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2010 Global R&D Funding Forecast: An Overview2010 Global R&D Funding Forecast: An Overview

12/22/09 | Featured Articles

The recession appears to have ended in most countries, with a return to positive economic and R&D growth. For most "advanced economies," this positive growth is likely to be relatively small, from 0.5% to 3.5% GDP growth.
Call for collaboration

Call for collaboration

Feb 4 | RDBlog

The world of R&D is full of collaboration. R&D Magazine has seen this directly through some of the winners of the R&D 100 awards in the past. However, not only is collaboration important to the world of R&D, but it is essentially important to all aspects of life. For the Army, it is not different.

Merck KGaA acquires Millipore

Mar 1 | News

Merck KGaA and Millipore Corporation announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck KGaA will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Millipore, for US$ 107 per share in cash, or a total transaction value, including net debt, of approximately € 5.3 billion (US$ 7.2 billion).

New biotech advance to add heart healthy omega-3s to US diet

9 hours ago | News

(United Soybean Board) A new heart-healthy, essential omega-3 fatty acid is about to improve an American pantry staple: soybean oil. US soybean farmers are applying this scientific advance and other biotechnology to benefit the environment, human health and feed the world.

ID physicians call for 10 new antibiotics by 2020

9 hours ago | News

(Infectious Diseases Society of America) As the deaths and suffering caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections continue to rise around the world, the Infectious Diseases Society of America is urging a global commitment to develop 10 new antibiotics by 2020, known as the 10 x 20...

Luminex and Northrop Grumman sign biodetector agreement

11 hours ago | News

Luminex Corporation announced that it has signed a teaming agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation to collaborate in the creation of next generation biodetectors that will continuously monitor the environment and serve as an early warning system to alert authorities regarding the release of potentially harmful airborne agents.

Scientists urge treaty panel to reject ivory sale by Tanzania, Zambia

11 hours ago | News

(Princeton University) The fate of many African elephants hinges on a decision to be made this week in Qatar. Countries are meeting as part of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to decide whether to grant requests to Tanzania and Zambia to lower the...

Ashtead Technology supplies instrumentation for major oil refinery inspections

13 hours ago | News

Ashtead Technology played a key role in providing the latest NDT (Non Destructive Testing) instrumentation for inspection work carried out by SGS Industrial Services during the shutdown of two large oil refineries.

STOP Obesity Alliance surveys show doctors, patients share role in weight loss, but ask, now what?

13 hours ago | News

(Chandler Chicco Agency) Primary care physicians agree they have a role in addressing obesity, but say they do not have the right weight management resources. Obese or heavier adults take responsibility for weight loss, but adults who need to lose weight may lack information about effective...

Porous China-Myanmar border allowing illegal wildlife trade

13 hours ago | News

(World Wildlife Fund) Porous borders are allowing vendors in Myanmar to offer a door-to-door delivery service for illegal wildlife products such as tiger bone wine to buyers in China, according to TRAFFIC's latest snapshot into wildlife trade in China. The State of Wildlife Trade in China...

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments partners with Cerno Bioscience

Mar 15 | News

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has partnered with Cerno Bioscience to offer Shimadzu’s LCMS quadrupole systems along with Cerno’s MassWorks software so users can improve data calibration for more accurate mass determination.

'My brain made me do it'

Mar 15 | News

(Prometheus Books) As scientists explore how the brain works, it's likely that new findings will alter our understanding of human nature, particularly free will. Do our decisions arise from purely mechanistic processes? Is our feeling of self-control an illusion created by our brains? What...

Potential CITES trade ban for rare salamander underscores wildlife e-commerce

Mar 15 | News

(World Wildlife Fund) A little-known Iranian salamander is poised to become the first example of a species requiring international government protection because of e-commerce -- a major threat to endangered wildlife that authorities are struggling to address.

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Call for collaboration

Call for collaboration

Feb 4 | RDBlog

The world of R&D is full of collaboration. R&D Magazine has seen this directly through some of the winners of the R&D 100 awards in the past. However, not only is collaboration important to the world of R&D, but it is essentially important to all aspects of life. For the Army, it is not different.

Calling all aerospace contractors, your funding is ready

Calling all aerospace contractors, your funding is ready

Feb 2 | RDBlog

Monday was probably a bittersweet day for NASA. Told that it would no longer be following President Bush’s lunar comeback effort or even launching its own astronauts into space, the agency must now look to contractors for their escape velocity needs.

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Steve Koonin Speaks at MSU Part 2

Steve Koonin Speaks at MSU Part 2

8/6/2009 | Videos

Steve Koonin, Dept. of Energy Under Secretary for Science, delivers a speech on energy policy as part of the June 12 Rare Isotope Beams for the 21st Century event at Michigan State University.

Steve Koonin Speaks at MSU Part 1

Steve Koonin Speaks at MSU Part 1

8/6/2009 | Videos

Steve Koonin, Dept. of Energy Under Secretary for Science, delivers a speech on energy policy as part of the June 12 Rare Isotope Beams for the 21st Century event at Michigan State University.

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EMSL Installs Chinook Supercomputer

7/28/2009 | New To Market

At more than 160 teraFLOPS, the newly installed $21.3 million Chinook supercomputer is over a dozen times faster than its predecessor the EMSL's MPP2.

Biotech firms receive lion's share of VC

7/27/2009 | New To Market

Biotechnology leapt ahead as the biggest recipient of U.S. venture capital money in the second quarter, but first-time venture investments in companies overall dropped to a 15-year low, a trade association reported.

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Dopant permeation tubes

6/26/2009 | Tools And Technology

Kin-Tek Laboratories, Inc. manufacturers dopant permeation tubes used in detection systems for trace concentrations of narcotics, explosives, chemical warfare agents (CWAs), and industrial airborne molecular contaminants (AMCs).

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