Lab Culture
The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce that Dr. Chad A. Mirkin, Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, will deliver the Pittcon 2011 Plenary Lecture.
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Cooperation comes naturally to science; or at least it should, as the big problems science is called upon to address from climate change to pandemics respect no boundaries. And science at its best is a group effort, inclusive and open.
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Businesses that look only at age to bridge generational gaps among workers risk losing knowledge to retirements, higher turnover and other productivity-clogging problems, new University of Illinois research has found.
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Five researchers at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will lead projects that have been awarded almost 200 million processor-hours of computing time at Argonnes Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF). The ALCF is home to
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On August 3,U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson toured the Agency's Edison Environmental Center in Edison, NJ. Jackson was joined by Congressman Frank Pallone and Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano to highlight the Agencys
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The web is full of new and interactive ways to engage with lab products and marketings minds are getting more and more creative. This week I came across the BioTek video contest that you might like to explore. You can submit a short video describing
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NSLS researcher Peter Siddons can't remember the first time he approached the BNL Instrumentation Division for assistance, but he has been a steady customer and collaborator for at least 20 years. And recently, he has relied on the division's experti
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UT-Battelle has appointed Michael K. Miller of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory a UT-Battelle Corporate Fellow. The honor is reserved as the highest level of recognition for career achievements in science and technology, perfo
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In Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, the author examines the impact of the "flattening" of the world, and argues that globalized trade, outsourcing, supply-chaining and political forces have changed t
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There are only three weeks left to take advantage of the opportunity to be among leading researchers who have discovered breakthroughs in laboratory automation strategies and technologies. LabAutomation2011, the world's premier conference and exhibit
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Virginia Commonwealth University announced Wednesday it has received a $20 million grant the largest federal award in its history from the National Institutes of Health to become part of a nationwide consortium of research institutions working to tur
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Researchers are doing much more online, from attending informational webinars and product press events to career building and networking.
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