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Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass, according to a study by Rebecca Martin, a NASA Sagan Fellow from the University of Colorado in Boulder, and astronomer Mario Livio of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md.
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Super storm Sandy wreaks havoc on researchers across New York City, destroying samples, killing lab animals, and cutting power to much of Manhattan.
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Laboratory personnel and lab directors can now earn one-half hour of Accent CE credit from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) on-line by visiting www.stanbio.com/gobhb and clicking the Learning Center icon.
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As of 2010, more than a third of all utility meters in the United States used wireless automatic meter reading (AMR) technology – 47 million in all. A University of South Carolina research team has shown it’s possible for their unencrypted broadcasts to be intercepted.
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looks like Mother Nature was wasting her time with a multimillion-year process to produce crude oil. Michigan Engineering researchers can "pressure-cook" algae for as little as a minute and transform an unprecedented 65 percent of the green slime into biocrude.
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In light of the significant disruption caused by Hurricane Sandy along the United States Atlantic Coast, SLAS has extended the SLAS2013 early-bird deadline to Monday, Nov. 5 (from Oct. 31).
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Completing the first phase of the 1000 Genomes Project, a multinational team of scientists reports that they have sampled a total of 1092 individuals from 14 different populations and sequenced their full genomes.
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Hurricane Sandy has passed. We are mindful of all the problems the storm may have caused for our friends and neighbors. We assure all of our friends in the EAS family that the Symposium will take place as scheduled.
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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products today announced that they have acquired a new cell sorting system from Propel Labs.
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According to research from Amit Kramer, a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois, employees who are more satisfied with their pay report lower levels of work-family conflict.
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Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have identified mechanisms in the brain responsible for regulating cocaine-seeking behavior, providing an avenue for drug development that could greatly reduce the high relapse rate among cocaine addicts.
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Like a movie star constantly retouching her makeup, the protoplanet Vesta is continually stirring its outermost layer and presenting a young face.
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