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A new study suggests certain types of funding which provide more freedom and focus less on near-term results lead to more innovative and influential research.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is more than just a hub of prizewinning science. It's also the home of award-winning and green architecture.
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a new enzyme and demonstrated its potential ability to interfere with the production of lignin, a key cell-wall component in plants.
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The snowman measures 10 m across and is 1/5th the width of a human hair.
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The most widely used human embryonic stem cell lines lack genetic diversity, a finding that raises social justice questions that must be addressed to ensure that all sectors of society benefit from stem cell advances, according to a University of Michigan research team.
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The Society for Biomolecular Sciences has selected Dr. Stephen W. Fesik as the winner of the SBS 2010 Technology Innovation Award.
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Four Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory researchers have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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Abbott plans to buy Starlims Technologies, a vendor of laboratory information management systems, for about $123 million in cash.
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Symyx Technologies, Inc. and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have announced the launch of a collaborative partnership designed to enhance the usability and accessibility of public scientific databases.
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Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a nanolithographic technique that can produce high-resolution patterns of at least three different chemicals on a single chip at writing speeds of up to one millimeter per second.
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Abbott has announced a definitive agreement to acquire STARLIMS Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of laboratory information management systems, for approximately $123 million in cash.
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NEXUS Biosystems, a leading innovator and worldwide provider of automated sample management systems, today announced the acquisition of Aurora Biotechnologies of Carlsbad, CA, a leading developer of proprietary high-performance microplates for use in sample storage, high-throughput screening, and cellular imaging.
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