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Register to join your fellow lab professionals at the 8th International Symposium on Recent Advances in POPs Analysis.
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Please submit an abstract for consideration in the scientific program at SLAS2014, the third annual conference and exhibition of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS).
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam says Oak Ridge National Laboratory's new carbon fiber manufacturing is an example of how the Volunteer State can compete in a global economy.
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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego are developing nanofoams that could be used to make better body armor; prevent traumatic brain injury and blast-related lung injuries in soldiers; and protect buildings from impacts and blasts.
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New insight into the structural nature of Deinococcus manganese complexes in the world’s toughest microbe, Deinococcus radiodurans, gained by using advanced spectroscopy techniques, may ultimately accelerate the development of pharmaceuticals aimed at slowing down the aging process.
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Solar cells are just like leaves, capturing the sunlight and turning it into energy. It’s fitting that they can now be made partially from trees.
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The Pittcon 2013 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce a successful event for the first time in Philadelphia with more than 18,000 attendees, 1,011 exhibiting companies from 28 countries, co-location of Food Labs Conference in conjunction with Pittcon and a robust technical program.
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Certain bacteria can breathe iron like we breathe oxygen. Understanding how they do so will help researchers use the microbes for cleaning up soil contaminants, for trapping carbon dioxide or for making batteries out of bacteria.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory honored seven outstanding small businesses and their supporters at its annual small business awards ceremony on March 22. The winning firms were nominated by ORNL staff in recognition of the companies' exceptional service during the 2012 fiscal year.
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Maobing Tu, an assistant professor in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, has received a $401,155 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for his research in biofuels and bioenergy.
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Oana Jurchescu mentors students in researching organic semiconductors, which could lead to high-performance, plastic based electronics.
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Semi-conducting polymers are an unruly bunch, but a new method for getting them in line could pave the way for cheaper, greener, “paint-on” plastic electronics.
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