NEXUS Biosystems Completes Majority Equity and Growth Financing with Telegraph Hill Partners
July 7, 2009
POWAY, Calif.--NEXUS Biosystems, Inc. (“NEXUS”), a leading innovator and worldwide provider of automated sample management systems, today announced the closing of a majority equity and growth financing with Telegraph Hill Partners (“THP”). The funds from this financing will be used to accelerate the commercialization of several of NEXUS’ new sample management products, including its new [...]
Evident Technologies Announces Company Restructuring Plan
July 6, 2009
(Troy, N.Y., July 6th, 2009) – Evident Technologies announced a filing in chapter 11 reorganization today and has asked the Bankruptcy court in Albany, New York to approve a debtor in financing package of $ 1.35 million. The filing was prompted by Evident’s inability to continue paying the exorbitant costs associated with a patent infringement [...]
AOAC validates Merck tests to detect Salmonella in peanut butter products
July 6, 2009
Darmstadt, Germany – July 6, 2009 – Merck announced today that the AOAC Research Institute has validated two of its products for the detection of Salmonella in peanut butter products within the scope of its Emergency Response Validation (ERV) program. Effective immediately, food manufacturers and inspectors can use both the foodproof® test and the Singlepath® [...]
Veeco’s InSight 3DAFM Receives Acceptance from SEMATECH
July 6, 2009
Providing Reference Metrology at CNSE’s World-Class Albany NanoTech Complex ALBANY, N.Y. & PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO - News), a leading supplier of advanced three-dimensional AFM metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, announced today that its InSight™ 3D Atomic Force Microscope has been accepted by SEMATECH. The InSight 3DAFM will provide non-destructive reference metrology [...]
Millipore and Proteome Sciences announce Licensing agreement
July 6, 2009
Companies to develop innovative research tools to advance the study of Alzheimer's disease Cobham, UK and Billerica, MA - Proteome Sciences plc (LSE PRM) and Millipore Corporation (NYSE MIL) today announced they have signed an exclusive license agreement to develop new products that will help to advance the study of Alzheimer's disease. Under the terms [...]
Nano measurement in the third dimension
July 6, 2009
PTB develops micro and nano coordinate measuring instrument for 3-D objects From the motion sensor to the computer chip - in many products of daily life components are used whose functioning is based on smallest structures of the size of thousandths - or even millionths - of millimetres. These micro and nano structures must be [...]
NEW Syringe Pump from KD Scientific Delivers Picoliters Flowrates
July 6, 2009
The NEW Pico Syringe Pump from KD Scientific has both infusion and withdrawl capabilities with accurate delivery of picoliter, nanoliter, microliter and milliliter flow rates. The Pico Pump is designed to hold two syringes from 0.5 µl up to 10 ml and combines smoother flow and updated features to create a high performance pump at [...]
Oxford Instruments named in FTSE* Green Index
July 6, 2009
The new FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index identifies companies that are leading the way in low carbon related activities. To make the list, companies must have significant involvement in environmental business activities and must generate at least 20% of revenues from environment related markets. This includes renewable and alternative energy, energy efficiency and waste and pollution [...]
Increased demand drives Queensland Compound Library expansion
July 6, 2009
QCL capacity is increased by the acquisition of an additional comPOUND® storage module Queensland, Australia - Queensland Compound Library (QCL) today announced the acquisition and instalment of a third comPOUND® sample store from TTP LabTech Ltd. The purchasing of a third sample store, to integrate with their two existing comPOUND® sample stores and comPANION unit, [...]
CyGEL Sustain – Immobilize and image live zebrafish
July 6, 2009
Shepshed, LEICESTER, UK. July 2nd, 2009. CyGEL Sustain (Biostatus Ltd., UK) now makes it simpler to image zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos for microscopy, high content screening and for site-specific micro-injections, even from only a few hours post-fertilization. This thermo-reversible mountant is a liquid when cooled below room temperature and sets to a clear, optically-inert gel [...]
