US Testing Equipment Purchases GE Security’s Itemiser DX
August 13, 2009
US Testing Equipment Purchases GE Security’s Itemiser DX for Deployment at Air Cargo Facilities First Order for GE Explosive Trace Detection System Follows Recent Approval for Use at TSA Certified Cargo Screening Facilities NEWARK, Calif.--GE Security, Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions (NYSE:GE), today announced its initial order of 15 Itemiser® DX units from [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Establishes RNAi Discovery Grant Program
August 13, 2009
Thermo Fisher Scientific Establishes RNAi Discovery Grant Program to Advance Gene Research Five Research Projects to Receive Total of More Than $400,000 in RNAi Screening Tools WALTHAM, Mass.--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that it has established a grant program to award life science researchers more than [...]
New Chip Architecture Provides Superior Sample Prep for Next-Generation Sequencing
August 13, 2009
Fluidigm Europe has announced a new integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) - called the Access Array - specifically designed to support high-throughput re-sequencing, targeted enrichment, sample barcoding, and library preparation for sequencing using amplicon tagging. The Access Array IFC complements Fluidigm's SlingShot™ Sample Quantitation Kit that together provide researchers with a complete front-end Next-Gen Library preparation [...]
JEOL Ltd. (Gon’emon Kurihara, President) announced a new hybrid microscope
August 13, 2009
JASM-6200 “ClairScope™” to be distributed in August 2009. [ Design Principle ] ClairScope™ consists of an atmospheric scanning electron microscope (ASEM) and an optical microscope positioned on top. The ASEM is isolated from the SEM with a thin film installed at the top end of the inverted SEM. The thin film, designed to transmit an [...]
Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patent for Biosensor Technology
August 13, 2009
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) announced today that its subsidiary, Acacia Patent Acquisition LLC, has acquired rights to a patent for biosensor technology. “Acacia continues to grow its base of future revenues by adding new patent portfolios,” commented Paul Ryan, Acacia Chairman and CEO. “As our licensing success grows, more patent owners are selecting [...]
Implant Sciences Receives $1.2 Million Order for Its Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 Explosives Detectors
August 13, 2009
Order Demonstrates Continued Success in Transportation Security Markets WILMINGTON, Mass.--Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCBB:IMSC - News), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for the homeland security market and related industries, today announced an order totaling approximately $1.2 million for its Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 Portable Explosives Detectors to be delivered to governmental customers of the [...]
INTEGRA Biosciences and Viaflo Corporation join forces
August 13, 2009
INTEGRA Biosciences AG (Chur, Switzerland) and Viaflo Corporation (Hudson, NH, U.S.A) have announced that they signed agreements to combine the two companies under the name of INTEGRA Viaflo Holding AG on July 23, 2009. The new group will be active across world markets under the brand "INTEGRA". This move follows the signing of a successful [...]
Dolan DNA Learning Center Adopts Agilent Lab-on-a-Chip System
August 13, 2009
Dolan DNA Learning Center Adopts Agilent Lab-on-a-Chip System to Teach DNA Techniques to Teachers, Students SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Dolan DNA Learning Center (DNALC) has adopted the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer system to teach high school students and teachers how to analyze DNA. The Bioanalyzer uses miniaturized [...]
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Takes Delivery of a Helicos™ Genetic Analysis System
August 13, 2009
Research team led by Dr. Daniel Haber to explore applicability of Helicos’s technology to the molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies, today announced the placement of a Helicos™ Genetic Analysis System at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center [...]
HerbalScience Research Identifies Specific Bioactives In Stabilized Rice Bran Extract
August 12, 2009
HerbalScience Research Identifies Specific Bioactives In Stabilized Rice Bran Extract that Impart Anti-Inflammatory Benefits -- Article on Laboratory Study Revealing Key Rice Bran Phytonutrients Published in Journal of Medicinal Food - Rice bran, a by-product of rice milling, is known to be an excellent source of antioxidants, vitamins, and other critical nutrients. What's more, stabilized [...]
