Laboratory News

• Black Mirror-like robodog 'Astro' can respond to commands such as 'sit', 'stand' and 'lie down'
  
  Astro is being developed by researchers from the Florida Atlantic University's Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics Laboratory using deep learning and artificial intelligence technology.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 15 Aug 2019.
• Purdue lands $10M grant for new food safety laboratory
  
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue University has landed a $10 million federal grant to jump-start a new laboratory devoted to improving food safety in developing nations. ...
  Washington Times.  Thursday, 15 Aug 2019.
• Anxiety-stricken mother-of-one decides against using CBD oil as treatment after shocking discovery
  
  Natalie, from Wakefield, was wary of the THC in cannabis oil, and decided to meet with with a hemp farmer and a scientist to test the product at a laboratory, to understand the side effects.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 13 Aug 2019.
• Is Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Outperforming Other Medical Stocks This Year?
  
  Is (ABT) Outperforming Other Medical Stocks This Year?
  Zacks.  Tuesday, 6 Aug 2019.
• Mettler-Toledo (MTD) Q2 Earnings Top Estimates, Revenues Lag
  
  Mettler-Toledo (MTD) second-quarter 2019 results benefit from well-performing Laboratory and Industrial product lines.
  Zacks.  Friday, 2 Aug 2019.
• 2 Tennessee scientists honored with presidential award
  
  OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - Two researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee are among the recipients of the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. ...
  Washington Times.  Friday, 2 Aug 2019.
• Studies: Human Biases Show Up in Robots
  
  Human biases extend to robots, according to the study, "Robots And Racism," conducted by the Human Interface Technology Laboratory in New Zealand.
  Newsmax.  Thursday, 1 Aug 2019.
• Experimental treatment slows prion disease, extends life of mice
  
  Scientists using an experimental treatment have slowed the progression of scrapie, a degenerative central nervous disease caused by prions, in laboratory mice and greatly extended the rodents' lives. ...
  Science Daily.  Thursday, 1 Aug 2019.
• Scientists reproduce the dynamics behind astrophysical shocks
  
  Article describes first laboratory measurement of the precursors to high-energy astronomical shocks.
  Science Daily.  Tuesday, 30 Jul 2019.
• NASA Scientists and Astronauts Practice for Space Missions on the Seafloor
  
  A female-led crew trained for nine days in an undersea laboratory in the Atlantic to get a sense of what it's like to live and work in microgravity
  Smithsonian.  Monday, 29 Jul 2019.
• Lady Gaga in exclusive Amazon deal to launch beauty range
  
  The star is bypassing traditional retailers by selling Haus Laboratories with the online giant.
  BBC News.  Wednesday, 10 Jul 2019.
• Raspberry Pi hack puts NASA in security jam - CNET
  
  500MB of data was stolen from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
  CNET.  Monday, 24 Jun 2019.
• Largest world stock of animal-killing virus destroyed by UK lab
  
  Scientists destroy final UK laboratory samples of rinderpest, a highly contagious cattle disease.
  BBC News.  Friday, 14 Jun 2019.
• A trip to the International Space Station will cost tourists $52 million
  
  Companies are buying rides to fly so-called "private astronauts" up to the laboratory in the sky for a visit.
  CNBC.  Tuesday, 11 Jun 2019.
• Inside the secret laboratory where Marriott is cooking up the hotel of the future
  
  As anyone who's pulled off the interstate late at night knows, hotels like Marriott, Residence Inn, Sheraton, and Aloft are frequently neighbors, lined up side by side on the outskirts of town. ...
  Hsyndicate.  Monday, 3 Jun 2019.

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