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08/11/2008 Deal gives VC-owned firms shot at R&D awards
Under a compromise negotiated in the Senate, small companies that are majority-owned by venture capital firms would once again be eligible for Small Business Innovation Research awards.
08/01/2008 Financial Growing Pains of a Biotech
Large risks and high costs dominate the financial life cycle of a biotechnology company, but the potential payoffs are huge.
08/01/2008 Why women quit technology careers
More than half of the women in science, engineering and IT leave the field at midcareer. Here's the reason.
07/31/2008 Building BRIDGE to success
Imperial Beach group started by helping American Indians, now serves all disenfranchised people
07/30/2008 BIOCOM Institute wins nonprofit status and two grants
The BIOCOM Institute, a charitable arm of the BIOCOM regional association of biotech companies, announced Wednesday that it has won nonprofit status and been awarded a pair of $30,000 grants.
07/24/2008 Girls = Boys at Math
There's no real difference between the scores of U.S. boys and girls on common math tests, according to a massive new study.
07/15/2008 US Science Grad Goals Falling Behind
A high-profile push by business groups to double the number of U.S. bachelor's degrees awarded in science, math and engineering by 2015 is falling way behind target, a new report says.
07/14/2008 Scientists for a New Age
There’s a growing need for scientists who are as comfortable in the boardroom as they are in the laboratory, and this new breed of thinkers won’t need doctorates, according to a new report released by the National Research Council Friday.
06/19/2008 Governor lauds bio's 'brain power'
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday lauded the world's biotechnology industry for tackling a pile of complicated issues – therapies for disease, diagnostics to improve health care and alternative fuels that may one day create “a carbon-free world.”
06/18/2008 Biotech bandwagon
States invest billions to fuel research hubs