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Douglas A. Michels, President and CEO of OraSure Technologies
As a leader in point-of-care medical diagnostics, OraSure Technologies has had a worldwide impact on health through the launch of its innovative products. We are a global leader in oral fluid diagnostic technology, bringing to market first-of-its-kind...
Tags: Bethlehem Steel, Food and Drug Administration, Science and Technology, New York City, Time (magazine)
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Harris: 3 innovations from Chicago science scene that offer ideas, shape of things to come
Internet-centered technology has advanced to the point that smartphone apps and e-commerce sites seemingly sprout overnight. Indeed, many can be built inexpensively from off-the-shelf software in weeks. Scientific breakthroughs, however, often require...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Science and Technology, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, Tuberculosis
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Petro Vlahos dies at 96; advanced blue-screen technology for film
In the 1950s, special-effects pioneer Petro Vlahos laid the groundwork that made a modern movie genre possible — the blockbuster. He did it by vastly improving a composite-image process commonly known as the "blue-screen effect" for the 1959 epic...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Science and Technology, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Two La Cañada Flintridge scientists honored at White House ceremony
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Monsanto, the court and the seeds of dissent
On Tuesday, attorneys for the largest agrochemical corporation in the world, Monsanto, will present arguments before the Supreme Court asserting the company's rights to the generations of seeds that naturally reproduce from its genetically modified...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Food Industry, Science and Technology, Semiconductors and Active Components, Monsanto Company
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Center for simulated medicine opens in Anne Arundel County
A surgeon enters the operating room, offers his hands to a nurse and watches as she helps him into his rubber gloves with a snap. He glances at the patient on the table. A cloth covers the man's torso but for one area. Three trocars — tubes into...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Science and Technology, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics
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Help for firms vying for a piece of the federal budget
Catonsville-based Alpha Omega Technologies performs work for one federal agency, and it wants more contracts — a daunting goal for a small company in a time of tight budgets. But the head of the 25-person software firm thinks he has a leg up after...
Tags: National Security Agency, Business, National Government, Fort Meade (military base), Intel Corp.
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Indiana inventor flush with excitement over RV toilet
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Rod Livingston of Richmond is hoping to become flush with success. Livingston is the inventor of Dry-Flush, an odorless, waterless toilet designed for use in RVs and boats, now being manufactured in Connecticut and sold by...Tags: Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), New Products, Joint Ventures
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Lawmakers hear about Corning's success
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. lawmakers heard the story of Corning® Gorilla® Glass and other Corning innovations first-hand Thursday as part of a House subcommittee hearing focused on boosting American manufacturing. Jim Steiner, senior vice president of...
Tags: Apple iPhone, U.S. Congress, Lee Terry
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A hunt for tickets and celebrities, set to music
Celebrity, as it turns out, is in the eye of the beholder, and one of the fascinating aspects of the annual convention that brings together makers and sellers of all manner of musical gear for four days in Anaheim is that there are nearly as many...
Tags: Neil Young, Pete Townshend, The Who (music group), Disneyland Park, Music
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Are razor blade makers just ensuring a big cut?
We can put men on the moon. We can make computers small enough to carry around in our pockets. But we can't make a razor blade that stays sharp longer than a week? It sounds trivial. But the utter lack of progress on the razor front raises fundamental...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Restraint of Trade, Computer Hardware, Physiology, Apple iPhone
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Ray Collins dies; singer with the Mothers of Invention was 75
The Soul Giants were a struggling R&B cover band in Pomona in the mid-1960s when lead singer Ray Collins fired the group's guitarist and invited a musical collaborator from Rancho Cucamonga to take his place. His name was Frank Zappa. The band soon...
Tags: Pittsburgh Penguins, Frank Zappa, Heart Attack, Music, Music Industry
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