WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that its offer to acquire all of the ordinary shares of QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) has lapsed. Based on information provided by the settlement agents for the offer, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and American Stock [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif.--On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, BioSpyder Technologies, Inc. (“BioSpyder”) filed a civil action in the federal court for the Northern District of California, seeking a declaratory judgment that the BioSpyder TempO-Seq gene expression profiling assay does not infringe any valid claim in U.S. Patent No. 8,741,564 (“the ’564 patent”) for Quantitative Nuclease Protection Assay [...]

The portable, lab-accurate potency and moisture measurement device now lasts significantly longer between charges ST. LOUIS  -- Purpl Scientific (www.purplscientific.com), developer of the Purpl PRO – the affordable, lab-accurate, hand-held potency and moisture measurement system for cannabis and hemp – announced it released a free firmware update to improve device battery life. The Purpl PRO, like most electronic devices, will [...]

Installation of a new Talos S/TEM from Thermo Scientific at Covalent's Sunnyvale, CA, headquarters will accelerate analysis and enhance the ease and quality of S/TEM services. SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Covalent Metrology has completed installation of a new Thermo Scientific Talos F200X G2 S/TEM at its Sunnyvale, CA headquarters. This system, available now, generates clearer images with greater and improved elemental [...]

Park Systems, world leader in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), announces Park SmartLitho™, a newly added software to the revolutionary Park SmartScan™ operating system on Park Systems AFM systems. Park SmartLitho is next-generation nanopatterning technology for nanodevices, offering significant potential for customized nanosensor surface modification. SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Park Systems, world leader in Atomic Force Microscopy [...]

Credit: CC-0 Public Domain EPFL spin-off SEED Biosciences has developed a pipetting robot that can dispense individual cells one by one. Their innovation allows for enhanced reliability and traceability, and can save life-science researchers time and money. The engineers at SEED Biosciences, an EPFL spin-off, have come up with a unique pipetting robot that can [...]

 Austin, TX — VUV Analytics Inc. announced today that  ASTM D8071-19 the “Standard Test Method for Determination of Hydrocarbon Group Types and Select Hydrocarbon and Oxygenate Compounds in Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel Using Gas Chromatography with Vacuum Ultraviolet Absorption Spectroscopy Detection (GC-VUV)” has been granted equivalency to ASTM D6550-10 for the determination of olefin content in gasoline [...]

A beta version of the comb is currently available worldwide. The final market version (pictured above) is expected to be available in Q4 of 2020. EnviroLogix Inc. August 12, 2020, 9:42 AM PDT TotalTox Multi-Toxin Comb A beta version of the comb is currently available worldwide. The final market version (pictured above) is expected to [...]

FGIS renews usage of Charm's Water Extraction Technology for zearalenone testing. LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Charm Sciences, Inc. announces that the United States Department of Agriculture's Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA-FGIS) has renewed the usage of the ROSA® WET®-S5 Zearalenone Quantitative Test. USDA-FGIS operates and oversees official grain inspection services throughout the United States and will use the ZEARQ-WETS5 test for [...]

Hamburg, August 2020 With Move It®, Eppendorf AG announces the market entry for Adjustable Spacing Pipettes, which they have redefined from scratch according to their own premium standards. Eppendorf thus responds to customer requests for an efficient and safe solution for synchronous pipetting of a series of samples between different vessel formats, such as between [...]