Life Technologies has introduced two bioinformatics offerings, which will allow cancer researchers new avenues of access to one of the largest genomics databases available, compiled by the former Compendia Bioscience. Oncomine Gene ...
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Arizona Chemical recently broke ground on its newest Science & Technology Center in Savannah, Ga. The 27,000 sq. ft. facility is scheduled to open in December 2013, and is expected to cost $10 million to build. Sponsored Links Acute Pain ...
An AgResearch-developed wool dyeing technology that bridges the gap between high performance and haute couture is set to shine on a global stage thanks to a worldwide licensing deal. The revolutionary textile dyeing process is now being ...
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In April, AATCC will honor the US Marine Corps Systems Command and scientists at the US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, as recipients of the 2012 Henry E. Millson Award for Invention. The award is being ...
The artist Shih Chieh Huang spent almost a year exploring deep-ocean specimens at the National Museum of Natural History. As a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow, this assistant had a mission to investigate under water specimens ability to ...
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The UK’s University of Cambridge has opened a new £1m facility for growing gallium nitride that aims to enable researchers to expand and accelerate their work, which promises to further reduce the cost and improve the efficiency ...
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China has culled all poultry at Huhuai produce market in Songjiang district of Shanghai in order to limit a bird flu outbreak caused by a new strain of H7N9 virus. The culling was carried out after authorities from the China's Ministry of ...
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Gallium nitride has been described as “the most important semiconductor since silicon” and is used in energy-saving LED lighting. A new £1million (or US$1,530,700) growth facility will allow University of Cambridge ...
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Several weeks ago I found myself in a very uncomfortable position — behind the microphone rather than in front of it taking notes and snapping photos for articles in Western Farm Press. Good friend and Northern California UCCE Farm ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific has entered into a Technology Alliance Partner agreement with scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK, to accelerate research in high-resolution accurate mass (HRAM) and triple quadrupole liquid ...
Ties are more than just part of the dress code. In the traditional business world they represent success, performance and principles. On a hot day, however, quite a few business men will curse this uncomfortable etiquette. Just getting the ...
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Building solar voltaic cells from nanowires instead of standard metal conductors can increase the amount of energy that can be captured by a factor of 15, according to a new study by scientists from the Nano-Science Center in Denmark. The ...
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A few of these commercial pre-shrunk nano-capillaries have had their end diameter reduced to a few nanometers, from an original 200 nm, thanks to an electron microscope at EPFL's Center for MicroNanotechnology. Credit: Alain Herzog / EPFL. ...
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Volunteers sponsored by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, were in Washington, D.C., last week to thank Congressional representatives for recent support for photonics R&D and to urge future support for in several key ...
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Researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) have succeeded in developing electrically powered nano-scale lasers that operate effectively at room temperature – a step that could pave the way for their use in a variety of practical ...