WILMINGTON, MA – Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced it has received its first orders for the recently introduced Quantum Sniffer™ QS-B220 bench-top explosives and narcotics trace detector from China. With over 800 units installed in numerous locations, the Company’s QS-H150 portable explosives trace […]

HAWTHORNE, Calif.–OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its security division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded multiple Exploratory Research Program contracts by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO). By conducting transformational research and development […]

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Scientists at deCODE Genetics and academic collaborators from Iceland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and the USA today report the discovery of low frequency variants in the human genome that associate with risk of gout, a common inflammatory arthritis, and serum uric acid levels. The study was done in collaboration with Illumina, Inc., […]

Laval, Canada – Smiths Detection today announced the deployment of over 150 state-of-the-art security systems to help prevent the smuggling of narcotics, weapons, explosives, cell phones, and other dangerous materials into Argentine federal prisons. The orders, placed by the SPF (Servicio Penitenciario Federal), encompass a variety of Smiths Detection’s technologies and solutions providing an integrated […]

Amsterdam – October 5, 2011 – Morpho Detection, Inc. (MDI), the explosives and narcotics detection business of Morpho, Safran group’s security unit, today announced it has taken delivery of critical and newly designed X-ray hardware. This equipment will allow its X-ray Diffraction-based XDi checkpoint liquid explosives detection screening system to deliver no-stop carry-on baggage inspection […]

WILMINGTON, MA — Implant Sciences Corporation (otcqb:IMSC) (pinksheets:IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced that it has been issued patent #7,994,453 from the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, titled “Flash Heating for Tubing,” describes a method for cleaning the sample tube of a chemical […]

Edinburgh / Neuss – SELEX Galileo and SELEX Systems Integration GmbH (a subsidiary of SELEX Sistemi Integrati SpA, Italy) both Finmeccanica companies, have received a contract to provide SELEX Galileo’s Nexsense C hand-held chemical detectors for use by the Fire Brigade of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The contract is the first order […]

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 […]

Danbury, Conn. – Following the product launch of RadSeeker in May 2011, Smiths Detection today announces a $4.5 million award from the U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), for RadSeeker DL systems. The RadSeeker, a next generation handheld radiation detector and identifier developed under DNDO contract in collaboration with DNDO and other Department of Homeland […]