Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have received part of a planned $25 million grant from the DOE Office of Science to tackle the problem of extracting knowledge from massive data sets.
A pair of researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is using a 1-year, $350,000 contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior to test whether sound waves can be used to determine the size of oil droplets in the subsea
It was a figurative whack on the head that started Sandia National Laboratories distinguished technical staff member Juan Elizondo-Decanini thinking outside the box — which in his case was a cylinder.
Harnessing the energy of sunlight can be as simple as tuning the optical and electronic properties of metal oxides at the atomic level by making an artificial crystal or super-lattice ‘sandwich,’ says a Binghamton University researcher.
Over 70 leading international scientific and business experts will address pressing issues in health at the 2012 Biotech International Symposium to be held next May 2-3 at the Université de Montréal's Laval Campus.
The nation’s top 20 public firms could have added nearly $1 trillion to their market value if, in 2010, they had used a new tool, known as the research quotient, says its creator.
Already recognized as Canada’s “food university,” the University of Guelph has established a new institute to tackle the world’s most important food issues through research, innovation, commercialization and action.
Purdue University will take another step forward as a leader in pharmaceutical development efforts with construction of the new Drug Discovery Building.