ST LOUIS  – PierianDx, the forerunner in clinical genomic analysis, interpretation and reporting, announced that its leading, integrated “one space” genomics workflow and analysis solution, Clinical Genomicist Workspace (CGW), now supports clinical microarray (CMA) technology. CMA is commonly used in the constitutional setting to evaluate complex developmental disorders and is used to identify potential copy number [...]

Investment Will Support Continued Growth in Scientific and Research Equipment Supplier WASHINGTON, DC – Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG), today announced that it has closed a majority investment in Thomas Scientific, a fast-growing provider of laboratory supplies and equipment to the scientific and research community. Rob Patterson, a fourth-generation family owner, will retain [...]

BOULDER, Colo. -- The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument, designed and built by Ball Aerospace for NASA, has completed spectrometer testing and verification. TEMPO was selected by NASA as the first Earth Venture-Instrument to provide hourly measurements of air quality across North America. This instrument will make precise measurements of the key constituents of air [...]

Oxford Instruments NanoScience announces the long-term collaboration agreement signed with CASmF Science and Technology Limited (CASmF) in China, to jointly develop high precision Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) products using TeslatronPT, the Cryofree® superconducting magnet system from Oxford Instruments. SPM products form images of surfaces using a physical probe that scans the specimen. The SPM probe when used with TestatronPT can be [...]

The Infratec™ NOVA grain analyser has been approved by the USDA Grain Inspection, Packer & Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) for determination of: • Protein and wet gluten content in wheat • Protein and oil content in soybeans • Protein in barley • Protein, oil and starch in corn The approval is based on equivalence tests against the previously approved Infratec 1241. Tests included sample-to-sample [...]

The atomic force microscope ToscaTM 400 by Anton Paar is available for sale now. This high-end product measures nano-surface properties and was specially designed for industrial users. Thanks to the automation on every level of operation, ToscaTM 400 is easy to handle. Until now atomic force microscopes were complex and rather complicate to operate thus they were – and [...]

Shimadzu Corporation has released the DPiMS-2020 probe electrospray ionization mass spectrometer, which can perform mass spectrometry quickly without complicated pretreatment. Usually, a solvent, column, and other materials need to be prepared and an approximate concentration of the sample needs to be checked before performing analysis using a mass spectrometer. There has always been a demand [...]

Chemistry behind Thermo Fisher Scientific's Yfiler Plus PCR Amplification Kit helps solve decades-old cold cases SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has granted approval for forensic laboratories to upload genetic profiles to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database that have been generated with the Thermo Fisher Scientific Applied Biosystems Yfiler Plus [...]

Optiscan Imaging Limited (Optiscan, the Company or OIL) is pleased to announce the appointment of an Exclusive Distributor for China. The Company has executed a Distribution Agreement with Chinese based China Gate Scientific (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (China Gate) for the latest Optiscan Preclinical Research system, ViewnVivo. Optiscan’s General Manager of Preclinical Research Products, Andrew Froude, said “The [...]

RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), a leading global water technology company, today announced that Colin Sabol has been named Xylem Senior Vice President and President of Sensus & Analytics, effective October 1. Mr. Sabol succeeds Randy Bays, who will move into an advisory role with a focus on Xylem’s global manufacturing operations. Both will report to Xylem President [...]