Shimadzu Corporation Names New President of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments

COLUMBIA, Md. -- Shimadzu Corporation today announced that it has named Mr. Katsuaki Kaito president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI). Kaito will be responsible for all sales and management functions for SSI, the American subsidiary of Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto, Japan). He takes the place of former SSI president Shuzo Maruyama, who has been promoted to [...]

New Bel-Art Magnetic Bead Separation Racks are Priced Right

WAYNE, NJ -- Independent sleeves are one of the features that makes these new Bel-Art® Magnetic Bead Separation Racks by SP Scienceware® unique to the market. “Along with their completive pricing, these racks offer exceptional quality and value compared to other brands,” according to SP Scienceware Product Manager Michael Grzelak. Designed for use in any [...]

Morpho Receives CATSA Hold Baggage Explosives Detection Systems Orders Valued at $6M

NEWARK, Calif. –– Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) has ordered five CTX™ explosives detection systems (EDS) valued at $6 million. Part of a five-year standing offer announced in 2013, Morpho Detection recently delivered two compact CTX 5800™ and will supply three high-speed CTX 9800 [...]

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, combines Raman microscopy with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to study archaeological textiles and fibres

Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy, reports on the use of its SEM-SCA system to study textiles and fibres, non-destructively, at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. The full paper describing the work has been published by the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.). The Department of Materials Science [...]

Corning Announces Series of Management Promotions

CORNING, N.Y. -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced that Lawrence D. McRae has been elected vice chairman and corporate development officer effective immediately; R. Tony Tripeny has been elected senior vice president and chief financial officer effective Sept. 1, 2015; and Dr. Jeffrey W. Evenson has been elected senior vice president and chief strategy officer [...]

Genedata Releases a Breakthrough for Genomic Comparison

Basel, Switzerland -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for agribusiness, industrial biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and related life science research, today announced the release of Genedata Selector 4.0. This latest version of the industry’s leading genome knowledge management solution provides groundbreaking new capabilities for reference-independent genome sequence comparisons while reducing data processing and analysis [...]

JPK reports on the use of SPM in the Messersmith Group at UC Berkeley looking at biologically inspired polymer adhesives

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoWizard® 3a AFM and ForceRobot® systems by the Messersmith Research Group at UC Berkeley to study biologically inspired polymer adhesives. Dr. Phillip Messersmith is the Class of 1941 Professor in the Departments of [...]

Implant Sciences Wins Parisian Airport Tender for 178 ETDs

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB:IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) and drugs trace detection solutions for homeland security applications, today announced that it has sold 178 of its QS-B220 desktop explosives trace detectors to all three major Parisian airports. Over the past few months, Implant Sciences has won a series [...]

Leica Microsystems Launches Allrounder Color Camera for Industrial and Life Science Microscopy

Heerbrugg, Switzerland. Leica Microsystems launches the Leica DMC4500 allrounder camera, an ideal tool for advanced analysis and documentation. It can be used in industrial applications such as quality control and life science applications such as pathology, or pharmaceutical testing. The camera is fast with a 5-megapixel CCD sensor, providing a live image speed of up [...]

GenoLogics Releases Clarity LIMS X as Part of Illumina SeqLab

Redwood City, CA – GenoLogics today announced the availability of Clarity LIMS X, an edition of its industry-leading laboratory informatics platform. Optimized for use with Illumina® SeqLab, the X Edition of Clarity LIMS provides positive sample tracking, maximizes quality and throughput, and improves turnaround time in population-scale genomics workflows. The 2014 launch of the HiSeq [...]

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