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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced in March that it is providing the Scottish Metabolomics Facility (ScotMet) with cutting-edge technology to advance the field of metabolomics. ScotMet is funded by the Scottish Universities Life Science Alliance (SULSA) and is a state-of-the-art facility run jointly by the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde.
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energys Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new class of silver-based catalysts for the production of the industrially useful chemical propylene oxide that is both environmentally friendly and less expensive.
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JEOL USA and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) jointly announced in March the Universitys acquisition of the new JEOL atomic resolution Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The new ARM200F is an aberration-corrected TEM that achieves better than 1 Angstrom resolution in STEM and TEM and chemical analysis at the atomic level.
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A chemical once costing $100 a gram is now available for a tiny fraction of that price and in a more pure form thanks to a new manufacturing process pioneered by Battelle and St. Louis-based Ferratec, LLC.
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Berkeley Lab scientists have made the largest two-dimensional polymer crystal self-assembled in water to date. This entirely new material mirrors the structural complexity of biological systems with the durable architecture needed for membranes or integration into functional devices.
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The Eastern Analytical Symposium & Exhibition is still accepting abstracts for its 2010 Technical Program. Deadline - April 15, 2010
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Malvern Instruments Limited (Malvern, UK) has acquired certain assets of Swedish rheology company Reologica Instruments AB (Lund, Sweden), which went into administration on 23rd March 2010. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
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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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