Texas Children’s Feigin Center wins LOY honorable mention

Feb 23 | News

Vertical expansion adds eight stories to 12-floor building and uses complex air quality system to optimize HVAC capacity.

Lab of the Year Brings Science to the Public

Feb 22 | News

The Plant Conservation Science Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Ill., has been selected Laboratory of the Year in the 2010 R&D Magazine Laboratory of the Year competition.

Lab renovation incorporates best practices in Indian context

7/21/2009 | Articles

Reliance Industries Ltd., Catalyst & Material Reliance Technology Centre, Gujarat, India. Renovation of 8,826 ft2 of a 15,069 ft2 building on an industrial campus. $900,000. This project received a Special Mention citation in the 2009 Lab of the Year competition for its use of modern lab-planning principles in a way that was economical, sustainable and appropriate for both the science performed and the cultural context.

Harvard fits large, versatile lab into sensitive campus site

7/21/2009 | Articles

Harvard Univ., Northwest Science Building, Cambridge, Mass. 530,000 ft2 multidisciplinary research facility. Budget n.a..This project was named High Honors winner in the 2009 Lab of the Year competition for overall excellence in design.

Lab of the Year combines efficiency, site sensitivity

7/21/2009 | Articles

Columbia Univ., Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Campus, Palisades, N.Y. 69,300 ft2 environmental sciences research facility. $34.2 million. This project was named 2009 Lab of the Year for overall excellence in design.

Lab honored for dramatic renovation of key space

7/21/2009 | Articles

Carleton Univ., Steacie SuperLab, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Renovation of 14,500 ft2 lab in a larger 1960s-era facility, Steacie Hall. $4.65 million (Canadian). This project received a Special Mention citation in the 2009 Lab of the Year competition for its forward-thinking transformation of a crucial teaching lab. 

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Much ado about next to nothing

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.

Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

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.  

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Optimizing Laboratory Fume Hood Selection

Mar 1 | White Papers

Fume hoods have been present within society and science since the 17th century. However, throughout the years fume hoods have changed to accommodate user’s needs and laboratory applications. While the first fume hoods were fixed and far from flexible, with modern and mobility needs, fume hoods have now become flexible in design, more efficient, energy-saving, and also now have many types from benchtop or conventional fume hoods, radioisotope fume hoods, perchloric fume hoods, ductless fume hoods, and more.

Keep moving forward with the Laboratory Design Conference 2010

Jan 25 | News

Keep your project moving forward in challenging times... attend the Spring 2010 Laboratory Design Conference!