NEW YORK--L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that it recently was awarded a $164.7 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to supply the agency with millimeter wave (MMW) advanced imaging technology (AIT) systems to screen for explosives and other threats at security checkpoints. This contract vehicle makes L-3 eligible [...]

Bridgewater, NJ. -- LabVantage today announced that it will be exhibiting at booth #3769 at the upcoming Pittsburgh Conference (Pittcon), Orlando, FL, March 1-4, 2010. LabVantage will be showcasing its SAPPHIRE™ Laboratory Information Management Suite (LIMS), a zero footprint and configurable off-the-shelf (COTS) solution consolidating functionality typically found in multiple laboratory systems. Also, the latest [...]

Since February 2010 Anagnostics Bioanalysis GmbH works with PEAK-Service. „With Peak-Service we have found a reliable and experienced partner for our field support. So we can assure our customers short reaction times and professional handling of maintenance and service“, states Christoph Reschreiter, CEO Anagnostics Bioanalysis GmbH on the occasion of the announcement of the deal. [...]

Significant Expansion of Genedata Phylosopher® and Genedata Expressionist® at Evonik for Industrial Biotechnology R&D Processes Basel, Switzerland -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for industrial biotechnology R&D, today announced an extended partnership with Evonik, a leading life science, specialty chemicals and material science company. Evonik is expanding the application of its central [...]

SP Scientific Inc. has announced an expansion in its network of specialist distributors serving the German market. The new structure will provide enhanced levels of top quality sales, service and applications support for its Genevac evaporator and concentrator products as well as FTS and Virtis freeze dryer product ranges. Ian Whitehall, Sales Director commented 'Over [...]

IPSWICH, Mass. -- New England Biolabs has expanded its line of reagents for sample preparation to include NEBNext™ DNA Sample Prep Master Mix Set 3, which has been validated for use with the SOLiD™ 3 System from Life Technologies. NEBNext reagents are a series of highly pure reagents that facilitate sample preparation for downstream applications, [...]

Malvern’s near infrared chemical imaging supports reverse engineering of pharmaceutical tablets for troubleshooting product failures Malvern, UK: Chemical imaging specialists at Malvern Instruments have recently published an application note demonstrating that by reverse engineering pharmaceutical tablets using data from the SyNIRgi near infrared chemical imaging (NIR-CI) system they could determine extensive and detailed information about [...]

Press Release Source: OSI Systems, Inc. On Tuesday February 23, 2010, 8:35 am EST HAWTHORNE, Calif.--OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS - News), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, has received a contract award from the Government of [...]

Technology Dramatically Reducing Solvent Use and Costs up to 60% Uppsala, Sweden -- Biotage, a leading supplier of tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, announced the launch of enhanced gradient optimization (GO) technology for their Isolera flash purification product line. This technology can reduce solvent use and cost by 60% or more. Sample [...]

PHOTONIS USA, a leading electro-optic manufacturer, introduces a new Microchannel plate product group, optimized for time-of-flight mass spectrometry measurements. The new line of products, called TruFlite, are designed to reduce two of the most common issues with instrument performance in time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry: ion arrival time and time jitter. The new product line will [...]