September 25, 2009
Advanced Photonix, Inc. (NYSE Amex: API) announced today that Picometrix, LLC, an API company, through its representative Spectra Design, has received a purchase order for a T-Ray 4000(R) terahertz imaging system from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Tokyo, Japan. The T-Ray 4000 has established itself as the leader in portable [...]
KDS EZflow 2010, Now You Can Have Portability in a Syringe Pump!
September 25, 2009
Now You Can Have Portability in a Syringe Pump! KDS EZflow 2010 is a durable basic syringe pump designed to enhance quick efficient operation while maintaining simplicity. It meets the CE 0197 directive and is EC directive 93/42 EEC, Annex II, Article 3. The EZflow 2010 System can be used for infusions from 0.1 - [...]
September 25, 2009
Sunnyvale, CA—Use of Dionex Reagent-Free™ ion chromatography (RFIC™) systems with eluent generation (EG) and eluent regeneration (ER) technology (RFIC-EG™ and RFIC-ER™ systems) is compliant with the newly released International Organization for Standards (ISO) water quality standard. The new standard for anion analysis by ion chromatography, titled Water Quality—Determination of Dissolved Anions by Liquid Chromatography of [...]
Drastic Improvement in Energy Resolution in EDS Analysis by Transmission Electron Microscope
September 25, 2009
National Institute for Materials Science SII NanoTechnology Inc. Kyushu University Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JEOL Ltd. The National Institute for Materials Science (President: Sukekatsu Ushioda; hereinafter, NIMS), in a joint research project with SII NanoTechnology Inc. (President & CEO: Susumu Kitano), Kyushu University (President: Setsuo Arikawa), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (President: Kenji Tachikawa; hereinafter, JAXA), [...]
New KrudKatcher™ Ultra Extends UHPLC Column Lifetimes
September 25, 2009
Higher Pressure Model Also Compatible With New Phenomenex Kinetex™ Line Torrance, CA - Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of separation science consumables, announces the addition of the KrudKatcher Ultra to its family of column protection devices. The new KrudKatcher Ultra is rated up to 20,000 psi (1,375 bar), making it compatible with [...]
Accelr8 and Becton Dickinson Conclude Technical Development Project
September 25, 2009
DENVER--Accelr8 Technology Corporation (NYSE Amex: AXK) announced today that it has concluded a technical development project with Becton, Dickinson and Company (“BD”) (NYSE: BDX - News). Accelr8’s technology met formal testing requirements for identification of a subset of relevant species of bacteria. However, BD advised the Company that it has decided to decline an associated [...]
Osmetech and Fisher Agree to Terminate US Distribution Agreement
September 24, 2009
Osmetech plc (‘Osmetech’, OMH.L), the international molecular diagnostics business, announced today that following discussions with Fisher HealthCare, a division of Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C, both companies have mutually agreed to terminate, with immediate effect, their US distribution agreement, which was entered into in March 2009. Osmetech has made the strategic decision to build its own [...]
Agilent Technologies Announced the Opening of the Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences
September 24, 2009
Agilent Technologies, Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences Open Center for Systems Biology SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SHANGHAI--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the opening of the Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences (SIBS)-Agilent Center for Systems Biology in Shanghai, China. The center will feature multiple technology platforms in the areas of [...]
Helicos Announces First-Ever Direct Sequencing of Single Molecules of RNA
September 24, 2009
Landmark Scientific Results Published in the Journal Nature CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies, today announced the publication of a landmark study in which Helicos’ True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS)™ technology was used to directly sequence individual molecules of RNA. The paper appeared yesterday in [...]
Cepheid Receives FDA Clearance for Xpert(R) HemosIL(R) FII & FV Test
September 24, 2009
30-Minute Test for Genetic Risk of Thrombosis Improves Time-to-Result Over Previous Molecular Tests SUNNYVALE, Calif. and BEDFORD, Mass. -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD - News) and Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) today announced that Cepheid has received clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Xpert® HemosIL® FII & FV test. The test detects [...]

