Lab Culture
Delaying retirement? You are not alone. Many baby boomers currently are delaying their retirement. One-third plan to retire only after age 65 according to an Employment Benefit Research Institute survey. In another recent survey of more than 2,200 U.
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Does it seem like everyone around you is getting into the Holidays, but you are too busy to join in? Do you feel like you are the only one doing any work anymore? Would you like some help getting through the Holiday season?
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Officials at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore have announced a change in name for one of its laboratory facilities, signaling the labs increased attention on bioresearch. The Applied Biosciences Laboratory (ABL) was known as the Chemical and
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Much has been written about the advantages of flextime for both employees and employers. However, there are downsides as well – downsides that are seldom mentioned. This is particularly the case for people working in laboratories. Safety The la
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In his postgame press conference, Bruce Boudreau, the coach of the Washington Capitals, found himself in the unenviable position of having to answer for his team's lousy performance against the New Jersey Devils. To make matters worse, his star player, Alexander Ovechkin, along with his teammate, Alexander Semin, could be heard laughing loudly only a few steps away with their friend Ilya Kovalchuk—one of the best players on the opposing team.
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Laboratory managers can benefit greatly by establishing a corporate social networking site or utilizing an already existing one. Think FaceBook on a corporate intranet. The software isn't the challenge. Rather it is defining your objectives and strat
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The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology 2010 has been awarded to the Canadian scientist, Dr. Christopher Gregg, Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University for his research on maternal and paternal gene expression in the brain. His work focuses
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Hach Company announces the City of Hutchinson, Minnesota is the recipient of the Fan Favorite prize of $20,000 in Hach equipment. The prize was awarded as part of Hachs See the Big Picture Contest designed to help municipal wastewater plants see what
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A chemist who has developed synthetic biomaterials that could revolutionize medicine and a scientist who helped institute a global ban on the chemicals that destroy atmospheric ozone will inaugurate The Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry Lectu
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At the Opening Session of the 2010 International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress in association with the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition, AAPS President Dan
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The Laboratory Products Association (LPA) is pleased to announce its new officers and directors who were elected on November 8 at the associations 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California.
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Professor Ahmed Zewail, President of the L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Jury, on November 9, 2010 announced the five Laureates of the 2011 programme. Each year, five outstanding women scientists, one per continent, are honored for the con
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