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Department of Energy Breaks Ground on NOvA Neutrino Lab
The Department of Energy will break ground in May of 2009 on a neutrino laboratory near International Falls, Minn. Housing physics research for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Minnesota, the $250 million facility is supported by $40.1 million funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The facility will be named NuMI Off-Axis Electron Neutrino Appearance and will include a neutrino detector and laboratory sunk 40 feet below ground.
Imperial College London Breaks Ground on Biomedical Research Facility
Imperial College London, in partnership with Imperial College Healthcare NHS, broke ground on a £99 million biomedical research facility in April of 2009. Slated for completion in late 2011, the six-story building will be part of the planned Academic Health Science Center in London. Housing 450 researchers, the facility will provide laboratories for translational research in cardiovascular disease, arthritis, diabetes, and obesity.
Obama Pledges Funding for Research and Development
President Barack Obama pledged to direct three percent of the United States’ gross domestic product to scientific research and development at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in April of 2009. The $420 billion in funding will support research in areas such as the space program, sustainable energy, software development, and advanced prosthetics.
DOE Launches Hospital Energy Alliance
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the launch of the Hospital Energy Alliance (HEA) in April of 2009. The HEA is an industry-led partnership between the DOE and national healthcare sector leaders to promote the integration of advanced energy efficiency and renewable technologies in hospital design, construction, retrofit, operations, and maintenance.
St. Andrews Biological Station Builds Wet Lab
St. Andrews Biological Station will begin construction in May of 2009 on an $18 million wet lab facility in St. Andrews, N.B., Canada. The 2,895-sm project will be built by Maricon Construction Management of Saint John. The marine research and development facility will consolidate the Biological Station’s laboratory facilities and will house freshwater and saltwater labs. A 4,500-sf science building housing offices, analytical labs, a computer center, and a library, will also be constructed at the site. Completion is expected in 2012.