America's pharmaceutical and biotechnology research companies set a new record for biopharmaceutical research spending last year with an investment of $55.2 billion to develop new medicines and vaccines, according to a new study. <

Cytyc Corporation, a provider of surgical and diagnostic products targeting women's health and cancer diagnostics, announced that it will acquire Adeza Biomedical Corporation in a deal worth $452 million.

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BILLERICA, Mass.- Millipore announced this week it is launching a series of new products designed to provide scientists and laboratory professionals with economical and reliable sources of highly purified water.

The number of Americans telecommuting is on the rise, according to a new study.

Workers whose employer allows them to work remotely at least one day per month increased 63 percent, from 7.6 million in 2004 to 12.4

Arrowhead Research Corporation announced that its majority-owned subsidiary, Unidym, Inc., a developer of carbon nanotube electronics, has established a 7,000 sq. ft. office and lab facility in Menlo Park, California in the heart of

Companies, universities, governments, and economic development groups are all keenly focused on nanotechnology's potential to create new products and services - and the jobs that come with them, according to a new report.

The U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) has helped open a forensic lab in Tbilisi, the capital of the Russian Republic of Georgia.

Tbilisi's National Forensic Bureau

Kansas Senator Pat Roberts appeared before that state's legislature to back a plan that would allow construction of a new 500,000 square foot research facility to act as a replacement for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility'

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last year received a total of 75,768 discrimination charges against private sector employers, the first increase in charge filings since 2002, the federal agency r

A report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006, down from 1.0 percent the previous quarter.

Wages and salari

The New Orleans Police Department is about to enter a deal that will provide it with a new crime lab, according to published reports.

The department has been without a crime lab since Hurricane Katrina forced the

President Bush today said the compensation of chief executives should be tied to their performance.

During the speech on Wall Street, Bush said that while the government shouldn't decide how America's corporate ex

Nanofabrication could become relatively easy and cheap by using a 'bottom up' integrated assembly, Michael J. Heller said at the recent LabAutomoation 2007 conference.

Heller, co-founder of Nanogen and professor

Ever wanted to take a walk through a cutting edge cleanroom facility?

Blogger, technical evangelist and author Robert Scoble recently had a chance to do just that. And he brought his video camera with him.

Nearly 40 percent of workers have flirted with workplace romance, according to a new study.

And while 41 percent think dating a coworker might hurt their chances for promotion or put them in danger of being fired,