Ion Torrent Extends Ion Personal Genome Machine Sequencer Grant Program in Europe

Guilford, Conn., USA - Ion Torrent today announced that the deadline for the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGMTM) Sequencer Grant Program in Europe has been extended to Nov. 22 to give more scientists the opportunity to win a DNA sequencer for their own labs. To apply, researchers need only write a few hundred words describing [...]

Smiths Detection’s Explosive Threat Detectors Provide U.S. Airlines Extra Gate Security

Airlines Now Using Portable Multi-Mode Threat Detection Systems to Enhance Security at Boarding Gates Abroad Smiths Detection today announced multiple U.S. airlines have begun using its portable trace detection systems at boarding gates as part of an initiative to enhance airport security. The IONSCAN 500DT and Multi-Mode Threat Detector (MMTD) are being used to check [...]

AURIGA 60 CrossBeam Workstation from Carl Zeiss: High Resolution Slicing and 3D-Imaging with Unrivaled Variety of Analytical Options

Big Vacuum Chamber, Deep Insights OBERKOCHEN, Germany - Today, Carl Zeiss SMT introduced a new family member of AURIGA CrossBeam (FIB-SEM) workstation featuring a large 6 inch stage vacuum chamber and a total of 23 free accessory ports. This results in an extraordinarily high level of versatility and flexibility, which has been the hallmark for [...]

Clemex Sells Several CMT.HD. Microhardness Testers to the Metallurgical Sector Industries

Revival of activity in the manufacturing sector translates in demand for Quality Control instrumentation Clemex Technologies Inc. (TSX Venture: CXG.a) announces today that the Company has, in the last few months sold several microhardness systems to various clients of the manufacturing sector in North America as well as in Asia and Europe. A total of [...]

Rapid Micro Biosystems Names Julie Sperry to Post of Chief Commercial Officer

Bedford, MA - Rapid Micro Biosystems, a leading provider of non-destructive, rapid microbial detection, today named Julie Sperry Chief Commercial Officer. Sperry will lead the sales and business development efforts for the company’s Growth Direct™ system. She will report directly to the CEO, Steve Delity. Sperry brings more than 30 years experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical [...]

IDT Presents at Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

Representing the International Gene Synthesis Consortium and its ongoing work to prevent the misuse of synthetic genes CORALVILLE, IA – Appearing on behalf of the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC) member companies, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a world leader in custom nucleic acid synthesis, yesterday spoke at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical [...]

Quantachrome Instruments Completes Asset Acquisition of Wenman Scientific Porometer Product Range

Boynton Beach, Florida – Quantachrome Instruments today announced it has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Wenman Scientific, a privately held company that provides capillary flow porometers for pore size measurements. Financial details were not disclosed. Wenman Scientific’s president, Richard Wenman, will immediately join Quantachrome Instruments in the capacity of Manager, Porometer Products. The [...]

X-Rite Announces New Graphic Arts Standard (XRGA)

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ: XRIT), the world leader in color management, measurement and communication technologies, today announced XRGA, a new metrology standard for the Graphic Arts industry. Designed to take advantage of advances in color science and new international standards, XGRA provides a way to reduce measurement discrepancies between legacy instruments previously [...]

Linguamatics and Accelrys Announce Partnership for Streamlined, High-Performance Text Analytics

Linguamatics joins Accelrys ISV program Cambridge, UK - Linguamatics, a leader in enterprise text mining, today announced a partnership agreement with Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), the leading scientific informatics software and services company, which sees the integration of I2E, Linguamatics' agile, natural language processing (NLP) based text mining technology with Pipeline Pilot™, Accelrys' scientific informatics [...]

Agilent Technologies and South Bend Medical Foundation Developing LC/MS/MS Methods to Comply with New Federal Workplace Drug Testing Guidelines

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and South Bend Medical Foundation have collaborated to develop urine testing methods to meet the new mandatory guidelines for federal workplace drug testing. The new guidelines, which are scheduled to take effect Oct. 1, will allow for the first time use of liquid chromatography/triple quadrupole mass [...]

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