Tokyo,– Hitachi, Ltd. , in collaboration with The Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. and the University of Yamanashi, have successfully prototyped a boarding gate with built-in explosives detection equipment as part of efforts to increase safety in public facilities such as airports. The prototype boarding gate efficiently collects minute particles which have affixed themselves to IC […]

Continuing its sales to the oil and gas industry for critical infrastructure protection, Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced that it has sold seven units of its Quantum Sniffer QS-B220 desktop explosives and drugs trace detectors and Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 […]

Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced it has shipped its Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detector for the protection of a nuclear power facility in Japan. This customer has repeatedly purchased explosive trace detectors from Implant Sciences due to […]

Sunnyvale, California, – Molecular Devices® today announced the release of version 2.5 of its MetaMorph® NX Microscopy Automation and Image Analysis Software, which now includes modules for the study of neuronal morphology and fiber structures, support for targeted illumination devices, and a high-speed image acquisition mode. The Neurite Tracing Application Module simplifies the challenging, meticulous […]

Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced that it has sold 25 Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detectors for use in critical infrastructure protection in Africa. The QS-H150s will primarily be deployed to protect government buildings from terrorist […]

Edgewood, MD, – Smiths Detection today formally confirmed its recently expanded plant in Edgewood, Md. as its new US headquarters, part of its strategy of aligning production more closely to major customers. Its long-standing Edgewood facility already plays a key role in meeting the growing demand for advanced threat detection technologies from government agencies and […]

HILLSBORO, Ore., — FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced today that it has reached a mutually acceptable agreement with Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (“HHT”) to settle an ongoing dispute regarding certain HHT patents relating to focused ion beam (“FIB”) systems. In exchange for HHT’s agreement to dismiss all currently pending claims and to grant future license rights to […]

Edgewood, MD, – Smiths Detection today announced a partnership with Mirion Technologies that will allow it to offer a full radiation detection and identification product line to U.S. customers. Its technology suite will now meet all the needs of multiple security markets, including: military/defense, homeland security, ports and borders, aviation and emergency response. Lance Roncalli, […]

AUSTIN, Texas, — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) announced today it has been awarded a contract worth up to $11.6 million over three and a half years. The contract will fund development of a prototype instrument that is highly portable, field-deployable diagnostic tool capable of rapid detection of biothreat agents and patient response biomarkers indicative of […]