Thermal analysis instrumentation is united by its focus on the effect of temperature on samples. Techniques differ in the properties each measures during the analysis. In the case of dielectric thermal analysis (DETA), the measurements provide information on the electrical behavior of the material in the sample. The heart of a DETA instrument is similar […]
Economic reforms in Japan have put science and technology at center stage. Under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was elected last year, the country has embarked on a new economic policy termed “abenomics” that is designed to spur growth via government stimulus, monetary infusion through new central banking policies and structural changes. The plan aims […]
Bruker has announced the world’s first Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) scanner. The scanner is intended to be a new complementary technology for preclinical imaging of small animals. It is codeveloped and comarketed with Royal Philips, manufactured by Bruker and will ship this year. The key enabling technology of MPI is a tracer that produces a […]
Company Announcements Roche Diagnostics’ second quarter sales of qPCR and NAP (nucleic acid purification) Systems increased 6%. Fiscal first quarter sales ending June 30 for Hitachi High-Technologies Science and Medical Systems (SMS) fell 18.0% to ¥29,100 million ($294.5 million) to account for 22% of revenues (see IBO 7/31/13). Biotechnology, Medical and Electron Microscopes declined 26.2%, […]
Company Announcements Life Technologies granted Suzhou Ribo Life Sciences exclusive rights to develop and manufacture siRNA therapeutics in China using its Invivofectamine Rx delivery technology. In July, Life Technologies announced a long-term supply and exclusive licensing agreement with Novartis for immunotherapeutics involving T cells modified to express chimeric antigen receptors for the treatment of cancer. […]
Company Announcements In July, AB SCIEX, Genedata and LECO partnered to deliver a collaborative software system to enable metabolomics researchers to process and analyze data across different GC/MS and LC/MS platforms. In July, Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed to exclusively distribute Mitsui Knowledge Industry’s Lipid Search software for the interpretation of lipidomic research data. In July, […]
Company Announcements Trovagene entered into a research agreement in June with Illumina to evaluate integrating their respective transrenal and sequencing technologies. The CEO of Life Technologies’ Ion Torrent business, Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, resigned in June. Ronnie Andrews, president of the Genetic and Medical Sciences organization, now oversees the business. Sage Science named Uniscience do Brasil […]
France’s government has unveiled its 2014 draft budget, in which spending for research and higher education remain virtually the same. The Higher Education and Research Ministry’s budget will increase 0.5% to €23.4 billion ($32.5 billion) and exceed €26 billion including support from other ministries. The €7.8 billion research budget represents a 1.0% cut to the […]
Both Chinese firms and multinational corporations (MNCs) in China are becoming more innovative, according to Booz & Co.’s “2013 China Innovation Survey.” The survey polled 264 executives at Chinese firms and MNCs in the industrial, automotive, chemicals and energy, computing and telecommunications, consumer goods, finance, health and life sciences, and professional services sectors. When asked […]
The UK government’s net expenditure (funding from the science budget) on the Research Councils’ R&D fell 2.3% in 2012 to £3,194 million ($5,070 million) in real terms. All figures below are net expenditures in real terms. Government net expenditures on R&D fell for all Councils except the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, for which […]
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