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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards.
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A national panel led by Iowa State University engineers is launching an effort to research and develop technologies that capture, use and sequester carbon while enhancing food production, ecosystems, economic development and national security.
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An initiative called the Earth Microbiome Project, led by Jack Gilbert at Argonne National Laboratory and including scientists all over the world, is tackling the massive task of cataloguing the DNA of all those microbes.
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Critical genetic secrets of a bacterium that holds potential for removing toxic and radioactive waste from the environment have been revealed in a study by researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
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A partnership between Pall Corporation, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center will provide WPI's Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center (BETC) with equipment and control systems.
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Waters Corporation (NYSE-WAT), along with Mars Incorporated and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), jointly pledged $1 million to create the first ever Global Food Safety Capacity Building fund.
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Research by Los Alamos scientists published today (Nov. 9) in the journal Nature documents significant progress in understanding the phenomenon of quantum-dot blinking.
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Asking a scientist to take part in research that has little budget, less infrastructure and almost no central bureaucracy would appear a lost cause. However, one group does just that.
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High-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis across scientific disciplines EVENT: Computational scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory will present a talk, demonstrations, and 18 posters at the
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The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) has announced the recipients of its SPARK program, which was launched in April this year to seed high-impact, high-risk technology development projects in genomics.
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A floating weed that clogs waterways around the world has at least one redeeming feature: It’s inspired a high-tech waterproof coating intended for boats and submarines.
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Copper’s days are numbered, and a new study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could hasten the downfall of the ubiquitous metal in smart phones, tablet computers, and nearly all electronics.
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