The Pittcon sponsors, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP), are pleased to announce the call for nominations for four prestigious annual awards that will be presented at Pittcon 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Importance of Traditional Follow Up in a Non-Traditional Business World

The stereotype that women lack natural "brilliance" could explain their underrepresentation in academia, according to new research based at Princeton University.

Every turn of the calendar people make New Year’s resolutions. Every election politicians say that the government leaders need to be held accountable. And every year organizations tell their leaders, “We need to hold our people to their words and actions.” Yet—just like New Year’s resolutions—these scenarios for accountability fall drastically short, as the mirror of accountability is often blurry with ego. 

The University of California at Berkeley's planned Richmond campus aims at ushering in a transformation of the American research university.

In this webinar we show how the SpectraMax® i3 Multi-Mode Detection Platform provides an all-in-one solution to investigate cellular pathways using image analysis, plate reader assays, and western blotting.

Researchers test theories of beet juice benefits

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has partnered with four other research universities and a consortium of photonics industry leaders in an effort to win a $110 million federal contract for an integrated photonics institute that would be housed in the $70 million Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center (FAMRC) being built near Kissimmee, Fla.

In this program you will learn how to stop procrastinating and how ‘creative’ procrastination can be a positive in your work day.

America’s youngest scientists, increasingly losing research dollars, are leaving the academic biomedical workforce, a brain drain that poses grave risks for the future of science, according to an article published this week by Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels.

Organization change in the lab has the need for flexible models that allow rapid redirection of workflow and operational practices. Some examples of responses that were developed to meet these more frequent challenges as well as to manage the overall change process will be shared. 

The five steps of successful team building.