Bruker Introduces New Nanoelectrical AFM Mode
August 13, 2012
SANTA BARBARA, CA, – Bruker announced today the release of the new PeakForce Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) mode for its line of atomic force microscopes (AFMs). PeakForce KPFM™ utilizes frequency-modulation detection to provide the highest spatial resolution Kelvin probe data. It builds on Bruker’s exclusive PeakForce Tapping™ technology to provide directly correlated quantitative nanomechanical [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Forms Technology Alliance Partnership with Princeton Scientists
August 13, 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has entered into a Technology Alliance Partnership agreement with scientists at Princeton University, establishing a formal collaboration to accelerate research in triple quadrupole and high-resolution accurate mass (HRAM) liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LCMS) for life science applications. The agreement, a broad collaboration [...]
August 13, 2012
As part of a pilot study designed to advance personalized treatment for children and teens battling recurrent cancer, the Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children’s is the first organization to utilize Illumina’s RapidTrack Whole Genome Sequencing (RapidTrack WGS) service for cancer samples. RapidTrack WGS will enable the study to gather whole genome sequencing data in [...]
Horizon Discovery and ATCC Sign Global Licensing and Distribution Agreement for X-MAN cell lines
August 13, 2012
Cambridge, UK, and Manassas, Virginia,: Horizon Discovery Ltd (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has signed a licensing and distribution agreement with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) for a select set of panels of X-MAN™ isogenic cell lines. Under the terms of the [...]
Smiths Detection Expands Radiation Offering
August 13, 2012
Edgewood, MD, - Smiths Detection today announced a partnership with Mirion Technologies that will allow it to offer a full radiation detection and identification product line to U.S. customers. Its technology suite will now meet all the needs of multiple security markets, including: military/defense, homeland security, ports and borders, aviation and emergency response. Lance Roncalli, [...]
Roche launches new CE certified MagNA Pure 96 System for reliable nucleic
August 13, 2012
Today, Roche announced the launch of its new CE certified IVD version of the MagNA Pure 96 System for automated sample preparation. By providing a maximum of lot-to-lot consistency and highest quality, the new MagNA Pure 96 System is designed to even better fulfill the needs of diagnostic customers. In 2011, the IVD version of [...]
Zyoxel collaborates in new $32M bio-mimetics program to develop ‘human body on a chip’
August 10, 2012
Zyoxel will collaborate with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory and MatTek Corp. to develop a circuit of miniature human organs on a chip as part of a five year, up to $26.3 million program awarded by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The project aims [...]
HORIBA Scientific announces the launch of the LabRAM HR Evolution
August 10, 2012
HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman and Fluorescence spectroscopy systems, announces their new LabRAM HR Evolution, the latest spectrometer to join the LabRAM series of research Raman spectrometers. The LabRAM HR Evolution is highly versatile. It offers a fully automated, extended wavelength range capability. It also has an unsurpassed achromatic optical design with a high [...]
Next Generation Scrap Metal Analyser
August 10, 2012
The X-MET7500 Scrap Metal Analyser is a rapid, reliable and cost-effective handheld X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyser widely used across the non-destructive testing (NDT) industry. Handheld XRF analysers, often referred to as ‘X-ray guns’ are used within the scrap metal industry to achieve the most consistent analysis results helping secure the best price for incoming and [...]
W. M. Keck Foundation Grant Funds Study of Proteins
August 10, 2012
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Neil Kelleher, the Walter and Mary E. Glass Professor of Molecular Biosciences, professor of chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Proteomics Center of Excellence at Northwestern University, has been awarded a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation. The grant will fund Kelleher’s [...]
