WILMINGTON, MA – Further expanding its reach into Africa, Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, announced today that a major global oil corporation has purchased units of the Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150. The portable explosives trace detectors will be used in securing the […]

MILFORD, Mass. — Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today recognized the Thomson Mass Spectrometry Laboratory at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil as a Waters Center of Innovation. The Thomson Laboratory, under the directorship of Dr. Marcos Eberlin, is the first mass spectrometry laboratory in Latin America to receive such […]

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & TORRANCE, Calif.–Scientists at the AB SCIEX/Phenomenex Rapid Response Unit have developed a method to test orange juice for the presence of a chemical fungicide called Carbendazim, which has been getting media attention in North America in recent weeks. This new method is in response to recent governmental concerns that shipments from Brazil, […]

WALTHAM, Mass.–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that scientists at its global Food Safety Response Center, located in Dreieich, Germany, have developed and internally validated a new method for detecting residue levels of the fungicide carbendazim in oranges and orange juice. The new carbendazim method was developed in response […]

BILLERICA, Mass.–Bruker Corporation and SISCAPA Assay Technologies, Inc. (SAT) today announced the publication of a study in the Journal of Proteome Research (J. Proteome Res., Just Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1021/pr201092v, Publication Date (Web): January 18, 2012) demonstrating that SISCAPA MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry provides excellent precision for quantitation of proteins of interest, such as high value […]

Austin, Texas – 1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ASTC), is pleased to announce the delivery of pre-production mini-mass spectrometers to select customers for evaluation. “After years of development, we are very proud to have leading analytical equipment vendors evaluating our mini-mass spectrometer,” said Thomas B. Pickens III, Chairman of 1st Detect. […]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (“Protea”), a leader in the field of bioanalytics, announced today the use of its proprietary LAESI® (Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization) technology to identify novel biomarkers of virally-infected cells. In a paper published Dec. 14, 2011 in Chemical Communications titled “Rapid, non-targeted discovery of biochemical transformation and biomarker candidates […]

RICHLAND, Wash. – The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is being recognized for bringing a lab-developed technology that improves research sample analysis to the marketplace. The Federal Laboratory Consortium announced today that PNNL is receiving a 2012 Excellence in Technology Transfer award. The consortium is a nationwide network that encourages federal laboratories to […]

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & TORRANCE, Calif.–AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and Phenomenex, a global leader in separation science techniques, today announced a collaboration agreement designed to significantly improve food testing. Critical to the collaboration is the creation of a joint rapid response team responsible for developing the industry’s highest-quality, most cost-effective […]

Milford, Mass. – Waters Corporation today confirmed an analytical technique to rapidly determine residue levels of the fungicide carbendazim in orange juice, with no sample preparation, at regulated levels by taking advantage of the ultra-high sensitivity of Waters® Xevo™ TQ-S mass spectrometer and ACQUITY UPLC® I-Class system. Recent news about the presence of the fungicide […]