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10/02/2009 Innovation More Critical Than Ever
The year 2009 has been a time of change for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. With a weakened global economy and dwindling drug pipelines, many of the companies that made the list of Science's 2009 top employers are finding that maintaining i

09/30/2009 Obama announces $5 billion for new medical research
President Barack Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to spend $5 billion on medical and scientific research, medical supplies and upgrading laboratory capacity, which he said would create tens of thousands of new jobs.

09/23/2009 My Grandmother Out-Tweets Your Biotech
Very few industries are as willing to take risks on new technologies as the biotech industry.

09/19/2009 Biotech companies invest in school programs for future scientists

09/17/2009 Biotech Tries to Shrug Off Setbacks
FROM one perspective, the life sciences industry — the biotechnology companies that develop drugs and treatments to combat disease and the biomedical firms that create medical devices — is a picture of expanding horizons and confidence.

09/17/2009 How Biotechs Can Stand Out in the Competition for a Big Pharma Partnership
The benefits of partnerships between emerging biotech companies and major drug developers are numerous and well known.

09/16/2009 Innovative math program boosts scores at OC schools
At the 64 elementary sites using the program, 13% of students scored 'advanced' or 'proficient' on standardized state tests, compared with 4.5% statewide. It's described as 'thinking in pictures.'

09/02/2009 Needed—One Giant Leap for Science Education
In 1957 the Soviets launched Sputnik 1 into Earth’s orbit, effectively beginning a space race between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. Twelve years later, by planting its flag on the moon, the U.S. staked its claim as the world leader in science and technology.

08/07/2009 USD gets grant to train science, math teachers
The University of San Diego has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to train high school math and science teachers.

07/26/2009 Scientist conducting noble social experiment
Minority and low-income students guided to biomed