Laboratory Equipment

‘Spider Skin’ Captures Grand Prize in Image Contest

FEI is proud to announce that María Carbajo of the Electron Microscopy Unit in the Research Support Services of the Univ. of Extremadura has been awarded the grand prize in the 2012 FEI Owner Image Contest for her entry “Spider Skin.”

FEI.com visitors were asked to vote for their favorite image among the monthly winners. A total of nearly 1,000 votes were received and María Carbajo’s image, Spider Skin, narrowly beat out other worthy images.

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Contest Seeks Names for Two of Pluto’s Moons

Want to name Pluto’s two tiniest moons? Then you’ll need to dig deep into mythology. Astronomers announced a contest to name the two itty-bitty moons of Pluto discovered over the past two years.

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Mockett Announces Design Competition Winners

Doug Mockett & Company’s 28th Annual Design Competition winners have been announced. Showcasing innovative ideas in furniture parts, components, accessories and hardware, entries are accepted from all over the world. There are only first place prizes, usually with multiple winners, each receiving a trophy, a $1,000 prize and future royalties based on sales.

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Doodle 4 Google Offers Scholarships, Grants

Doodle 4 Google is an annual program that invites K-12 students in the U.S. to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign Google’s homepage logo for millions to see.

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EU’s Contest Offers $1.3 B to Science Projects

Teams of scientists from across the continent are vying for a funding bonanza that could see two of them receive up to €1 billion ($1.33 billion) over 10 years to keep Europe at the cutting edge of technology.

The contest began with 26 proposals that were whittled down to six last year. Just four have made it to the final round. They include a plan to develop digital guardian angels that would keep people safe from harm; a massive data-crunching machine to simulate social, economic and technological change on our planet; an effort to craft the most accurate computer model of the human brain to date; and a team working to find better ways to produce and employ graphene — an ultra-thin material that could revolutionize manufacturing of everything from airplanes to computer chips.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/01/eus-contest-offers-13-b-science-projects

PNNL Releases Research Study Images

A dozen stunning science images, representing cell structures, microorganisms, polymer films, degraded metals and more, have been selected by the voting public as winners in Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Science as Art contest. The photos are representative of research projects at the Department of Energy laboratory and will appear in a 2012 “Discovery in Action” calendar.

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