Although there have been benchtop electron microscope products on the market for some time, the modern resurgence of benchtop electron microscopy began in 2005 with the release of Hitachi High-Technologies’ TM-1000. The TM-1000 is a scanning electron microscope providing magnification power of up to 10,000X, which is roughly an order of magnitude greater than can […]
Company Announcements In April, ThalesNano named Utek International a distributor for Taiwan. Product Introductions ThalesNano launched the H-Cube Pro flow reactor, which expands the range and throughput of hydrogenation reactions compared with the H-Cube and offers active cooling for more selective reactions. Asynt introduced the ReactoMate Compact, a small, safe and super-stable lab reaction system, […]
Company Announcements YSI announced in March that it is looking for a strategic partner as some shareholders are seeking liquidity for their investment. The company reported that 2010 sales totaled $100 million for the first time. The Yellow Springs News reported that the company’s outside shareholders include Antioch College and Antioch University. Product Introductions Hach […]
Company Announcements Bruker announced that in January it entered into a settlement agreement with Isis Pharmaceuticals regarding the companies’ 2008 legal dispute (see IBO 12/31/08). In February, AB SCIEX announced a collaboration with Europe’s Institute of Cancer Research to improve and standardize methods of MALDI-TOF/TOF–based tissue imaging for studying cancer metastasis. In March, the National […]
Company Announcements Avacta announced in February an exclusive sales and marketing agreement with Pall for North America. In March, Avacta signed an exclusive distribution agreement with DKSH Japan. In March, ChromaDex announced a codevelopment and comarketing agreement with Bruker Optics for dietary supplement testing that will initially focus on NIR technology for raw-material identity testing. […]
Chile’s health minister intends to submit a plan for a national medicines agency, the Agencia Nacional de Medicamentos (Anamed), to the country’s parliament. Anamed would preside over drug regulations, a task that currently belongs to the National Institute of Public Health, and would create and enforce bioequivalence requirements. Currently, local drugmakers can manufacture and market […]
Three new pan-European biological science research facilities were announced earlier this month as part of the revised European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures. France’s Infrastructure for Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems (ANAEE), the UK’s Infrastructure for Systems Biology-Europe (ISBE), and France and Germany’s EU Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI) will be funded by the EU […]
Although Australia’s 2012 budget, revealed May 10, has been slashed by AUD 22 billion ($24 billion), funding for some research agencies has not. The budgets of the National Health and Medical Research Council, and the Australian Research Council will remain at AUD 850 million and AUD 845 million, respectively. Regional universities will receive AUD 500 […]
In April, KPMG surveyed 550 financial executives at energy companies. Among respondents, 67% believe that crude oil prices will top $111 per barrel this year. For 55% of respondents, regulatory issues will be their primary challenge this year, and for 43%, they will be the biggest factor affecting capital spending decisions. Sixty-seven percent expect capital […]
For 47% of the nearly 400 food and beverage processors who responded to the annual Food Processing R&D survey, the most important goal for their R&D efforts this year is new product development. Existing product improvement is most important for 17%, and for 14%, cost control is the top priority. Asked to rank concerns as […]
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