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New Economy, New Playbook: Part 8
December 10, 2010 8:44 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsPart 8 of R&D Magazine's 2010 executive roundtable. What do you think the next great invention will be?
New Economy, New Playbook: Part 7
December 10, 2010 8:35 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsPart 7 of R&D Magazine's 2010 executive roundtable. In your point of view, what are some of the greatest threats to R&D in the U.S. right now? Are these roadblocks experienced by your organization, and, if so, how are you dealing with them?
New Economy, New Playbook: Part 6
December 10, 2010 8:23 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsPart 6 of R&D Magazine's 2010 executive roundtable. What specifics discoveries or breakthroughs has your organization made that embody the spirit of innovation? Please describe the support for these technologies your organization has had for sponsor or collaborators? Finally, please describe your funding situation.
New Economy, New Playbook: Part 5
December 10, 2010 8:04 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsPart 5 of R&D Magazine's 2010 executive roundtable. Where do you see real innovations taking place, and what are the geographical locations or industries do you see benefiting from innovation?
New Economy, New Playbook: Part 4
December 10, 2010 7:54 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsPart 4 of R&D Magazine's 2010 executive roundtable. Many R&D organizations are seeing a greater collaboration and partnership activity. Are you seeing this trend? If so, what are some of the forces behind it, and how is it affecting your organization?
New Economy, New Playbook: Part 3
December 10, 2010 7:36 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsPart 3 of R&D Magazine's 2010 executive roundtable. Describe your organization’s staffing and recruiting challenges as you see them now.
New Economy, New Playbook: Part 2
December 10, 2010 7:06 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsPart 2 of R&D Magazine's 2010 executive roundtable. What one word would you use to describe the current state of industrial research?
New Economy, New Playbook: Part 1
December 10, 2010 6:48 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsToday’s economic and employment realities drive research organizations to develop new strategies.
The Real Cutting Edge
December 10, 2010 4:52 am | by Rita C. Peters | Articles | CommentsIf you have been in enough offices, or thumbed through enough airline magazines, you’ve seen them: motivational posters with high quality, dramatic images from nature or sports depicting themes such as “Teamwork”, “Attitude”, “Excellence”, and similar concepts. Enterprising individuals have been inspired to create knock-offs that lampoon the posters.
A well-oiled machine
May 18, 2010 9:16 am | by Paul Livingstone | Blogs | CommentsVisit one of Florida’s premier tourist destinations (no, not Disney) and it’s a little hard to believe there’s a countdown unrelated to a rocket launch. Nearly everything at Kennedy Space Center is designed to show visitors that not only does NASA has a rich history of space exploration, it’s still going strong as the world’s premiere launch facility.
With Innovation from Russia?
April 12, 2010 9:52 am | Blogs | CommentsIf we needed any further proof of the inferiority complex Russia seems to be continually chafing under, Viktor Vekselberg, one of the country’s most successful oligarchs, has been placed in charge of the new Kremlin effort to create a Russian Silicon Valley.
2010 Independent R & D Organizations Report: Southwest Research Institute
March 4, 2010 10:56 am | Articles | CommentsJ. Dan Bates, President, Southwest Research Institute answers questions related to R&D Magazine's 2010 Independent R&D Organizations Report.
2010 Independent R & D Organizations Report: Research Triangle Institute
March 4, 2010 10:46 am | Articles | CommentsVictoria F. Haynes, President and CEO, Research Triangle Institute, answers questions related to R&D Magazine's 2010 Independent R&D Organizations Report.
R & D Tax Credit Can Turn R & D Investment into Cash
February 18, 2010 5:05 am | by Les Bryson and Peter Feldman | Articles | CommentsOne 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.
2010 Independent R & D Organizations Report: A Question of Progress
February 17, 2010 5:29 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsIndependent R&D laboratories face a brave new world where success depends on a diligently cultivated set of collaborations with industry, government, and academia.
Calling all aerospace contractors, your funding is ready
February 2, 2010 7:02 am | Blogs | CommentsMonday 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.
Laying the foundation: Burj RD
January 7, 2010 5:32 am | by Paul Livingstone | Blogs | CommentsRemember the sharp words between the two greenhouse gas heavyweights at Copenhagen earlier this year over whether China was still a developing country? From China's point of view, they are far from done "developing", and it has little to do with emissions. Instead, the core of their economy is clearly intended to be intellectual know-how that outstrips all others.
Govt. Labs See Bright Future, For Now
December 22, 2009 9:40 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsTo say that the outlook for government R&D laboratory executives is brighter for 2010 than 2009 would be a great understatement. At this time last year most laboratories were scrambling to adjust to a short-term financial upheaval brought about by an across-the-board freeze on budgets until March 2009.
Re-Emerging U.S. R & D
December 22, 2009 6:29 am | by Martin Grueber, Research Leader, Battelle, Cleveland, Ohio and Tim Studt, Editor in Chief, Advantage Business Media | Articles | CommentsThe Battelle/R&D Magazine team forecasts the U.S. R&D environment will begin to re-emerge in 2010, with total R&D spending reaching $401.9 billion, up 3.27% over the final 2009 estimate of $389.2 billion.
Federal R & D: The Stimulus Hangover
December 22, 2009 5:59 am | by Martin Grueber, Research Leader, Battelle, Cleveland, Ohio and Tim Studt, Editor in Chief, Advantage Business Media | Articles | CommentsWith final appropriations bills still undecided, R&D funding, combined with the Administration’s budget in the remaining departments and agencies, totals currently at $147.9 billion, which is an increase of 0.56%. Unless there are some significant Congressional additions, we are headed toward a baseline FY2010 federal budget that fails to keep up with inflation.
Global Perspective: Emerging Nations Gain R & D Ground
December 22, 2009 5:37 am | by Martin Grueber, Research Leader, Battelle, Cleveland, Ohio and Tim Studt, Editor in Chief, Advantage Business Media | Articles | CommentsOver the past two years, the traditional leaders of R&D—the U.S., Europe, and Japan—have struggled to maintain the basic essentials of their economies and have seen their overall R&D programs slide in relation those of emerging economies. The big emerging nations—China, India, and Brazil—were not immune to the global recession.
Contract Laboratory Profile: The MicroStar Lab, LTD.
October 21, 2009 4:20 am | Articles | CommentsThe MicroStar Lab, Ltd. is a microbiology laboratory that specializes in the microbiological needs for aerospace, military, and industrial applications. Fungal work, mold-resistance testing, and standardized testing of antimicrobial agents is our primary focus. Contract R&D, plant audits and industrial microbiological troubleshooting are also available.
Contract Laboratory Profile: Delsen Testing Laboratories, Inc.
October 21, 2009 4:20 am | Articles | CommentsDelsen is engaged in testing advanced materials for industrial and aerospace clients. Delsen's particular areas of expertise are testing advanced composite materials, flammability testing of aircraft interior materials, and testing of electrical materials.
Contract Laboratory Profile: Indesign LLC
October 21, 2009 4:20 am | Articles | CommentsIndesign provides electronic product design services. This includes full turn-key product development starting with concept development, continuing through detailed product design and prototyping, and finishing with production support. Indesign develops products for clients in a wide range of markets: medical, military, consumer, industrial, communications, and computer peripherals.
Contract Laboratory Profile: Intertek
October 21, 2009 4:20 am | Articles | CommentsIntertek provides a wide range of global laboratory testing services, from quality control to advanced research and development support. Intertek works with our clients on multiple levels, from transactional and contractual relationships to strategic laboratory acquisition and outsourcing projects and support.
