(Akko, Israel) – Jacob Belson, COO of Modcon Systems Ltd, has been named corporate vice president and chief executive officer for Modcon Systems operation in Israel. Jacob Belson will assume his role effective November 1, 2012. Jacob Belson holds B.Sc. in industrial management engineering, MBA in business administration and M.A in business coaching. He has […]

This past month, NSG Precision Cells, responding to increasing consumer demand has rolled out a new line of glass cells for colorimeters and several new UV cell types. Types 93, 96 and 97, all new additions to NSG’s line, are the ideal glass cells for colorimetric applications and fit most standard machines such as ACS, […]

Ocean Optics has released an update to its OmniDriver Spectroscopy Development Platform. The platform-neutral Java based OmniDriver Version 2.20 provides a simple interface for programming of USB spectrometers, accessories and devices in optical sensing systems, and is available with an optional set of spectral processing math algorithms. New features have improved the platform’s high-speed data […]

Oxford Instruments Industrial Analysis has developed and customised the new AffirmoEX Electron Magnetic Resonance (EPR / ESR) compact benchtop spectrometer, regenerating the teaching of EMR in higher education. Electron Magnetic Resonance (EMR) (also known as Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) or Electron Spin Resonance (ESR)) is a valuable but often neglected technique. It is the only […]

Santa Clara, Calif.—— Picarro Inc., Picarro Inc., the world’s leading producer of systems for greenhouse gas and stable isotope analysis, today announced the addition of Luc Vincent, a director of engineering at Google Inc., as the newest member of its scientific advisory board. Dr. Vincent is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of computer […]

The University of Texas System Board of Regents today allocated $7.5 million from the Permanent University Fund toward the formation of the Institute for Research Technologies at UT Arlington, a $25.2 million endeavor that will transform research capabilities and STEM education throughout the UT System and Texas. The Institute is a collaboration of The University […]

Cobalt Light Systems is proud to announce RapID, a pioneering instrument for the identification of raw materials through the side of the unopened packaging. The pharmaceutical industry spends significant time and resource on verifying the identity of raw materials before they enter the manufacturing process. Accurate QC of these materials is essential and can be […]

Beginning in early 2011, NSG Precision Cells released the most innovative advancement in the UV-VIS spectrophotometer calibration field with their revolutionary calibration standards. The sales numbers of these one-of-a-kind spectrophotometer standards has tripled from 2011 and NSG has acquired large customers such Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, National Institute of Health (NIH), and GE just to name a […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it has awarded the 2012 Russell Varian Prize for Innovation in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to two scientists for their seminal paper, “Use of Weak Perturbing Radio-Frequency Fields in Nuclear Magnetic Double Resonance,” published in 1962 in the Journal of Chemical Physics. The two scientists, Dr. Ray Freeman […]