In September, scientists from the Europe, Japan and the US announced the formation of the International Alliance for NanoEHS Harmonization (IANH). Using round robin experiments, the IANH will develop standard protocols for the toxicological testing of nanomaterials at the cell and animal levels. The protocols will be used for hazard assessment and to rank the […]
Is 2008 the year of the microarray scanner? It could very well be with at least five new scanners hitting the market by year end. The timing coincides with the introduction of higher density DNA microarrays. With more probes per chip, probe size is smaller, requiring higher resolution scanning. In addition, new software designed for […]
Company Announcements STARLIMS Australasia, which serves Australian and New Zealand, was established as a private company. STARLIMS established direct operations in Europe in August, following the May acquisition of its UK partner. Under a collaborative agreement, Thermo Fisher Scientific is bundling and selling NextDocs’ Document and Compliance Suite, an enterprise document, quality and compliance management […]
Artel was founded in 1982 as an electro-optics contract manufacturer for customers with defense-standard requirements. It was only later that the company introduced its first product utilizing its signature technology, ratiometric photometry. The Pipette Calibration System employs ratiometric photometry, which is based on taking absorbance ratio readings from two standardized dyes at the same time, […]
On the microscopic scale, the surface area of particles and materials has an important effect on their behavior. Since the surface of a material is the primary point of contact between it and the outside environment, this is where many chemical and physical effects take place. Combustion, dissolution, filtration, catalysis and other processes are sensitive […]
Total US R&D expenditures increased an estimated 5.8% in 2007, or 3.1% when adjusted to 2000 dollars to exclude inflation, to $368,098 million, according to the latest data from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Industry was the primary source of the increase, continuing a trend evident since the 1980s that also reflects slower increases in […]
London, England 9/1/08—Andor Technology has received a counter offer to acquire the company from investment group Carraig Capital, which is offering 76 pence per share ($0.0138), or an estimated £22.7 million ($41.3 million), compared to an offer of 73 pence per share ($0.0133) from Thorndale (see IBO 8/15/08). In response, Andor withdrew its recommendation for […]
When transgenic crops were first introduced in 1996, research was primarily focused on making the plants more resistant to herbicides and pesticides. As recent announcements indicate, the six companies that dominate the transgenic crop market are increasing R&D levels and constructing new labs as they develop further traits such as drought and heat resistance, disease […]
An innovation review delivered to the Australian government in August proposes changes in order to boost the country’s R&D spending from 0.55% of GDP to 0.75% of GDP by 2010. Among the proposals are the replacement of the current R&D tax credit, which offers companies an AUD 7.5 cents tax credit per dollar spent on […]
Company Announcements Protein Discovery closed a $10 million series C round of equity financing led by Santé Ventures. Digilab Genomic Solutions’ Hummingbird Plus parallel pipetting instrument for low-volume applications will be manufactured by CyBio AG using its Hummingbird dispensing heads and cassettes and CyBio’s CyBi-Well automation platform. BioTrove named custom lab automation provider Synchron Lab […]
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