New prize is the largest of its kind in the world.

Four undergraduate teams design creative new solutions to longstanding healthcare problems.

Student teams from 77 countries compete to solve complex chemical problems and promote international collaboration in chemistry education.

Microfluidics “Lab on a Chip” takes first prize and $50,000 award in prototype category.

The Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA) based in Garden City, New York, will host a design competition for current high school and college students during the school year. The objective is to design a piece of lab furniture which the student believes would enhance the laboratory learning experience. Students can work individually or as a team of no more than three.

Two exceptional research images captured at Indiana University’s Light Microscopy Imaging Center are among the 15 finalists in the international GE Healthcare Life Sciences 2013 Cell Imaging Competition. The IU center won the competition last year with an image of a dividing mammalian cell and could do so again if enough votes from scientists and the public are cast online by the Dec. 20 competition deadline.