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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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The U.S. Department of Energy has extended the contract for the University of Tennessee and Battelle Memorial Institute to co-manage Oak Ridge National Laboratory for another five years.
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Argonne biochemist Daniel Schabacker could be considered a Sherlock Holmes of bioterrorism. Although he doesnt carry around a pipe and magnifying glass as he attempts to nab the culprit, he has a far more powerful deductive tool: the biochip.
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Scientists at Battelle and Fluid Imaging Technologies (Yarmouth, ME) have designed a sensor that can not only better measure changes in the levels of toxic red tide in oceans and algae blooms in the Great Lakes, but also monitor close-to-home problems such as the increase of odor-causing organisms in the public water supply.
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ASU scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment.
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Barbara Royce, an employee of the U.S. Department of Energys Brookhaven National Laboratory since 1980, will be honored for her dedicated community service work at the Town of Brookhavens 24th Annual Womens Recognition Night on March 25 at Town Hall in Farmingville.
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