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Education and outreach were given equal time at a recent symposium at Brookhaven Lab, sponsored by the National User Facilities Organization (NUFO) as part of its three-day annual meeting. Although speakers agreed that there are challenges to be met in both areas, the good news is that there are plenty of opportunities for young people seeking formal training in the sciences and anyone in search of a better understanding of scientific issues and advances.
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Iowa State University's Robert C. Brown pulled a few of his graduate students aside a couple years back and offered up an extracurricular challenge. "You are all experts on pyrolysis," he remembers telling them. "Why don't you start a company specifically to commercialize bio-oil recovery?"
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Brooks Instrument, a world-leading provider of advanced flow, pressure and level solutions, has launched a blog that will provide a venue for processing audiences in various industries to learn more about Brooks products and technologies, interesting applications, industry trends and more.
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Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. has announced that the Company is changing its brand name to MATHESON effective immediately. The legal name of the Company will remain Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., and because of this, nothing needs to be changed by our customers with regard to accounts payable procedures.
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An independent industrial hygiene laboratory tested the ability of a Labconco XPert Balance Enclosure to contain particulates.
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Using ever-growing genome data, scientists with the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee are tracing the evolution of the bacterial regulatory system that controls cellular motility, potentially giving researchers a method for predicting important cellular functions that will impact both medical and biotechnology research.
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Effective July 1, 2010, two of the world's leading scientific membership organizations, the Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) and the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA), are now one. SBS and ALA are united as Sections of the newly formed Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) an inclusive worldwide organization dedicated to advancing scientific research and discovery through laboratory automation and screening technology.
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Dr. Jim Brandle, CEO, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre issued a response on June 30 to the G20's Communiqu to "Harness the private sector for agricultural innovation" in the International Financial Institutions and Development section.
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The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) is soliciting applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The two-year fellowships are available in any U.S. laboratory carrying out space-related biomedical or biotechnological research.
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An explosion at University of Missouri this afternoon injured four people and damaged Schweitzer Hall. University officials said the four people injured, none critically, were taken to University Hospital. One person was admitted and was in good condition.
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Showing movies in 3-D has produced a box-office bonanza in recent months. Could viewing cell behavior in three dimensions lead to important advances in cancer research? A new study led by Johns Hopkins University engineers indicates it may happen. Looking at cells in 3-D, the team members concluded, yields more accurate information that could help develop drugs to prevent cancers spread.
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