In 2013, R&D spending in Spain totaled €13,012 million ($17,349 million), down 2.8%. R&D accounted for 1.2% of GDP, a drop of three-hundredths of a percentage point. The business sector performed 53% of R&D. Higher education, public administration and private nonprofits performed 28%, 19% and less than 1%, respectively. Business, higher education and public administration […]
A December 2014 survey of 704 senior executives based in Asia found that they expect higher revenue growth for their firms in 2015 in Asia (including Australia and New Zealand). The fastest growth is expected in China, Southeast Asia and India, at 10.1%, 9.3% and 8.8%, respectively. For the chemical industry, the highest expected rates […]
A new forensics technique, DNA phenotyping, is being employed to assist in creating suspects’ picture profiles, using SNPs associated with differences in appearance. The technique is still in development, and additional research is needed to resolve traits such as facial shape and, with epigenetic information, a suspect’s age. Eye color and hair color can be […]
In 2014, investment in clean energy totaled $310 billion, an increase of 16%, despite the fall in oil prices. Investment in R&D by governments and corporations totaled $14 billion and $15 billion, respectively. Investment in solar- and wind-energy rose 25% and 11% to $149.6 billion and $99.5 billion, respectively. Investment in “energy smart technologies,” such […]
In his fiscal 2016 budget, US President Barack Obama has proposed $215 million to fund the Precision Medicine Initiative. Of the total, $130 million would be for the NIH to gather at least one million volunteer research participants. The National Cancer Institute would receive $70 million to increase its efforts to discover genetic determinants of […]
Similar to a year ago, US equity markets contracted sharply in the first month of 2015. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ fell 3.7%, 3.1% and 2.1% in January, respectively. While the markets recovered in 2014, equity prices in 2015 may face greater resistance, perhaps marking the end to the long equity […]
Tucson, AZ 1/27/14—Protein Technologies, a supplier of peptide synthesizers and reagents, has filed suit against Peptide Solutions in the Superior Court of Arizona. Allegations include breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets and proprietary information, and tortious interference. Protein Technologies stated that the complaint alleges the theft and usage of its […]
Boston, MA 1/12/15—GC and LC supplier DANI Instruments has acquired Spectra Analysis Instruments (SAI) for an undisclosed amount. SAI develops and manufactures solid-phase IR spectroscopy detectors for GC and LC instruments. With the acquisition, Italy-based DANI will open a US operation headquartered at SAI’s site in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and will sell directly in the US. […]
Chelmsford, MA 1/37/15—Spectro Scientific, which provides analytical tools for industrial-fluids analysis, has acquired On-Site Analysis for an undisclosed amount. On-Site develops and manufactures fluids-analysis technologies, primarily for on-premise coolant, oil and lubrication testing for municipal and commercial fleet vehicles. “Since its inception, OSA has pursued a vision of moving the oil- and lubrication-testing process from […]
Holliston, MA 1/8/15—Harvard Bioscience has acquired German firm HEKA Elektronik for $6 million in cash. HEKA develops patch-clamp amplifier instruments for biomedical-research applications. The acquisition is expected to add $4–$5 million to Harvard Bioscience’s 2015 revenues and to be accretive to 2015 earnings. “The acquisition of HEKA builds on our acquisitions of Multi Channel Systems […]
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