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On 9 January 2009, Xu and 83-year-old brain surgeon Wang Zhongcheng of Beijing Tiantan Hospital were awarded the 5 million Yuan (US$730,000) prize by Chinese president Hu Jintao at the annual national S&T awards conference. Xu won the prestigious award for his research into rare earth extraction and its industrial application, and becomes the second chemist to receive the prize since its debut in 2000.
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Obama gives national standards body an 8% increase in operating cash.
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An Energy Department investigation into a plutonium mix-up reveals deficiencies that the New Mexico nuclear weapons lab must address, an official says.
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The University of Arkansas announces that, after eight years and $6 million, it has completed cleanup of three hazardous waste sites on university property in Washington County.
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Astronauts recently had their gloves swabbed in an early effort to develop planetary protection measures that prevent humans from accidentally contaminating the moon or Mars on future missions.
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A high-tech power cable designed to prevent rolling blackouts caused by everything from a wayward squirrel to terrorists is being readied for New York City's financial district.
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The Department of Energy announced Monday that $71.2 million in stimulus funding is coming to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and most of that money will be used for construction of a new Chemical and Materials Science Lab.
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PerkinElmer, Inc. OneSource Laboratory Services announces a series of informative laboratory compliance seminars.
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Che Ting Chan, a scientist at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, believes that it is possible to create a cloaking device that would be able to render an object invisible without encompassing it.
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Symyx Technologies, Inc. has announced the signing of a partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
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A quarter-century ago, American rocket scientists proposed the "Star Wars" defense system to knock Soviet missiles from the skies with laser beams. Some of the same scientists are now aiming their lasers at another airborne threat: the mosquito.
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