Outsourcing of university science experiments has now become possible through a new online exchange that connects researchers short of resources at one institution with laboratories elsewhere with capacity to spare.
The service, Science Exchange, recently launched by a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, boasts Princeton, Duke, Stanford and Johns Hopkins universities as users. Scientists post details of an experiment they want to conduct and can then evaluate bids based on price, timeliness and the experience and equipment of those offering to carry it out.
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