Word: labs
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...Norman Augustine, a former president and CEO of security firm Lockheed Martin, who attended Monday's meeting in Princeton. But today, he says, that research has paved the way for work in manufacturing, maintenance, marketing and sales - a clear sign that the benefits of basic science extend beyond the lab. "This is about jobs, and it's about jobs for everyone," Augustine said...
...spare. But what really counts is the way he has chosen to use it over the past several years. As head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, part of the Department of Energy's network of research centers, Chu put his own research on hold to marshal the lab's efforts on climate change. In Chu, Obama will have an Energy Secretary who understands the existential threat posed by climate change - and who knows that we'll need technological leaps in the way we use energy to save our species. It's a myth "that we have all the technology...
...Throw in a three-hour lab and time-gobbling problem sets on top of all of this, and time to breathe becomes questionable...
...Considering the burdens, such as lab hours and less-flexible requirements, which a science concentration places on an already tight schedule, the shortage of athletes in these majors comes as no surprise...
...Organic Chemistry] has a long lab hour and tends to meet in the afternoon for lecture which is hard to fit in with my schedule,” Kester said. “That’s the only one that would have been a conflict for me, but I was able to work around...