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Mar 4
J. Dan Bates, President, Southwest Research Institute answers questions related to R&D Magazine's 2010 Independent R&D Organizations Report.
Mar 4
Victoria F. Haynes, President and CEO, Research Triangle Institute, answers questions related to R&D Magazine's 2010 Independent R&D Organizations Report.
Feb 18
One truly benign way of cutting costs is reducing the tax burden. In industries from chemicals to software, from agriculture to fashion, and at every level, taking full advantage of a tax credit provided by the federal and many state governments to encourage innovation and competitiveness—the R&D tax credit—enables companies to achieve remarkable tax savings.
Feb 17
Independent R&D laboratories face a brave new world where success depends on a diligently cultivated set of collaborations with industry, government, and academia.
Feb 16
Whatever the industry, researchers and scientist are likely to be using analytical instruments such as sensors, meters, analyzers, spectrometers, and more in their daily work. The questions then, are how efficient, how cost-effective, and how easy to use are the analytical tools currently on the market.
Feb 16
Even in an age where swift return on investment is paramount and where expenditures are tightly controlled, there is still a thirst for research projects that are bold in their scope, grand in their challenge, and seminal in their results. Novel ways and strategies for collaborating put such goals within our grasp.
Feb 16
Safe, reliable gas and chemical installations are vital when building new laboratories or remodeling current facilities. One wrong move could be costly. Gas safety, purity requirements, maximum flow needs, future usage increases, lab expansions, supply mode delivery, change-outs, and lab aesthetics are all important.
Feb 16
Premature failure of manufactured components is a continual problem in today’s high-paced manufacturing environment, in which emphasis is placed on taking a product rapidly to market and manufacturing that product quickly and cost effectively.
Feb 16
Physics software simulates parameters for extracting water from the Moon. Preliminary data from NASA’s Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009, impacts into the Moon’s south pole.
Feb 16
There is no doubt that developing and launching a new product is a challenge. Over the past 47 years, the R&D 100 awards have recognized the 100 most technologically significant new consumer, industrial, medical, and technical products, including multiple technologies (besides accelerator pedals) from Toyota.
Mar 15
The recent review of the past 10 years of the National Nanotechnology Initiative--as presented by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology--suggested the rise of nanomanufacturing as the near future of nanotechnology. But the actual proposed funding reflects a cautious approach, even about nanotech in general.
Mar 5
I typically attend the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy each year in pursuit of specific coverage. This year, I sought out candidates for coverage in a vacuum technology article, and pulled together some instruments for a spectroscopy guide. But as busy as that kept me, it wasn’t all mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps on the show floor.
13 hours ago
At the AudiologyNOW! 2010 show in San Diego next month, UK-based coatings company P2i will display their relatively new Aridion liquid-repellant nano-coating. Designed for exposure to humidity or sweat, the polymer layer is applied by a pulsed ion gas process that lower’s the hearing aid’s surface energy, coaxing water away from delicate components.
Mar 10
Fluid Imaging Technologies recently introduced its Submersible FlowCAM particle and cell imaging and analysis system at Ocean Sciences 2010 in Portland, Ore. The remote sensing platform can be used for continuous, unattended monitoring tethered to research vessels or autonomous submersibles.