#lab

11:18pm, 7th May, 2019

The Sea Lab's Outreach Coordinator contributes to synthesis on Deepwater Horizon oil spill

(Dauphin Island Sea Lab) The Sea Lab's Discovery Hall Programs Outreach Coordinator Rachel McDonald's work conducting outreach on ACER's research is featured in a special issue of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative's (GoMRI) C...

A Shortage of Skilled Medical Lab Workers Is Looming

5:26pm, 3rd May, 2019

Humans

A Shortage of Skilled Medical Lab Workers Is Looming

Automation can help; so can encouraging STEM students to consider careers in diagnostics-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Bridge over coupled waters: Scientists 3D-print all-liquid 'lab on a chip'

2:44pm, 25th April, 2019

Nature

Bridge over coupled waters: Scientists 3D-print all-liquid 'lab on a chip'

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Researchers at Berkeley Lab have 3D-printed an all-liquid "lab on a chip" that, with the click of a button, can be repeatedly reconfigured on demand to serve a wide range of applications - from making batte...

US Naval Research Lab develops quantum dot polymer for next-gen screens

2:05am, 12th April, 2019

Tech

US Naval Research Lab develops quantum dot polymer for next-gen screens

(TechLink) Electrochemists have developed a transparent, luminescent material that could give smartphone and television screens flexible, stretchable, shatterproof, and more realistic properties.

Postdoctoral researcher launches Community Noise Lab at Boston University

4:21pm, 8th April, 2019

Humans

Postdoctoral researcher launches Community Noise Lab at Boston University

(Boston University School of Medicine) Dr. Erica Walker, a postdoctoral researcher at Boston University School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health, has launched Community Noise Lab, an interdisciplinary research lab that will e...

11:14am, 29th March, 2019

Tech

Odd reaction creates a stir in the lab

(Rice University) Rice University chemists show how PTFE - aka Teflon - in standard lab stir bars affects a chemical reaction used to reduce nanotubes, skewing the results.

Rocket Lab launches DARPA’s R3D2 experimental satellite from New Zealand

7:21pm, 28th March, 2019

Space

Rocket Lab launches DARPA’s R3D2 experimental satellite from New Zealand

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle rises from its New Zealand launch pad. (Rocket Lab via YouTube) Rocket Lab executed its first launch of the year from New Zealand today, sending an experimental satellite into orbit for the Pentagon’s Defense Adva...

8:14pm, 15th November, 2018

Space

Rocket Lab reports $150M in fresh funding, cementing space unicorn status

Electron rockets are under construction at Rocket Lab’s production facility in New Zealand. (Rocket Lab Photo) Fresh on the heels of a successful satellite launch, today announced that it has received $140 million in new investment. Rocket Lab said t...

Boeing and ISS National Lab award $500,000 to boost cancer research in orbit

4:54pm, 18th October, 2018

Space

Boeing and ISS National Lab award $500,000 to boost cancer research in orbit

The International Space Station serves as a platform for microgravity research. (NASA photo) For the fifth year in a row, Boeing and the International Space Station’s U.S. national laboratory are partnering to pay out up to $500,000 in grants for sta...

Rocket Lab picks Virginia’s Wallops Island for U.S. launch site, adding to N.Z. pad

4:26pm, 17th October, 2018

Space

Rocket Lab picks Virginia’s Wallops Island for U.S. launch site, adding to N.Z. pad

Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck and other dignitaries pose with their shovels for a groundbreaking ceremony on Virginia’s Wallops Island. (Rocket Lab Photo via Twitter) officially unveiled its plan to build a commercial launch site at the Mid-Atlantic Reg...