METaL, operating since February, is designed to be a versatile, everyday research tool. Its long-term goal is to spread the use of virtual reality to industry.
A flexible workplace initiative improved employees’ health behavior and well-being, including a rise in the amount and quality of sleep and better health management, according to a new study by University of Minnesota sociology professors.
In recognition of Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) 2011, Dec. 4 to 10, the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently began publishing and disseminating one-page newsletters spotlighting innovative computer science research.
The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) is pleased to announce the nine finalists who will vie for the prestigious honor that will be presented to the top candidate at SLAS2012, February 4-8, 2012 in San Diego, CA, USA.
Zhong Lin Wang, a physicist who joined Georgia Tech in 1995, has almost single handedly launched a new field of research that takes advantage of the unique properties of zinc oxide nanostructures.
The national lab was honored by the U.S. Green Building Council East Tennessee Chapter for "exemplary contributions to sustainability in the built environment."
Whether they're running from bears in Kamchatka, building a lab deep underground, making fuel-efficient race cars, or monitoring climate change at far-flung locales, scientists often engage in extreme research.
The organization hopes to advance the practice of lab automation and develop the field of laboratory automation engineering as it is applied to all scientific/laboratory work.
Goyal was named a winner of the Department of Energy's Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award honoring U.S. scientists and engineers for exceptional contributions in research and development supporting DOE and its mission.
A former Fulbright Scholar at West Virginia University has been honored by a top international engineering and scientific society for his research into ways to prevent defects in superalloy castings used in advanced electric power systems.