Science in the Public Eye

Jun 8

Chicago Botanic Garden puts science, nature, and sustainability on display.

Raise the Roof

Jun 8

Vertical expansion elevates the translational research program at Texas Children's Hospital.

Understanding Sustainability

6/9/2009

Built around the idea of scientific collaboration and environmental, social, and economic sustainability, the Harvard Univ. Northwest Science Building will be used to enhance cross-disciplinary research and energy savings.

Delicate Balance

6/9/2009

Dedicated to understanding the fundamental nature of the Earth, the Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Division lab at Columbia Univ. achieves harmony with its surroundings, while giving its researchers both form and function.

Making Lemonade from Old Labs

6/9/2009

A modest, basic building once housed an advanced polymer research lab for one of India's biggest companies. After renovations the building remains, but everything else has changed for the better.

Promoting Enrollment through Renovation

6/9/2009

To help realize its goal of increasing enrollment in its chemistry program, Carleton Univ. combined its old chemistry laboratories into one Steacie SuperLab.

An Expression of Solar Research

6/18/2008

Built around a vision of sustainability, NREL’s environmentally sound, high-performance Science & Technology Facility will be used to enhance the visibility of renewable technologies.

Collaborative Research in the Heartland

6/18/2008

Indiana University’s Simon Hall creates an environment for current and future research in a setting that maintains one of the strongest architectural heritages in academia.

New Science Tower is a Complex Link to Campus Research

5/25/2007

Selected for a Special Mention in R&D Magazine's 2007 Laboratory of the Year competition, the 11-story Biomedical Sciences Tower 3 (BST3), at the Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pa., has also been awarded, by other prestigious organizations, the 2006 Honor Award for Design Excellence, 2006 Building Excellence Award, and Project of the Year.

New Labs Bring Sea of Change to Woods Hole

5/25/2007

Ocean science was still in its infancy when the first laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., was completed in the summer of 1931. Later named for the first director, Henry Bigelow, the building was an important first step in what would become one of the world's leading non-profit research centers.

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The irresistability of the end

Aug 26

What is it about doomsday scenarios? Every once in a while, it seems, the general public can’t get enough of predictions about impending disaster. And the most recent spate of disaster ruminations seems more pervasive than ever.

Premature death notice

Aug 19

Earlier this week, Wired editor Chris Anderson declared the death of the Web and the rise of everything else (on the Internet). It was a bit like twittering the death of your favorite celebrity on Twitter, except in this case it’s the one loved by billions.

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CC Radio - Episode 46

Sep 1

Post-Doctoral Fellow at CC Department of Bioethics Part of Academy Award-Nominated Documentary. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/

CC Radio - Episode 45

Aug 27

Clinical Center Studies Noninvasive Imaging of Heart Failure. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/