Lab Culture
Labconco Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, is pleased to announce its 90th Anniversary this year. Laboratory Construction Company, as it was first named, was founded by Phil Goldfisch and Ralph Callaway and started out in a small garage in downtown Kansas City back in 1925. The first products were Kjeldahl apparatus which made sense being in one of the largest milling towns used by local milling companies in the area.
Using a weak electric current to alter a specific brain activity pattern, UNC School of Medicine researchers increased creativity in healthy adults. Now they’re testing the same experimental protocol to alleviate symptoms in people with depression.
$2.2 million study to explore how signals in the physical environment shape persistence and performance.
Translational research applies the findings and tools of science to define and solve problems.
SelectScience has announced the winners of the Scientists’ Choice Awards and the launch of its new website during a special ceremony held at the Pittcon 2015 Conference and Expo.
Young people who may have thought that scientists were ‘boring’ and ‘nerdy’ changed their minds after having an opportunity to ‘Meet the Scientist’ face-to-face.
But younger workers display superior reasoning abilities.
Calling all entrepreneurial researchers, scientists and engineers! Dolomite and Lab on a Chip are seeking novel, microfluidics-based concepts with commercial potential for the Productizing Science Competition 2015. To make sure you don’t miss the chance to drive your microfluidics innovation forwards, simply submit your entry before the April 30th deadline.
As another Pittcon wrapped up, Shimadzu, Waters, and Grenova were the big winners.
A study co-written by a University of Illinois labor and employment relations professor shows that clocking extra hours at the office while juggling family demands takes a toll on the body mass index of individuals in dual-earner families.
Barbara Silver says that research has repeatedly shown that flexible work schedules and employer support for work/life issues results in improvements in employee productivity, job satisfaction and job retention and decreases in absenteeism. It also benefits employee physical and mental health.
