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Bruce Roths name may not be on the tip of many tongues, but his invention has been on more than 26 million in the United States alone. Inventor of Lipitor, Roth was among 25 unsung scientific heroes who were inducted into an American Chemical Society (ACS) hall of fame called the Heroes of Chemistry.
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At Florida State University, the collective strength of biomedical research and the scientists who lead it has earned a $2 million High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Understanding the form and function of certain proteins in the human body is becoming faster and easier, thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Illinois.
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An international team of researchers led by Monash University has used chemicals found in plants to replicate a key process in photosynthesis paving the way to a new approach that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
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Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed a new method that estimates the amount of greenhouse gas emissions across all tiers of the entire supply chain for all industries.
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The Laboratory Products Association has published its 2008 North American Survey of Laboratory Purchasing Trends. Despite the tight economy, the lab products market does not seem to be adversely impacted at the moment. Hiring of lab personnel is increasing as is spending in all product categories.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. today announced that Princeton University is utilizing the newly launched MALDI LTQ Orbitrap XL mass spectrometer for research on virus-host protein interactions in the laboratory of Ileana Cristea, Ph.D.
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Adding $11.5 million to the more than $20 million in funding that researchers at the University of California, San Diego have received to date from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), five UC San Diego researchers and physicians have been awarded New Faculty grants.
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AIT Laboratories, a leading forensics laboratory also specializing in pain management, clinical, and pharmaceutical testing, has added 77 new high-tech jobs since the beginning of 2008.
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Research evidence suggests that good leadership has positive effects on employee health and well being, including decreased sick leave and disability, reports the August Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
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STARLIMS Technologies Ltd.,a provider of laboratory information management systems, has announced the establishment of STARLIMSEurope as a result of the May 2008 acquisition of its long-time United Kingdom partner, and the hiring of LIMS veteran Joe Peden as general manager of the new subsidiary.
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Researchers have discovered an unusual molecule that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. It's the unusual chemistry facilitated by this molecule, however, that will attract the most attention from scientists.
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