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Michigan State University research has put the possibility of bomb-detecting lasers at security checkpoints within reach.
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Pushing the boundaries of regenerative medicine, Howard Green helped save two young burn victims in the summer of '83.
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Purdue University researchers are working with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop a technology for creating parts out of interlocking segments produced using 3-D printing to repair vehicles and other equipment in the field.
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Highly active catalysts could be key to improved energy storage in fuel cells and advanced batteries.
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The latest episode in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series describes how the search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has led scientists to duckweed, that fast-growing floating plant that turns ponds and lakes green.
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The Labs21 Annual Conference is now the 2013 I2SL Annual Conference. Read on to learn about other transitions and how I2SL will be your guide to the latest resources for creating and maintaining sustainable laboratories and other high-tech facilities.
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UNC biochemists resurrect “molecular fossils” to conduct experiments that undercut the predominant scientific theory of how life began on Earth.
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By inserting platinum atoms into an organic semiconductor, University of Utah physicists were able to “tune” the plastic-like polymer to emit light of different colors – a step toward more efficient, less expensive and truly white organic LEDs for light bulbs of the future.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for alternate jet fuels and the environment.
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Those with strong health, wellness, and safety programs bested S&P 500 average rate of return in investment simulations.
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A team of University of Montreal and McGill University researchers have devised a method to identify how signaling molecules orchestrate the sequential steps in cell division.
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Biomedical researchers in seven Western states will share in a new $20.4-million federal grant led by scientists at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (HSC), it was announced Thursday. The National Institutes of Health funding will support a new clinical and translational research infrastructure network, charged with developing new drugs, devices and medical best practices.
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