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Merck KGaA announced on Sunday that it will purchase Millipore, a supplier of life science tools and equipment to the biotech industries, for $7.6 billion (5.3 billion euros).
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The Commerce Departments National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a new competition for grants for the construction of new or expanded scientific research buildings at institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations.
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The search for a drug to replace morphinea highly effective pain reliever but one that is associated with a variety of troublesome side effectsmay be greatly accelerated thanks to a recent discovery by scientists at Albany Medical College and the state Wadsworth Center Laboratories.
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Chemists at the University of Helsinki have managed to manufacture new polymer-stabilised silver nanoparticles. The result is significant because the antimicrobial characteristics of silver are used in textiles, floor coatings and paints even though the impact on health of silver nanoparticles are not entirely known.
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The Association of University Research Parks (AURP) releases "The Power of Place 2.0: The Power of Innovation10 Steps for Creating Jobs, Improving Technology Commercialization, and Building Communities of Innovation" in Washington, D.C.
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Some say the world's population will swell to 9 billion people by 2030 and that will present significant challenges for agriculture to provide enough food to meet demand, says University of Idaho animal scientist Rod Hill.
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Sanofi-aventis has signed a research partnership with Aviesan (National Alliance for Life Sciences and Healthcare), comprised of the CEA, CNRS, INRA, INRIA, Inserm, Institut Pasteur, IRD, conference of university presidents and conference of regional and university hospital CEOs.
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Scientists have claimed that they have developed a new life operating system by altering the genetic code. This could result in the creation of proteins with certain properties which were never seen before.
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Despite the recessionary climate, the median salary for food scientists polled by Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) increased by 4.4 percent over the past two years.
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A new nanotech catalyst developed by McGill University Chemists Chao-Jun Li, Audrey Moores and their colleagues
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Johns Hopkins University offers an innovative graduate degree program that prepares students for success in the field of bioinformatics.
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