Company Announcements Bruker announced in November 2011 a collaboration with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to develop and distribute new structural biology methods and tools to integrate small-angle X-ray scattering with NMR. In March, Oxford Instruments entered into an agreement for Active Spectrum to develop and manufacture micro-electron magnetic resonance (EMR) products to be sold […]
On March 29, DBV Technologies became the fourth health-related company to complete an IPO in France this year. France has reached a 20-year high for the number of health care companies completing IPOs in one quarter. DBV joins Adocia, EOS Imaging and Intrasense as health-related firms that have completed French IPOs this year. Despite the […]
India has announced its fiscal 2012 budget, which takes effect April 1. The budget for the Ministry of Science and Technology would increase 9.1% to INR 7,857.61 crore ($1.6 billion). Within the Ministry, the largest increase would be for the Department of Science and Technology’s budget, which is set to jump 10.3% to INR 2,873.2 […]
On March 27, the EPA proposed a first-time standard for carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. New power plants would have to emit less than 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually per megawatt hour. The standard would not affect plants already in operation, plants that do not use fossil fuels or plants that will begin […]
A new Supreme Court ruling has re-examined the criteria for patenting diagnostic tests, which may have a significant impact on personalized medicine. The Court declared two tests patented by Nestlé’s Prometheus Laboratories invalid because the methods contained within them are already recognized and practiced by scientists. The Court dismissed Prometheus’s claim that its steps were […]
Most materials expand when they are heated. This expansion is a complicated process that depends on temperature. For example, when ice is heated to the melting point, the volume actually decreases during the phase transition. Even after the ice is melted, water continues to contract until it reaches a minimum volume at about 4°C. Additional […]
Since it began in 1994, TTP Labtech has shown a commitment to innovation, highlighted by its range of products and operational flexibility. Innovation is also apparent in the firm’s staffing. “Out of 100 people, about 75 are in development,” said TTP Labtech Commercial Director Jas Sanghera. The employee-owned, UK-based firm began as a consulting business […]
Company Announcements In January, Battelle announced a strategic investment in CosmosID, which is a metagenomics software company focused on environmental biosurveillance and microbial identification. CLC bio announced that software sales increased 30% in 2011, and operating profit grew more than 50% to over $1 million. A total of 1,500 organizations own licenses to its software, […]
Company Announcements Avantes expanded its UK operations in January, opening an office in Leatherhead, Surrey. In January, FOSS opened a subsidiary in Central America, based in Mexico City, Mexico, bringing the number of FOSS subsidiaries to 27. It was created through the integration of former distributor Operadora ETESA. Product Introductions Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the […]
Company Announcements Swedish firm Nanosep declared bankruptcy in November 2011. In January, Quanterix announced a strategic investment and technology agreement with In-Q-Tel for the development of its Single Molecule Array technology to enable simultaneous measurement of both nucleic acids and proteins for the detection of pathogens. Nabsys named Stan Rose, PhD, former CEO of NimbleGen […]
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