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Despite a slow economy and tight overall federal funds for research, the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has reported a one-year, 10 percent increase in outside research funding.
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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed software that improves the accuracy of the tracking devices in its immersive, or virtual, research environment by at least 700 percent.
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With help from newly developed equipment designed and built at Michigan State University, MSU researchers have been able to make first-of-its-kind measurements of several rare nuclei, one of which has been termed a holy grail of experimental nuclear physics.
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The delay of the launch, according to NASA, is due to a number of "testing and hardware challenges that must (still) be addressed to ensure mission success."
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On December 2, Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman and Congressman Jerry McNerney, along with representatives from the offices of Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, officially dedicated the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI).
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A potent combination of powerful new analysis methods and abundant data from genomics projects is carrying microbiology forward into a new era.
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A new particle characterization and rheology laboratory is being installed at the Center for Ceramic Research (CCR) at Rutgers (State University of New Jersey), as part of a collaborative project between the university and Malvern Instruments.
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METTLER TOLEDO and Porter Lee Corporation have announced an integrated solution that will improve workflow and the transfer of weight data in crime and forensics laboratories.
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On Wednesday, a new multi-user materials science laboratory began its journey to the International Space Station, leaving NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., for NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for final flight preparations.
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Researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine describe a technique for looking more precisely at a fundamental step of a cell's life a gene, DNA, being read into a message, mRNA.
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In November, more than 300 Hollywood pros and leading scientists, launched a National Academy of Sciences program designed to bridge the gap between the movie set and the science lab.
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Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique that uses a laser and holograms to precisely position numerous tiny particles within seconds, representing a potential new tool to analyze biological samples or create devices using nanoassembly.
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