Maintaining astronaut bone and muscle health in microgravity is an ongoing concern for NASA, and now the agency is “forcing” the issue with a new investigation.

This session will give you the tools to better understand how to structure an organization for results.  We will define the roles that every successful operation must have. More importantly, you will get tools to allow you to recognize the best roles for yourself and others.

In this webinar, you will learn about the different pre-treatment steps that are currently used in laboratories, and which technologies are recommended for producing consistently good water quality.

This ACS skill building video provides advice for adopting a persuasive mindset.

According to an article in the St. Paul StarTribune, a one-time researcher and University of Minnesota student was charged May 13 with apparently operating a meth lab in a storage locker in St. Paul.

This event features a suite of unique, interactive programs hosted in “virtual pavilions” dedicated to Lab Management and Life Science Research.

Tune into our live webinar to hear Mats and Anne discuss strategies for increasing lab efficiency with digital systems, what to look for when assessing systems, and how to calculate efficiency cost savings.

The ease of adding ketchup from a squeeze bottle to an order of French fries, the trouble that it takes to press toothpaste out of a tube, and many other common needs depend on viscosity.

This month, we highlight companies who will be exhibiting at the 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS 2014), which will take place June 15-19, 2014 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. This dynamic scientific conference features a variety of sessions and short courses and will close with an event at the National Aquarium. Please note that the products shown here may not be at the show, but their manufacturers will be.

The key to successful peptide mapping is generating reproducible, high resolution separations of peptides so that any subtle differences between sample components can be visualized. In this webinar, sample preparation techniques and LC instrumentation parameters will also be discussed in an effort to improve reliability.

Singer/Songwriter Adam Cole performs live “A Biologist’s Mother’s Day Song,” a touching, quirky, and hilarious ode to the genetic wealth his mom has given him.

NolR is a master off-switch for the process that converts bacteria from free living to nitrogen-fixing.

We’ve already seen less-than-savory practices from a few scientists recently due to the tough funding environment in research these days, whether that’s altering research findings or faking them altogether for more impressive results. In the latest example of such unethical behavior, two professors from the University of Houston have been charged with wire fraud and making false statements in order to get $1.3 million in research grants from the U.S. government, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Selecting the best candidates is the first stage of successfully moving someone into management. Developing skills and experience through exposure to a variety of situations is an important, relatively straightforward but not commonly done phase of a successful process.

Properly storing hazardous chemicals is an important part of many labs’ safety programs. But you wouldn’t expect it to be an issue in someone’s home. However, that’s just what firefighters discovered in a house in Seattle April 8 while giving one of the home’s residents a hand walking down his stairs, according to a USA Today article.