Science and Enterprise

Category: Hiring/layoffs

  • DuPont Expanding Agricultural Research in Delaware

    The chemical company DuPont plans to expand its biotech research on soybeans at its Delaware facilities. The $50 million expansion is expected to create 75 new, full-time positions in Delaware by the end of 2015. The proposed investment will include expanding biotech research facilities at DuPont’s research and development headquarters, the Experimental Station, in Wilmington…

  • Survey: Therapeutic Discovery Project Helps Biotechs

    A survey of executives with biotechnology companies that received grants or credits under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project indicates the companies benefited from the awards, including the creation of new jobs. The survey of 226 top-level company executives was conducted online by the polling company Penn Schoen Berland, between November 2010 and February 2011, for…

  • Fuel Cell Developer Relocates Near Nanotech Researcher

    Bing Energy Inc., a manufacturer of components for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, is moving its headquarters from California to Florida to work with a university researcher in nanotechnology. The company had already licensed the research of Jim Zheng, an engineering professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee, whose work involves nanosensors, energy storage, and…

  • Survey: Workers Use Employer Health Plan for Medical Info

    Most U.S. workers covered by employer- or union-provided health plans go to those plans for medical information, according to a recent survey. The survey, conducted in October 2010 by the National Business Group on Health — an association of more than 300 large employers — had respondents from 1,538 employees at organizations with 2,000 or…

  • Pfizer Slashes R&D Funding, Closes U.K. Research Site

    Pfizer Inc. in New York said today it plans to cut its research and development spending to keep R&D costs in line with lower expected revenues in 2012. The reductions, which Pfizer calls “significant,” include closing its research facility in Sandwich, U.K. and consolidating research operations in the northeast U.S. The company has lowered its…

  • Study: Energy Dept Lab Generates $271 Million for State

    An economic study estimates that the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, a U.S. Department of Energy nuclear physics research laboratory in Newport News, Virginia, generates more than $271 million in economic output and 2,200 jobs in Virginia. The study for Jefferson Science Associates LLC, the contract operators of the lab, was conducted by The Wessex…

  • Report: Tech Industry Clusters Help Build Regional Economies

    A new report from the Brookings Institution, a public policy research institute in Washington, D.C., urges the nation’s governors to create innovative new businesses in their states by building on current clusters of enterprises rather than trying to steal companies from other states. The report says this strategy, documented with examples of science and technology-based…

  • Partnership Will Develop Green Training for Pharmacists

    University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Practice Greenhealth (PGH) in Reston, Virgina will collaborate to develop and promote sustainability training for pharmacists, pharmacy students, and related professionals. PGH is a membership organization for institutions in health care that have made a commitment to environmentally-friendly practices. The university and PGH will develop training modules…

  • U.K. University Hosts Environmental Tech Training Center

    The University of Leicester in the U.K. will soon launch a new €3.5 million ($4.54 million) research center to train environmental researchers in using current satellite technologies. The new European Centre of Excellence in Earth Observation Research Training or GIONET is set to begin on 18 January 2011. The center plans to train 14 researchers…

  • Danish Pharma Company Restructures, Cuts Workforce

    NeuroSearch, a biopharmaceutical company in Copenhagen, Denmark said today the company would restructure its operations to focus more on developing drugs for the central nervous system. This reorganization of the enterprise, says NeuroSearch, will lead to a 20 percent reduction in its workforce. The goal of the restructuring is to accelerate development of its lead…