McBain’s New Benchtop Infrared Inspection System Provides Smaller Footprint, Lower Cost
March 19, 2012
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., -- McBain Systems, a provider of microscopes and inspection equipment for nearly fifty years, has introduced a new, more affordable system for interior, infrared (IR) inspection - for semiconductor and other advanced technology industries. The new BT-IR Benchtop Infrared Microscope System allows an operator to see through materials that are transparent in [...]
New SALD-2300 Achieves Quick, High-Resolution Particle Size Distribution Analysis
March 19, 2012
A material’s particle size distribution can have a major impact on the desired characteristics and performance of a final product. The new SALD-2300 laser diffraction particle size analyzer from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments measures wet or dry materials to ensure outstanding product quality in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, ceramics and electronics industries. The SALD-2300 provides [...]
Agilent Technologies and FDA Collaborate to Improve Testing for Salmonella
March 19, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to develop new tools to detect and analyze pathogens in food. The joint R&D effort will also seek to improve DNA-based tools for confirming that seafood [...]
Former Chief Technology Officer at GE Security and Pioneer in Trace Detection Industry
March 19, 2012
WILMINGTON, MA,--Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced a significant executive management appointment with Dr. Bill McGann joining the Company as Chief Operating Officer and as a member of its Board of Directors. Dr. McGann has been a strategic advisor to the CEO of Implant [...]
March 19, 2012
Cambridge, UK – An exciting technological collaboration integrating TTP Labtech’s mosquito® X1 automated nanolitre pipettor with a well-known microplate mover has been set up, bringing an innovative hit-picking solution to the University of Michigan. This fully automated system is being utilised by the University’s High Throughput Screening (HTS) Core, Centre for Chemical Genomics, to automate [...]
Life Technologies Launches GeneArt® Precision TALs
March 19, 2012
CARLSBAD, Calif.,-- Life Technologies Corporation today announced the launch of GeneArt® Precision TALs, generally referred to as TAL effector proteins (TALE), which will allow researchers the ability to edit genomes and control gene activity with unprecedented precision and reliability. "We expect the GeneArt® TAL launch to be enthusiastically welcomed by the scientific community," said Nathan [...]
March 19, 2012
Redwood City, CA – Ingenuity Systems, a leading provider of information and analysis solutions for life science researchers, today announced that the Weill Cornell Medical College has chosen Ingenuity Variant Analysis and Ingenuity iReport for use in its sequencing core facility. Variant Analysis will be used to identify causal variants from the output of whole [...]
Cancer Research Ultrasound Systems Introduced at AACR
March 16, 2012
Ultrasonix systems allow for easy translation of research from pre-clinical to clinical studies on the same platform. Richmond, BC- Ultrasonix Medical Corporation, a leading supplier of ultrasound systems for research applications, will be showcasing its products for the first time at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) 2012 conference in Chicago from April 1-4. [...]
Advanced Photonix, Inc. Signs Agreement with Value Added Reseller
March 16, 2012
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-- Advanced Photonix, Inc.® (NYSE Amex: API) today announced that it has signed a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement for its T-Gauge™ industrial terahertz gauging system with Thermo Fisher Scientific for its line of Thermo Scientific web and metal gauges. The T-Gauge™ measurement system can be used for on-line or off-line measurements for quality [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Debuts High-Performance Benchtop Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer
March 16, 2012
ORLANDO-- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the Pittcon debut of the Thermo Scientific Q Exactive high-performance benchtop quadrupole-Orbitrap™ LC-MS/MS. Q Exactive™, a compelling alternative to quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF), can conduct three experiments at once – identification, quantitation and confirmation – in a system that is fully compatible with [...]
