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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).

ESA and Thales Alenia Space enter negotiations for MTG

(European Space Agency) The tendering process that will result in the supply of Europe's next series of meteorological satellites, Meteosat Third Generation, has reached an advanced stage as ESA invites Thales Alenia Space to enter formal contract negotiations.

ACP urges Congress to vote 'yes' on comprehensive health reform legislation

(American College of Physicians) The American College of Physicians, representing 129,000 internal medicine physician and medical student members, said today that Congress should cast the final votes needed to get comprehensive health care reform enacted into law. Without reform, ACP said,...

ESHRE Annual Meeting, June 27-30 in Rome

(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) ESHRE's Annual Meeting is the forum where more than 8,000 of the world’s leading experts in reproductive medicine gather to give the first public presentation of their latest research findings. Issues that present policy-makers and...

Global database needed to guarantee identification of victims in mass disasters

(University of Granada) An expert in forensic anthropology argues that the database should include computer records of citizens such as anthropological data, physiognomic characteristics, medical information, radiographic files, dental records and numbers of different identity documents....

Carnegie Mellon's Granger Morgan to testify Geoengineeringing issues before Congressional Science Committee

(Carnegie Mellon University) In testimony to the US House Science Committee, Carnegie Mellon's M. Granger Morgan will discuss urgent need to begin research on solar radiation management.

DOE Joint Genome Institute 5th Annual Meeting on March 24-26, 2010

(DOE/Joint Genome Institute) Researchers from all over the world will be at the Marriott in Walnut Creek for the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute 5th Annual Genomics of Energy and Environment Meeting, which will feature genomics research in the fields of clean energy generation...

Dong Fang Boiler selects Dassault Systemes for PLM solution

Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced that Dong Fang Boiler Group CO., LTD. (DBC) has selected its ENOVIA V6 solution to build a collaborative data management platform, the first seen in China’s power station boiler industry.

BPLG collaborates with Advanced Innovations

 BPL Global, Ltd. announced they have entered collaboration with Advanced Innovations, Inc.

Testimony: Mastery of rare earth elements vital to U.S. security

Testimony: Mastery of rare earth elements vital to U.S. security

Karl A. Gschneidner Jr., a senior metallurgist at Ames Lab, spoke before a House Subcommittee this week, cautioning them that rare-earth R&D in America is “virtually zero”. He went on to say that expertise in rare-earth alloying is crucial to economic performance and that the U.S. has given up much ground to other countries in this area.

USC Information Sciences Institute to be recognized for key role in Internet development

(University of Southern California) More than 50 pioneers and leaders key to the Internet's ongoing development over the past 40 years will gather Friday, March 19, to recognize the role of the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute in the Internet's success.

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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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