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If youve ever been on a mismanaged team, you can tell that some team members, perhaps yourself included, didnt always feel like putting forth their best effort. Theres always something missing on a mediocre team, a sort of disconnect. The passion you instill your employees, or lack thereof, might be directly related to the way you manage differences. As an employee yourself, have you ever felt that your skills and qualities were not utilized or valued?
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Researchers at the University of South Florida have developed a technique to turn defects in graphene into tiny metallic wires. The team lead by USF Professors Matthias Batzill and Ivan Oleynik, whose discovery was published..
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A new company integrating advanced laboratory services and clinical trials services announced it will operate under the name med fusion and will be headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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Accelrys, Inc. and Symyx Technologies, Inc. today announced that they have signed a merger agreement that will establish a new leader in scientific informatics software.
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Specialty gases have become critical components for nearly every industry.
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Scientists at the University of Delaware have developed a new method for producing proteins critical to research on cancer, Alzheimer's, and other diseases.
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In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama promised to restore science to its rightful place in U.S. society. But where is that place? How do we find it in an ever more complex, uncertain, and politically, socially and culturally diverse world?
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Your policy regarding sick days can be a powerful recruiting and retention tool, especially when it involves Paid Time Off (PTO). PTO establishes a total number of days an employee can miss in a year. The problem with PTO is that employees will be reluctant to stay home when theyre sick, opting to cash them in as vacation days instead.
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A reliable method for producing plants that carry genetic material from only one of their parents has been discovered by plant biologists at UC Davis. The technique, to be published March 25 in the journal Nature, could dramatically speed up the breeding of crop plants for desirable traits.
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The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation has donated $100,000 to The Scripps Research Institute that will be used to jump start a new philanthropic drive to expand the graduate school program at Scripps Florida.
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The Biotechnology Study Center of NYU School of Medicine will hold its annual awards symposium on April 5, 2010, to honor three outstanding leaders in biomedical research.
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Abbott announced yesterday that it had completed its $123 million acquisition of STARLIMS Technologies Ltd., a leader in laboratory information management systems.
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