WILMINGTON, MA – Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced that its Quantum Sniffer™ QS-B220 bench-top explosives and narcotics trace detector has received a Developmental Testing & Evaluation (DT&E) Designation from the Department of Homeland Security. The Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering […]

Toronto, Canada – Smiths Detection today launched to the global market the SABRE 5000, the latest offering in its state-of-the-art line of handheld systems for detecting trace amounts of explosives, narcotics, chemical warfare agents or toxic industrial chemicals. Jim Viscardi, Vice President of Sales, Smiths Detection, said: “SABRE 5000 is the smallest, most capable tri-mode […]

Geneva, Switzerland – Goal is to Accelerate Mass Spectrometry-based Biomarker Discovery and its Translation into Development of Routine Clinical Assays (NYSE: TMO) – ThermoFisher.com. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced at the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) 2011 World Congress the establishment of a new Biomarker Translational Center (BT Center). […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry systems, including 6100 Series single quadrupole and 6400 Series triple quadrupole systems, are now manufactured under ISO 13485 certification. This is an internationally recognized standard of quality management for the design and manufacture of medical devices. “This is just […]

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Amid ongoing concerns about E. coli, Salmonella and other food-borne illnesses, a new facility will take a unique approach to make imports bound for the United States safer: Give foreign technicians who test those foods intensive, hands-on lab training in U.S. government methods, standards and technology, as well as acceptable alternatives. […]

MILFORD, Mass. — Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today introduced the Waters® SQ Detector 2, a new single quadrupole mass detector, at the 2011 JAIMA Expo (Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers Association). Building on Waters’ long standing expertise in robust quadrupole mass detection and open access technology, the SQ Detector 2 draws on recent advancements in Waters’ […]

Geneva, Switzerland – Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that Dr. Alexander Makarov, its director of global research for life sciences mass spectrometry, has received the first HUPO Science and Technology Award (NYSE: TMO) – Pl. The award, which honors Dr. Makarov’s principal role in developing the Orbitrap mass […]

GENEVA — Bruker, a global leader for proteomic solutions based on mass spectrometry, this week announced PRIME(TM) (PRoteomics via Integrated MALDI and ESI), a novel and unique integrated solution for proteomics, which will be showcased at the 10th HUPO World Congress in Geneva (https://www.hupo2011.com). The Proteome has turned out to be far more complex than […]

GENEVA — At the HUPO 10th Annual World Congress in Geneva, Switzerland (https://www.hupo2011.com), and at the JAIMA Conference in Tokyo, Japan (https://www.jaimasis.jp), Bruker this week announces the release of its new high-performance amaZon speed and amaZon speed ETD ion trap mass spectrometers (ITMS) to meet the increasing demands of the proteomics, research and applied markets. […]

Pittsburgh, PA, USA – Dr. T. Pradeep, noted professor and scientist based at the Indian Institute for Science and Technology (IIT) has taken receipt of an Ultra-Low Energy Ion Scattering system from Extrel CMS, LLC. The VeraSpec LEIS (Low Energy Ion Scattering) system has capabilities for mass and energy selected deposition at temperatures down to […]