| March 9 2013
Analytical laboratories are prominent—they are veritable nerve centers—in biofuel production facilities because of their crucial role in assuring quality, in guiding efficient and economic feedstock processing, and in driving research on next-generation products and enhanced processing technologies.
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With their pioneering technology and innovative functional design, the new overhead stirrers from global market leader IKA improve laboratory performance and safety.
Gulf Coast, Southeastern Seaboard especially favorable for algae growth.
The makers of "Star Trek: Into Darkness" went boldly where few have gone before when they visited Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and most energetic laser system. With the approval of the Department of Energy, this unique facility was utilized for the first time as a film set.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have uncovered new hard-to-detect methods that criminals may use to trigger mobile device malware that could eventually lead to targeted attacks launched by a large number of infected mobile devices in the same geographical area. Such attacks could be triggered by music, lighting or vibration.
A fried breakfast food popular in Spain provided the inspiration for the development of doughnut-shaped droplets that may provide scientists with a new approach for studying fundamental issues in physics, mathematics and materials.
At the Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab scientists join an international team to control spin orientation in magnetic nanodisks.
Approach could be useful in fabricating new kinds of materials with engineered properties.
Digital learning environment provides academic researchers with resources for laboratory safety.
When it comes to cleaning up the next massive crude oil spill, one of the best and most eco-friendly solutions for the job may be low-grade cotton from West Texas.
From within an ancient German gravesite to laboratories under the harshest extremes of scientific scrutiny, traces of DNA from a deadly disease illuminate the cold pages of history with modern insight.
How we communicate with those we work for and those who work for us is dictated by a variety of factors. Your boss prefers weekly face-to-face meetings, you prefer brief emails, others on your team favor long-winded phone conversations, while your newly hired college grads are happiest texting. Despite the many new channels available for getting your message across, all are not created equal when it comes to the communication challenges you and your organization face. The takeaway from this month’s cover story is that choosing the appropriate communication technique and medium should not be left to chance. Rather, a lab manager needs to carefully assess every situation, every business goal, every team, and every individual to determine the most effective ways of communicating. “Telephones, email, and social technology modalities have their rightful place in labs as a quick and easy means of conveying and/or broadcasting information, but managers who use these methods to the point of minimizing or excluding real-time person-to-person communication on a reasonably consistent basis should not be surprised if levels of staff motivation and trust start to flag.”
It’s the week before Easter, but outside my window there are still patches of snow on the ground. To which I say, enough already! Bring on Spring and make it snappy.
The good news from this year’s confidence report is that the laboratory industry, by and large, is moving in the right direction—forward—though in slightly smaller steps than we would have hoped. But as author Angelo DePalma writes in this month’s cover story, “Steady as She Goes,” “Survival is not a dirty word in a world recovering from catastrophic financial shenanigans, and toward that end treading water is not such a terrible strategy.” If you didn’t participate in this year’s survey, let me know if these results are in line with your own feeling of confidence as you head into 2013.
Lab Manager's 7th annual Salary & Employee Satisfaction Survey is now open to scientific research professionals working in the laboratory environment. How are laboratory professional salaries faring in today's economy?
Analytical laboratories are prominent—they are veritable nerve centers—in biofuel production facilities because of their crucial role in assuring quality, in guiding efficient and economic feedstock processing, and in driving research on next-generation products and enhanced processing technologies.
John Borchardt was a chemist, freelance writer and ACS career consultant for over 15 years, until his sudden passing this past weekend.
Gulf Coast, Southeastern Seaboard especially favorable for algae growth.
The makers of "Star Trek: Into Darkness" went boldly where few have gone before when they visited Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and most energetic laser system. With the approval of the Department of Energy, this unique facility was utilized for the first time as a film set.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have uncovered new hard-to-detect methods that criminals may use to trigger mobile device malware that could eventually lead to targeted attacks launched by a large number of infected mobile devices in the same geographical area. Such attacks could be triggered by music, lighting or vibration.
With their pioneering technology and innovative functional design, the new overhead stirrers from global market leader IKA improve laboratory performance and safety.
BioTek's BioStack3 microplate stacker adds speed and efficiency to your plate processing requirements.
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