Bureaucrat in the Spotlight, Scientist in the Lab

12/15/2011

Even as the United States' top energy official, R&D Magazine’s 2011 Scientist of the Year Steven Chu keeps science close to home.

Answering Life's Great Questions, Systematically

12/10/2010

Not resting after a career full of achievement, Richard D. Smith is leading the charge toward the first comprehensive molecular characterization and modeling of biological systems.

2010 R&D Scientist of the Year: Richard D. Smith, PhD

11/9/2010

Over the last three decades, Richard D. Smith, director of proteomics at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), has made numerous fundamental advances in mass spectrometry (MS) and the emerging field of proteomics.

Dr. Thomas C. Sparks’ Swarm of Ideas

12/21/2009

By keeping an open mind and irrepressible optimism, the 2009 R&D Magazine Scientist of the Year helped Dow AgroSciences pioneer a new, green insect control technology.

Scientist of the Year - Dr. Thomas C. Sparks

11/2/2009

By some estimates, there are more than a million insect species in this world. Only a small percentage of this number is detrimental to the quality of our lives, but these are the species that drive research by scientists like Dr. Thomas C. Sparks, R&D Magazine’s 44th Scientist of the Year. The entomologist’s job is to know these insects, even down to the molecular level, to discover ways to keep them from destroying a very precious commodity: our food.

Mario Paniccia: Conductor of Light

12/1/2008

At an Intel laboratory, R&D Magazine’s 2008 Scientist of the Year is designing the chips that are revolutionizing photonics and pointing the way to the terascale age of optical communications.

R&D Magazine’s 42nd Scientist of the Year

12/10/2007

Before genomics, before computer software, and long before computer-aided chromatographs, a typical day in the chemistry lab involved arduous work. What might take minutes today required weeks a few decades ago, a fact well-known to George M. Whitesides who learned the chemist's trade as a teenager in his father's lab, studying compounds for rope treatments and enhancements to concrete.

Architect of the Future: Refocusing On Basic Research

11/20/2006

Dr. Gerald Rubin is a researcher who works to understand the genomic structure of the Drosophila melanogaster, or common fruit fly. Rubin is also Vice President and Director of the Janelia Farm Research Campus (JFRC), the recently opened research facility of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Chevy Chase, Md.

Leading the Fight Against Disease

11/21/2005

The world is faced with tremendous medical challengesthat now, all too often, have come to include the wordpandemic. Consider the fact that HIV/AIDS, malaria,and tuberculosis alone are directly responsible formore than 4 million deaths per year.

Constant Focus on the Future

11/16/2004

When George Poste left SmithKline Beecham in late-1999 after nearly 20 years of running many of their R&D operations, he thought that his future commuting route would be a lot different than his nearly weekly trips between SmithKline's headquarters in Philadelphia and its offices in Europe. "I had what I called my three-S triangle-Scottsdale (Ariz.), San Francisco, and San Diego," he explains. "That was going to be my commuting triangle and I would interact with a series of biotech companies in those cities and have more time to explore the landscape of Arizona."

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R&D 100: Now and Then

Apr 16

As R&D Magazine prepares for the 50th annual R&D 100 Awards, the editors take a stroll through the awards history, and invite former winners to join them.

R&D 100 Awards: Final Deadline is April 30

Apr 3

The editors of R&D Magazine have extended the submission deadline for the 2012 R&D 100 Awards to April 30, 2012, at 11:59 pm, eastern U.S. time. This is the FINAL DEADLINE. We cannot accept entries after that time.

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CC Radio - Episode 98

May 16

NIH researchers studying how weight-loss surgery and diet affects type 2 diabetes. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/

CC Radio - Episode 97

May 9

Nutrition Department feeds minds at science festival. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/