre they have started serious testing today. they hope to get to 500 a day by monday, and then a couple of weeks later, 2000 a day, that's equivalent to what all the public health laboratories in england were doing in the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak. a priority for all labs is testing nhs staff who have self—isolated, so if they are given the all clear they can return to work more quickly. this gp had

a number of different companies and research institutes are working on this antibody test, as our medical. this is what a home antibody test looks like. this one is for hiv and can be bought online. it's this kind of highly accurate fingerprick blood test which is needed for coronavirus. an antibody test would tell you if you've previously been infected with coronavirus and have built up some immunity which might protect you in future. the british company behind the hiv test says it hopes to have a similar one for coronavirus ready within weeks. i think it would make an incredible difference. the question everyone‘s asking themselves is, "have i had it? i had a cold injanuary and i didn't feel well", so for us, antibody detection is the key, really, to accelerating how we handle this. the government agrees. it's already bought 3.5 million antibody tests, but these are still being evaluated to check they're accurate. we are currently working with nine companies who have offered these tests and evaluating their effectiveness. these antibody tests, blood tests, offer the hope that people who

we have a research institute. we offer a number of community support services that offer ways -- adults and people with disabilities can remain healthy in their communities. we provide things like meals, transportation, legal services, independent living assistance, transitions out of facilities, really a wide range of things. our website is easy to navigate for those who are interested in a deep dive. it is acl.gov . those things do and an age of social distancing? as one wouldand expect a lot of our services have been impacted, but we are still doing some remarkable work around some of the core programming. a good example is meals. it is important that older adults and disabled people have an opportunity to have a balanced meal. we continue to deliver those meals. during the course of a normal day, we would serve about 900,000 people a day. that was done through a combination of both congregate settings, which are now closed, and home delivered meals. everything has pivoted to.home delivered a big spike in those

the berlin based startup analyzes data from research institutions around the world . based on its findings plan a contact individuals companies and community groups in the affected areas world wide. they publicize their project and allow users to help fund them. data analysis can help to identify and address environmental problems more quickly. litter base is an online database that's open to everyone graphic show the results of more than a 1000 scientific studies on marine pollution. on a world map it's easy to see where research expeditions have already taken place. the latest results from the worldwide scientific community are regularly fed into the database. the aim is to make the global issue of marine pollution more accessible and easily understood. including to nonscientists. nowadays and over there if anything anymore especially because of social media and people like to have a picture of having these maps and these are notices graphs are providing useful information in the really short time for the public. another example the global forest change database at