LAKE LINDEN, Michigan — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has notified Nitrate Elimination Company, Inc. (NECi) of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that NECi’s accurate and cost-effective method for nitrate analysis “meets all requirements for measurement of nitrate and combined nitrate-nitrite in wastewater.” The NECi method is an environmentally friendly replacement for the old cadmium-based method […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Battelle, the world’s largest independent research and development organization, today announced production of the next generation chemical and biological hazard sensor system that operates at a fraction of the cost of current technologies. Battelle is offering the technology, known as the Resource Effective BioIdentification System (REBS), for U.S. Department of Defense, homeland […]

A new machine which can identify the chemical composition of liquids sealed within non-metallic containers without opening them is one of three candidates announced today as in the running to win the UK’s premier engineering prize, the MacRobert Award. Already being deployed in 65 airports across Europe, this innovation can protect travelers by screening for […]

Jena, Germany/Dubai-– Analytik Jena AG wants to expand its business with analytical measuring technology and Life Science products in the Middle East region, one of the fastest-growing markets in the world in this field. For its core segment Analytical Instrumentation, the Company added a renowned new distributor in Neo-Science & Group Co. “We have gained […]

BOULDER, Colo.– Two powerful Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. air quality sensors are on their way to providing future environmental monitoring to support the quality of life on Earth. Ball is building nearly identical geostationary ultraviolet visible spectrometers: the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument for NASA Earth Venture, and the Geostationary Environment Monitoring […]

WASHINGTON– Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) today announced that Executive Vice President Thomas P. Joyce, Jr. will succeed H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. as President and Chief Executive Officer upon Mr. Culp’s retirement on March 1, 2015. Mr. Culp will continue at Danaher in an advisory role into the first quarter of 2016. Steven M. Rales, Chairman […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Centice Corporation, a pioneer in narcotic and pharmaceutical identification using Raman spectroscopy technology, today announced the release of version 5.5 of its drug identification software, which includes 64 new additions to the Centice Narcotic Library. The new drugs include synthetic phenethylamines (psychotic stimulants), cathinones (bath salts), and synthetic cannabinoids (used […]

TOKYO, Japan – Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) announced today that it has started sales of a new terahertz optical sampling system, the TAS7400TS. The flexible design of the new system allows the user to freely configure the terahertz source and detector modules, creating unparalleled versatility for the user. […]

CHICAGO – Pittcon 2014 Designed to deliver rapid, research-grade imagery of molecular structures Materials scientists, engineers and academic researchers can analyze materials and accelerate their research in applications ranging from pharmaceutical formulation and life sciences to semiconductor manufacturing and geology using a new Raman imaging microscope, launched today at Pittcon. The Thermo Scientific DXRxi Raman […]