Mission to Cuba Yields Hope for Expanded S&T Collaboration

摘要

With increasing high-level interest in easing tensions between the United States and Cuba, AAAS President Peter Agre led a delegation to the Caribbean nation for meetings aimed at building a foundation for expanded science and engineering cooperation in the years ahead. During the three-day visit, the Cubans and Americans agreed to explore areas in which both science and the public interest may be served by bilateral collaboration. In a series of interviews, members of the U.S. delegation identified several fields where the two nations might expand existing efforts or start new initiatives-from meteorology and marine sciences to infectious diseases and informal science education.