Cybergenetics Publishes Objective Forensic Method PITTSBURGH--Cybergenetics is pleased to announce the publication of an important forensic DNA advance in the journal Law, Probability and Risk. The paper "Match likelihood ratio for uncertain genotypes" enables scientists to extract far more identification information from the same DNA evidence. The prominent forensic statistician Dr. John Buckleton, Principal Scientist [...]

First Joint Project Improves Information Access by Linking Between Chemical Compounds Available on DiscoveryGate and ChemSpider SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX - News) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) today announced the launch of a collaborative partnership designed to enhance the usability and accessibility of public scientific databases. The first joint project [...]

PEABODY, Mass. -- Analogic Corporation (Nasdaq:ALOG - News) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Smiths Detection to develop advanced imaging subsystems for use in a next-generation explosives detection system to be manufactured and marketed by Smiths. The agreement provides for Smiths Detection to fund the engineering development over a period of approximately [...]

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Cemtrex Inc. (OTC: CTEI - News) is very optimistic about growth opportunities resulting from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) long-anticipated ruling on December 7 that greenhouse gases threaten public health, and the administration shall regulate smokestack and tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases. Any new legislation from EPA could force the automotive industry [...]

For Rapid, High-throughput Antibody Measurement in Bioprocess Samples MADISON, Wis.--BioSystem Development, LLC., a privately held life science analytics company, announces the release of the AssayMAP MAb Titer Assay for measuring antibody product concentrations (or titers) in bioprocess samples. Antibody titer assays are a critical bottleneck in biotherapeutic process development. Although the current “gold standard” method [...]

WALTHAM, Mass.--PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced it has developed new phthalate detection solutions in response to growing concern over hazardous content of consumer products. The Company’s GC/MS systems help to ensure that consumer products comply with the current European Union (EU) regulations [...]

RURO Inc., a leading developer of innovative research productivity tools, announces the release of Sciency®, new generation ELN (Electronic Lab Notebook). Beyond just "going paperless", Sciency creates scalable, integrated research environment, enabling secure data sharing, project management, and interaction with existing systems and databases. Sciency is 21 CFR Part 11 compliant for use in regulated [...]

PROTECT System Provides Early Warning Detection Capabilities to Mitigate Terrorist Attacks on Transit Systems ROSSLYN, Va.--Smiths Detection today announced it has been awarded multiple contracts for the expansion of the PROTECT security system at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The system to be upgraded and expanded is designed for early warning detection of [...]

New money will fund the company’s RNAplus research program and strengthen its human and material resources Strasbourg -- Polyplus-transfection, a company specialized in the research, development and commercialization of innovative reagents for the transfer of biomolecules, has completed a new funding round in which it raised EUR 1.2 million . The funding took the form [...]

MILFORD, Mass. -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) announced today that it has shipped the first units of its ground-breaking SYNAPT(TM) G2 Mass Spectrometer, first introduced at the 2009 American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) annual conference in Philadelphia in June. The instruments are destined for key academic research centers across Europe, North America and Asia [...]