A mile-long biomedical district is being proposed by the mayor of Phoenix that would allow research labs, clinics and hospitals to expand or locate to the city's downtown.

Mayor Phil Gordon put forth the plan, w

Orem, Utah-based Reflect Scientific, Inc. said today it has completed the merger agreement with All Temp Engineering, of San Jose, California.

All Temp Engineering will be integrated into Cryometrix Inc. and both

Thermo Fisher Scientific announced this week it will shift 37 jobs from its Dubuque, Iowa facility and will focus that operation strictly on manufacturing.

The Dubuque location employs roughly 500 people.

A high-tech partnership is working to make punching the clock a think of the past.

Workbrain Corp. today announced it has teamed with Cisco Systems, using that company's IP phone to develop what it calls "the indu

Mutual recognition arrangements (MRAS) are drawing the global accreditation community closer to accepting the outcomes of each other's accreditation.

A new crime lab under construction in Tucson, Ariz. will be funded by $17.7 million seized in a crime committed four years ago, according to Attorney General Terry Goddard.

The announcement was made Wednesda

Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed spending $95 million to support research into clean energy, biomedicine and computer science.

State officials say the funding plan, released Wednesday, would pl

Selecting the optimal instrument service model means finding the right balance between cost, risk, and quality.

Brown University has entered into an official research affiliation with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

The collaboration connects researchers at Brown with those at Oak Ridge. The agreement will allow Brown fa

The University College of London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory has been awarded contracts to test equipment for the European Space Agency's Gaia star-mapping mission worth nearly $8 million.

The Mullard Space Science

As government funding for stockpile stewardship declines, a prominent national science laboratory is positioning itself for the future.

Los Alamos National Laboratory director Michael Anastasio and principal associate dire

Waters Corp. today announced it will acquire Arvada, Col.-based Environmental Resource Associates for an undisclosed amount.

Milford, Mass.-based Waters Corp. will acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of the privat