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As the U.S. Secretary of Energy and hundreds of graduates and their families looked on, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) president Jean-Lou Chameau began Caltech's commencement ceremony by announcing $30 million in gifts as the first phase of a proposed $90 million initiative for a new institute.
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NIST has announced that it is establishing a financial assistance program to help selected institutions develop and implement a NIST measurement science and engineering fellowship program.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory unveiled a $100-million complex Friday it says will focus on such diseases as cancer and Alzheimer's.
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The research of a University of Rhode Island professor is paving the way for a future of biofuels and renewable energy on a local and national level.
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University of Iowa researchers will have a new underground facility to house animals after the state Board of Regents approved an indoor enclosure for $11.2 million.
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A new report from the National Academies contradicts an earlier one from that organization on whether women in academe face discrimination in hiring, promotion, and access to resources. The current report, released last week, finds rough parity between the sexes, even though the earlier report, released in 2006, contends that women do face discrimination.
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PerkinElmer and Rigaku Americas' co-marketing agreement allows both companies to share information and provide customers with a single point of contact for PerkinElmers atomic spectroscopy solutions.
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Michigan State University today announced the signing of a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy concerning the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. The agreement, an important milestone towards establishing the FRIB project, provides the instrument for DOE Office of Science to provide financial assistance to MSU to design and establish the new facility.
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Conferee Networking Sessions are free to all registered Pittcon 2010 attendees and provide an open forum for people to establish new friendships, alliances and communication in an informal environment.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently joined the InCommon Federation to provide NSF's research and education community simpler and easier access to online services.
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The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was officially dedicated Friday, May 29th, setting into motion the next chapter of one of the countrys greatest scientific assets.
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The data eyeglasses can read from the engineers eyes which details he needs to see on the building plans. A CMOS chip with an eye tracker in the microdisplay makes this possible. The eyeglasses are connected to a PDA, display information and respond to commands.
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