FARMINGDALE, N.Y., April 2 -- Cemtrex Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CTEI - News) announced the opening of a branch office in Mumbai, India, to provide environmental monitoring products and services for the growing power and other industries in India. The new office will enable Cemtrex to expand in its efforts to service the local market. [...]

sWOBURN, Mass., April 2 -- Covaris Incorporated today announced the introduction of DNA shearing service using Covaris instruments and technology. Over the past few years, Covaris instruments have become the gold standard for DNA shearing application, as a sample preparation step for next generation sequencing. The Covaris process is validated and compatible with all next-gen [...]

Westbrook, ME (April 2, 2009) — Non-aqueous solutions such as glycerol, ethanol, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) play a prominent role in pharmaceutical, biotech, and life science laboratories. These solutions possess physical and chemical properties that make them useful for sample preparation and assays, and they are often combined with aqueous-based solutions for a wide range [...]

Acquisition Transforms Bruker Advanced Supercon Business into Global Leader in Superconducting Devices, Superconductors and Advanced Technologies for Alternative Energy Research and Next-Generation Energy Infrastructure. BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker Advanced Supercon, Inc. (Bruker) today announced that it has closed the acquisition of the research instruments portion of Varian Medical Systems' ACCEL Instruments GmbH subsidiary in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany. Varian [...]

PENZBERG, Germany--454 Sequencing is now boosting genomics research at the University of Barcelona (UB). UB has recently acquired a Genome Sequencer FLX System that will be installed at the Genomics Unit of the Scientific and Technical Services (SCT). This service unit currently supports more than 110 research groups which are using the lab’s equipment and [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) announced today it has launched a comprehensive academic resource Web site, www.agilent.com/chem/academia, for scientists worldwide seeking information about funding, collaborations, teaching tools and internships. Additionally, Agilent has created www.agilent.com/chem/grantsupport, a landing page that provides access to data and specifications via grant-application toolkits as well as support for [...]

PASADENA, Calif.--Osmetech plc (‘Osmetech’) (LSE: OMH - News), the international molecular diagnostics business, announces that it has signed a five-year distribution agreement with Fisher HealthCare, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, whereby Fisher HealthCare will distribute Osmetech’s eSensor XT-8 instrument platform and molecular diagnostic tests and consumables in the U.S. James White, Chief Executive, Osmetech [...]

Beijing, China. 2 April 2009. CapitalBio Corporation, China’s leading developer of microarray diagnostic products and total analysis solutions announced the certification of three products for diagnostic tuberculosis testing with the European CE mark. “The certification of the TB test microarrays with European CE marks represents a major step forward in our efforts to bring better [...]

BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E®) (NASDAQ: ASEI - News), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today that it has received a $6.3 million follow-on order from a Middle East client for multiple Z Portal® cargo and vehicle screening systems to protect critical infrastructure in the region. AS&E’s Z Portal [...]

Centice and Medi-Span® to present new interface for PASS Rx® at APhA Morrisville, NC (April 2, 2009) – Centice Corporation, the pioneer in drug verification and safety, announced today a partnership with Medi-Span, the most trusted name inside drug applications. Increased script volume, fewer resources and manual subjective verification methodologies can unfortunately result in greater [...]