Business Planning
Academic labs attract stimulus money but funding challenges remain
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In the future, Europe will not play a significant role in the world if it is not a powerhouse for scientific and technological advances
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June employment data from the Department of Labor show that job losses in the chemical sector have accelerated during 2009. Preliminary numbers indicate that the industry employs 41,300 fewer workers than at the same time a year earlier
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LabVantage Solutions, Inc. will acquire Life Technologies Corporations SQL*LIMS business, uniting the premier thin-client LIMS, SAPPHIRE, with a significant global footprint of experienced LIMS professionals.
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South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds paid a visit to UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab recently to get a feel for the type of research operation the campus and the lab plan to build at his state's famed Homestake gold mine.
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NIST has announced that it is establishing a financial assistance program to help selected institutions develop and implement a NIST measurement science and engineering fellowship program.
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Increased visibility of laboratory operations to management can be unnerving, especially for managers who have previously been more focused on the science than the business of the laboratory. To prepare for increased exposure, managers must develop a strategy and a realistic implementation plan to enable their operations to meet or exceed their organizations' demands.
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PerkinElmer and Rigaku Americas' co-marketing agreement allows both companies to share information and provide customers with a single point of contact for PerkinElmers atomic spectroscopy solutions.
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Michigan State University today announced the signing of a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy concerning the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. The agreement, an important milestone towards establishing the FRIB project, provides the instrument for DOE Office of Science to provide financial assistance to MSU to design and establish the new facility.
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In economic downtimes, businesses are apt to cut R&D projects that don't promise a speedy return on investment. But take a cue from smart science-based businesses, which view the recession as an opportunity to stoke up research and innovation for long-term competitive advantage.
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According to the National Venture Capital Assn. (NVCA), total venture capital investment for the first quarter of this year was at its lowest in 12 years, down 47% in dollar amounts from the fourth quarter of 2008, and 58% from the same period last year.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) made its first major award under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to construct the Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV).
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