French President Wants to Turn Country into ‘Startup Nation’
French President Emmanuel Macron is inviting the world’s innovators, engineers and business-builders to come to France as he tries to transform this country from a land resting on the laurels of its past into a “startup nation.” In a first step, the French government on Thursday launched a “French Tech Visa,” a fast-track four-year residence…
Five Facilities Take Home Honors in Laboratory of the Year Awards
Now in its 51st year, the Laboratory of the Year Awards continue to recognize excellence in research laboratory design, planning and construction. This annual international competition receives entries from the best new and renovated laboratories. Eligible projects represent a wide variety of laboratory types, including research, quality assurance/control, teaching, software development, environmental, clinical, forensic, and…
R&D Magazine and Laboratory Design Announce 2017 Laboratory of the Year Winners
Now in its 51st year, the Laboratory of the Year Awards continue to recognize excellence in research laboratory design, planning and construction. Judging for this year’s competition took place on March 28, and was conducted by a blue-ribbon panel of laboratory architects, engineers, equipment manufacturers, researchers and the editors of R&D Magazine and Laboratory Design.…
Rush Holt on What’s Next After March for Science
On Saturday, April 22, thousands of marchers worldwide participated in the March for Science— a nonpartisan event championing scientific funding, education and government policies based on scientific evidence. Marches took place on all seven continents, including Antarctica, at an estimated 600 locations. In the U.S., marches took place in all 50 states, with 15,000 marchers…
March For Science is About Defending Facts, Not Politics
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The Importance of Killing Ideas, Not R&D
While spotting opportunity is the springboard for change, focusing on failure can be as much a part of finding the right answer for realising that change. The crux is knowing when to stop investing in ideas – particularly in terms of the mis-deployment of often limited resources. But it can be difficult to, firstly identify,…
Market Pulse: Shift from Non-Defense to Defense R&D Detailed
Trump’s First Budget Proposes Big Changes for Science Research
President Trump released an outline of his first budget proposal on Thursday, March 16 calling for large cuts to numerous federal programs in order to offset a big uptick in military and defense spending. The document requests drastic downsizing for several domestic departments, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of…
Market Pulse: Strong Jobs Report Ensures Rate Increase This Week
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Pittcon 2017 Kicks Off, Featuring Hundreds of Industry Experts and Innovative Lab Tech
Thousands of scientists, researchers and laboratory enthusiasts from around the world are coming together this week for the 2017 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon). The event, held March 5 – 9 in Chicago, attracted 13,000 people from 90 different countries in 2016, with similar turnout expected this year. Pittcon kicked off…
Market Pulse: Economic Growth Having Ancillary Effects
Scientists March Against Trump During AAAS Meeting
Hundreds of scientists gathered over the weekend in Boston’s Copley Square in protest of the Trump administration’s stance on a variety of science-related issues. The event, coined “Rally to Stand Up for Science,” took place on Feb. 19, and coincided with the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),…
AAAS Annual Meeting: Engineer Addresses Need for Scientists, Engineers to Engage the Public
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Editorial: Trump’s Immigration Ban Hurts Research, Science
Politics aside, speaking solely in the context of scientific research and innovation, President Trump’s recent Executive Order to ban citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, including green card holders*, is harmful to America’s research, development and innovation pipeline. Today’s research is inherently global. Scientists collaborate with foreign researchers for a multitude of reasons, whether it’s because…