MTS BIOMEDICAL TEST SYSTEM HELPS RESEARCHERS DISCOVER NEW WAYS TO TREAT SPINAL TRAUMAS

Eden Prairie, Minn. – MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high performance test systems and position sensors, today announced that the Institute of Technology, Tallaght (ITT Dublin), a university research center in South Dublin, Ireland, is conducting research leveraging MTS testing hardware, software and expertise to optimize two common spinal trauma [...]

Tecan offers Cavro® Air Displacement Pipettor option for Cavro Omni Robot

Männedorf, Switzerland – Tecan has introduced a Cavro® ADP (Air Displacement Pipettor) module for the popular Cavro Omni Robot. Available with a broad choice of lengths, orientations and options for all three axes, the Cavro Omni Robot is designed to combine precision OEM liquid handling with straightforward integration, and the launch of the Cavro ADP [...]

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (“DARPA”) FUNDS GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: Protea Biosciences; SRI International; and GE Global Research Are Partners

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. ("Protea"), announced today that it is a part of a team led by the George Washington University (GWU) that has been awarded up to $14.6 million for a cooperative agreement spanning five years from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). In addition to Protea, SRI International and [...]

Halal Meat Authenticity Testing Reassures Consumers of No Pig or Horse Contamination

Framingham - The mislabeling of meat products sold for human consumption has serious implications from a safety and ethical perspective. With recent news stories of pork and horsemeat contamination in different parts of the world, a renewed need for specialized testing of the food supply has rapidly arisen. For Muslim and Jewish communities, in particular, [...]

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories and Nexomics Biosciences signed an exclusive worldwide commercial supply agreement.

BOSTON - Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. (CIL), the world’s leading supplier of stable isotopes and stable isotope-enriched small molecules, is working together with Nexomics Biosciences, a structural biology and protein production contract research organization, to provide isotope-labeled proteins to life science research organizations. Scientific research guided by stable-isotope-enriched protein reagents has become common place in [...]

Smiths Detection IONSCAN 500DT Explosives Detector On 2014 TSA Air Cargo Screening ‘Qualified’ Technology List

Edgewood, Md –– Smiths Detection’s IONSCAN 500DT is included among “qualified” technologies for Explosive Trace Detection on the TSA Air Cargo Screening Technology Lists (ACSTL) and meets new procurement guidelines that took effect on January 1, 2014. A reliable trace detection system used to screen cargo, packages or baggage, the IONSCAN 500DT uses Ion Mobility [...]

Centice Enhances Heroin Identification in Narcotic Library

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Centice Corporation, a pioneer in chemical verification and identification using Raman spectroscopy and computational sensor technology, today announced the addition of “street heroin” to the illegal substance library for the Mobile Field Lab (MFL-3000). Previously, the MFL-3000 could identify pharmaceutical-grade heroin. The new drug identification kit will be added to [...]

PAC Launches Spanish Language Website

Press Release For Immediate Release Press Contact: Jennifer Hick +1.281.940.1389 jennifer.hicks@paclp.com Houston, TX., USA – PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, recently launched its new Spanish language website at https://es.paclp.com/, which includes analytical instrument details, upcoming events and webinars, press releases, company facts, and other useful [...]

Eoghan O’Lionaird and Jo Hallas appointed Business Group Directors

On 3 February 2014, Eoghan O’Lionaird will join Spectris as Business Group Director with responsibility for the Materials Analysis and Test & Measurement segments. Eoghan most recently served as President of the Leica Microsystems Division of Danaher Corporation in Germany. Prior to this, Eoghan spent 11 years in Philips in a number of management roles, [...]

Freeman Technology and GEA Pharma Systems collaborate to advance continuous manufacturing for pharma

Tewkesbury, UK: Freeman Technology, a global provider of powder testing instruments, and GEA Pharma Systems, a company that specialises in the design and development of processing solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, are collaborating to advance the application of continuous wet granulation and drying technology in the pharmaceutical industry. The work involves Freeman Technology’s FT4 Powder [...]

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