BOULDER, Colo. –– PANalytical Boulder, (formerly ASD Inc.) developer of high-performance near-infrared (NIR) analytical instrumentation and material analysis solutions, today introduced the ASD TerraSpec Halo mineral identifier, a handheld, full-range near-infrared spectrometer designed to transform the mineral exploration industry. At 4.5 pounds (2.0 kilograms), the Halo identifier represents the lightest and fastest all-in-one NIR instrument [...]

SAN DIEGO -- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, today announced that it has acquired Ireland-based QUMAS, a leading global provider of Cloud-based and on-premises enterprise compliance software supporting regulatory and quality operations in life sciences and other highly regulated industries. The QUMAS acquisition further extends Accelrys' informatics [...]

Billerica, MA — Seahorse Bioscience, the world leader in cellular metabolic analyzers and assay kits for measuring real-time metabolism, has announced a scholarship agreement with Dr. Guan Min-Xin, Ph.D., Dean, College of Life Sciences, and Director, Institute of Genetics at the Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. The scholarship will provide sponsorship to 6 graduate students [...]

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world’s authority for chemical information, and PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced a collaboration to combine the power of two leading chemistry solutions: SciFinder® and ChemBioDraw®. The ChemBioDraw platform is a digital drawing tool for chemists and [...]

MILFORD, Mass.---- Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that John Ornell, its Chief Financial Officer, has communicated his intention to transition to a reduced workload and resign as the Company's Chief Financial Officer effective February 1, 2014. Mr. Ornell will then continue to serve the Company in an advisory capacity on a part-time basis. The Board [...]

BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND -- Link Technologies Ltd, an ISO 9001:2008 certified specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, is providing scientists with a complete resource for oligonucleotide synthesis and modification. Spanning the breadth of oligo chemistry, the Link Technologies 2013/14 Product Guide leads users through practical methods and application-based advice for total assurance in reagent selection and performance of [...]

SAN FRANCISCO – AGU Fall Meeting – Scientists monitoring greenhouse gases, plant ecology, carbon sequestration, and volcanic emissions, among other CO2 analysis applications, can now transport powerful isotope ratio analysis capability to the sources of samples. This can eliminate the bottleneck of transporting samples from the field to the lab, for potential gains in insight, [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation today announced a partnership with the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding in support of the Centre's International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, a global biodiversity study that will genetically sequence and catalogue 5 million specimens and 500,000 species by late 2015. DNA-based approaches are playing a crucial role in [...]

Malmö, Sweden-- — Umetrics announces the release of version 13.2 of SIMCA-online, a state of the art, off-the-shelf, Windows based software solution, for multivariate process monitoring and predictions for continuous and batch processes. This latest release includes key features which continue to strengthen the capabilities of SIMCA-online including full visualization capability on portable devices such [...]

GLASGOW, Scotland -- The King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia's national funding agency, and Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announce The Saudi Human Genome Program — a national research project to study the genetic basis of all disease in the Kingdom and throughout the Middle East and use the findings to [...]