Lab Leadership
African-Americans with the same grades, test scores and motivation as their white high school counterparts got lower grades in college compared with other groups. And women with the exact same level of preparation received lower grades in advanced math courses, when compared with men.
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Join us at Pittcon, the largest annual gathering of laboratory science in the world!
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The 2013 User Group Meeting puts the spotlight on the incredible range of science and scientists that make up the PerkinElmer Informatics community.
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Micromeritics Instrument Corporation is proud to announce its national accreditation as a Post-Secondary Avocational/Professional Development Institution by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET), an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. Attendees of Micromeritics Learning Center (MLC) courses can now earn nationally accredited Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for completion of instrument operator training.
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Five employee retention strategies for a high-performance environment
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Job satisfaction is often an elusive concept: performing— for pay—a task or a series of tasks that truly fulfill a person. Fulfillment, however, carries a different meaning for each individual. Some may find that competitive compensation provides satisfaction on the job, while others find gratification in recognition from their peers.
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Using a modern twist on a technology developed in the 1920s, researchers at Princeton University have embedded ultrathin radios directly on plastic sheets, which can be applied to walls and other structures.
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Working overtime may cost you your health, according to a Kansas State University doctoral researcher.
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The world’s most expensive coffee can cost $80 a cup, and scientists now are reporting development of the first way to verify authenticity of this crème de la crème, the beans of which come from the feces of a Southeast Asian animal called a palm civet.
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According to a recent blog post by a biomedical researcher based in the American Midwest, the current scarcity of research funding in the United States has revealed a disturbing trend.
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A new UBC study from the Sauder School of Business reveals that experiencing unfair treatment at work can sharpen the taste buds, providing evidence that stress has a physiological effect on people.
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Broad-based employee stock ownership plans, if properly designed, are the best way to ramp up productivity, new research finds.
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