Incubators and R&D

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One is a cowboy with no engineering background who turned his idea into a machine in order to make a living. The other is a mechanical engineer who wants to pay for his "bad habit"…

But a key component of the learning center will be enhancing information sharing between scientists, park managers, learning institutions and the public.

Department of Commerce The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) invites applications for R&D projects that address various aspects of Chesapeake Bay fisheries, including coastal and estuarine research, fisheries research and multiple species interactions. Approximately…

Washington Tech Center OKs grants to fund work with Spokane, Richland concerns By Addy Hatch Spokane Journal of Business The Washington Technology Center has awarded grants to Washington State University to support research projects the…

The findings have intrigued other scientists. "First and foremost," said Dr. Kevin Padian of the University of California, "it’s telling us something we never knew."

"More than ever before, in the new “new economy,” research and innovation will need to be housed in those places where there are parallel agendas and multiple means of support. Universities, suitably reinvented to be interdisciplinary, can fit this profile because their other “product line,” besides research, is people. When research and learning are combined, far greater risks can be taken and the generation of ideas can be less efficient. Right now, only a handful of U.S. universities constitute such “research universities.” More will have to become so. Universities worldwide will have to follow."

Department of Commerce The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is soliciting preapplications under the United States Weather Research Program for the transfer of relevant research and technology advances into tropical cyclone analysis and forecast…

Last winter Mike DeGrandpre found himself in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 miles from land. He’d come to that remote, forbidding corner of the world — home to little more than sharks and…

”The features within the park present such an incredible diversity of habitats for different micro-organisms,” Kane said. ”It’s really probably one of the most wonderful places to study microbial diversity in the world.”