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

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

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

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).

Chinese medicine societies reject tiger bones ahead of CITES conference

(World Wildlife Fund) WWF and TRAFFIC welcome a World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies statement urging its members not to use tiger bone or any other parts from endangered wildlife.

Group: polluters use offsets to avoid carbon cuts

According to nonprofit group Sandbag, reports the AP, major European polluters are buying their way out of making big cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing carbon offsets that pay for environmental programs in developing nations.

Who does what on Wikipedia?

(University of Arizona) The patterns of collaboration between Wikipedia contributors have a direct effect on the data quality of an article, according to a new paper co-authored by a University of Arizona professor and graduate student.

Elsevier launches Journal of Family Business Strategy

(Elsevier) Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of a new quarterly journal, Journal of Family Business Strategy. The journal aims to be a primary publication outlet for academics and scholars...

Networking initiative to support interdisciplinary research

(European Space Agency) Specialists from various Earth system science disciplines recently gathered to address a major question: what will our environment look like in the future?

Shari'a as discourse

(University of Copenhagen) This volume exposes some of the various issues raised in relation to Muslim communities in Europe by putting the intellectual and legal traditions into dialogue. It brings together a number of scholars to provide a valuable reference for all those interested in...

Sam Houston State University crime lab to serve Southeast Texas

(Sam Houston State University) The major function of the lab will be the identification of seized drugs and toxicology analysis. Services will be provided by almost a dozen full-time forensic scientists and support staff and will offer intern opportunities to forensic science students at Sam...

A national advantage through R&D

By Ryan Averbeck and Jeffrey R. Jones. The battlefield and economic advantages provided by research and technology development efforts are as relevant today as they were in previous historical periods. Just as the first people to harness the knowledge of making bronze weapons or splitting the atom gained an advantage, the research conducted in our laboratories enables the U.S. to continue to be a viable superpower on the world stage.

High-speed pipeline revs up biomass analysis

High-speed pipeline revs up biomass analysis

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Lab are analyzing 1,000 samples of biomass at a time, finding which one, combined with the right enzyme, most eagerly gives up its sugars to be converted into biofuel. Their work is part of an effort to meet federal regulations that require the U.S. produce 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022.

Vitex Systems’ licensees receive multiple orders for Barix thin-film encapsulation equipment

Vitex Systems, Inc. announced that its equipment licensees, SNU Precision and Sunic Systems, have received multiple orders for Barix thin-film encapsulation (TFE) equipment.

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Call for collaboration

Call for collaboration

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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