Confocal Materials Microscopy – LSM 700 measures fine roughness and soft surfaces Downloads and Links

Carl Zeiss introduces the LSM 700 / mat laser scanning microscope for materials research. It allows very precise, 3-dimensional imaging of surfaces. The combination of fluorescence and reflection techniques enables high-precision examination of semiconductors, metal, glass and polymers with high information content. The integrated detection of fluorescence signals on and in the materials provides additional [...]

Dionex Announces Resignation of Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Braunschweiler to Depart After Six-Month Transition Period SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 5, 2008 -- Dionex Corporation (NasdaqGS:DNEX - News) today announced that Lukas Braunschweiler has notified the Board of Directors of his resignation as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 31, 2009. Dr. Braunschweiler resigned in order to accept a new position as Chief [...]

Waters Acquires Analytical Products Group Creating World’s Most Comprehensive Environmental Proficiency Testing Partner

Combining the Strengths of ERA and APG Provides Labs with Leading Regulatory Compliance and Pioneering Proficiency Testing Support MILFORD, Mass.--Dec. 5, 2008--Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that it has completed the purchase of the net assets of Analytical Products Group, Inc. (APG) of Belpre, Ohio, for an undisclosed amount. Waters(R) will immediately merge APG into [...]

Divestment of non core business

5 December 2008. Ann Arbor, Michigan - NextGen Group plc (AIM: NGG, 'the Group', 'NextGen' ), the provider of biomarker testing services, has sold its non core 'gene to protein' automation and software business to a management led spin-out called eXeTek Ltd ('eXeTek'). The disposal involves an exclusive licence of the technology and an asset [...]

Leica Microsystems and MDS Analytical Technologies Announce Availability of Leica MM AF Imaging Systems

New Product Line Offers Researchers Enhanced Functionality for Wide-Field Imaging Wetzlar, Germany / Sunnyvale, CA, USA. Leica Microsystems and MDS Analytical Technologies today announced the launch of Leica MM AF imaging systems, a product line that combines Leica’s industry-leading microscopy and MDS Analytical Technologies’ latest MetaMorph® software, to provide researchers with a more comprehensive range [...]

Asuragen Initiates Launch of CE-Marked Molecular Diagnostic Products with the Release of the Signature® LTx v2.0 Leukemia Translocation Panel Assay in Europe

Asuragen, Inc. announced today that the Signature® LTx v2.0 Leukemia Translocation Panel was released as a "Conformité Européenne" or "European Conformity" CE IVD product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. The CE-marked Signature® LTx v2.0 is a qualitative in vitro diagnostic device for use in a clinical laboratory to identify specific [...]

Rapiscan Systems Receives Two Advanced Technology Contracts from the U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

Rapiscan Systems, a leading global supplier and manufacturer of security inspection systems for homeland security applications, announced today that its research and development division, Rapiscan Laboratories, hasbeen awarded two advanced technology demonstrator (ATD) contracts for $1.6 million from the U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO). The contracts are incrementally funded and if all options are [...]

Bruker Detection Division Enters the Homeland Security and Airport Explosives Detection Market

BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker Corporation announced today that it has launched a newly developed bench-top explosives and drug detection system based on Bruker’s proprietary, performance-leading ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) technology. Incorporating extensive user input, Bruker has combined its core expertise in IMS technology with advanced sample preparation and sample introduction methods to develop a new Drugs and [...]

Transgenomic Obtains Exclusive License to Mitochondrial DNA Damage Detection Technology

Method measures oxidative stress in cardiovascular and other diseases Omaha, NE, December 4, 2008 – Transgenomic (OTC-Bulletin Board: TBIO.OB) today announced that the Clayton Foundation for Research of Houston, Texas through its technology transfer entity, the Research Development Foundation, has granted the Company an exclusive license to patents covering a method for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) [...]

Malvern Instruments and Rutgers collaborate on materials characterization lab at Center for Ceramic Research

4 December 2008: Malvern, UK: A new particle characterization and rheology laboratory is being installed at the Center for Ceramic Research (CCR) at Rutgers (State University of New Jersey), as part of a collaborative project between the university and Malvern Instruments. Malvern is providing a suite of state-of-the-art instrumentation that will be used by researchers [...]

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