Emerson wins record-setting orders for gas-leak detection technology

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), has received orders totaling approximately $5.8 million for ultrasonic gas detection technology that will be used to monitor for leaks at onshore and offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Australia. The offshore application is believed to be the world’s largest single [...]

Research consortium announces significant progress to close gaps and uncover novel genes in the Human Reference Genome Sequence

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that a consortium consisting of researchers from Penn State University, the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute and Roche 454 Life Sciences is working on a new comprehensive de novo assembly of a human genome to augment and supplement the current human reference [...]

Innovative IONICON PTR-ToF-MS technology deployed on NASA atmospheric research aircraft

The innovative instrument made by the Austrian high-tech company IONICON Analytik GmbH detects organic trace gases in the atmosphere in split-seconds of measurement time. Analysis with a new time-of-flight mass analyzer combines measurement speed, sensitivity and selectivity in an unprecedented manner. The instrument was deployed for the first time onboard the NASA P-3B research aircraft [...]

SPECTROLAB Determines Inclusions in Steel Spectroscopically

Kleve, Germany, — With the SPECTROLAB stationary metal analyzer and Single Spark Evaluation (SSE), SPECTRO Analytical Instruments now offers a real alternative to microscopic determination of inclusions in steel. Inclusions in steel greatly influence its mechanical properties. In free-cutting steel, for example, inclusions of manganese sulfide (MnS) are desired, as they ensure that filings break [...]

Mark McDonough to Assume CEO Role at CombiMatrix

IRVINE, Calif., -- CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX), a molecular diagnostics company performing DNA-based testing services for cancer and developmental disorders, today announced that Mark McDonough, currently the Company's Chief Commercial Officer, will become Chief Executive Officer following the retirement of CEO R. Judd Jessup, who has announced his retirement, effective March 15, 2013. McDonough, a resident [...]

Seahorse Bioscience XF Technology Yields Insights on Leukemia Stem Cell Metabolism and Potential New Leukemia Therapies

Billerica, MA, – Seahorse Bioscience, the world leader in instruments and assay kits for measuring cell metabolism, announced a new milestone: the 500th journal reference including XF assay data. The paper, titled BCL-2 Inhibition Targets Oxidative Phosphorylation and Selectively Eradicates Quiescent Human Leukemia Stem Cells, will be published in the March 7, 2013 issue of [...]

Ion Semiconductor Sequencing Data Presentations at AGBT Demonstrate More than >1,000-fold Throughput Scaling in First Two Years on the Market

CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced today that three scientists are presenting data at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) conference showing the Ion PI chip is on the same rapid performance trajectory demonstrated by the first three Ion PGM™ chips. Since the first Ion chip launched two years ago, [...]

Low temperature fluorescence spectroscopy

Edinburgh Instruments, Photonics Division, Livingston, UK,: Liquid nitrogen and liquid helium cryostats are available as part of the range of temperature-controlled accessories for the FLS980 and FLS920 series of photoluminescence spectrometers from Edinburgh Photonics. Fully field retrofittable, these cryostats allow fluorescence measurements and temperature maps to be made over the temperature ranges 77-300K and 4.2-325K [...]

Glencoe Software Announces Extensive Design, Usability and Data DOI Upgrades for The Journal of Cell Biology’s JCB DataViewer

Glencoe Software, The Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), and The Rockefeller University are pleased to announce their next enhancements to the JCB DataViewer, the world's first system for presentation, sharing and archiving published scientific image data. The JCB DataViewer archives data for authors and makes them available for query and re-use by other scientists. In [...]

SP Scientific Launches Easy Access Website

SP Scientific has announced the launch of a new information rich website dedicated to providing users with easy access to a vast array of useful information relating to their portfolio of freeze dryers, lyophilizers, evaporators, concentrators, glassware washers and thermal management equipment. Intuitively structured, the site (www.spscientific.com) provides effortless navigation and rapid access using 'hover [...]

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