ICx Technologies(TM) Wins $4.8 Million Award for Fido Explosives Detectors

WASHINGTON--ICx Technologies (NASDAQ: ICXT - News), a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, announced today that the U.S. military had awarded it a contract worth $4.8 million for explosives detectors and related technical services. Under an award from the Robotics System Joint Program Office in Warren, Mich., ICx [...]

DPS Instruments, Inc. Announces DPS Instruments Europe GmbH

ONTARIO, Calif.--DPS Instruments, Inc., manufacturer of the world’s only modular gas chromatograph systems, announced that it has formed a new company to better serve the European community called DPS Instruments Europe GmbH. David Pierce, President of DPS Instruments, said, “The new company, strategically located near Bonn Germany, has been formed as the central sales and [...]

Implant Sciences Corp Introduces New QS-B200 Benchtop Explosives Trace Detection System at Beijing International Exhibition

Benchtop Explosives Trace Detection (ETD) System Launched at the 4th China International Police Equipment Exhibition WAKEFIELD, Mass.--Implant Sciences Corporation (AMEX: IMX - News), a high tech supplier of systems and sensors for the homeland security market and related industries, today announced the recent introduction of the Company’s Quantum Sniffer™ QS-B200 Benchtop Explosives Trace Detector (the [...]

Helicos BioSciences Announces New CFO

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS - News) announced the addition of Stephen P. Hall as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “Steve Hall’s accomplishments and track record suits our needs extremely well,” said Steve Lombardi, Helicos President and Chief Operating Officer. “His success in the life sciences and his public company CFO experience [...]

EDAX LAUNCHES APOLLO XV SDD

MAHWAH, NJ - EDAX Inc., a leader in X-ray microanalysis and electron diffraction instrumentation, has launched the Apollo XV SDD, the latest generation of silicon drift detectors for X-ray microanalysis. "Our latest addition to our Apollo Series SDD provides additional solutions for the X-ray microanalysis market by offering superior energy resolution and light element performance, [...]

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Applied Biosystems Announce Project to Advance Study of Cancer Genomics

Researchers to Use SOLiD(TM) System for Comprehensive Coverage of Genetic Changes That Occur in Development of Disease CAMBRIDGE, England & FOSTER CITY, Calif.--Researchers from the United Kingdom and the United States are working together to investigate one of science’s most challenging mysteries – the genetic underpinnings of cancer in the human genome. The Wellcome Trust [...]

GE Healthcare introduces VivaspinTM sample concentrators for protein sample prep

GE Healthcare announced today that it is introducing Vivaspin™ sample concentrators for protein sample prep, offering fast and convenient concentration of biological samples with minimal membrane blocking, excellent recoveries (typically >95%) and no risk of concentration to dryness. Vivaspin provides fast, nondenaturing concentration of up to 30 times from a range of volumes between 100 [...]

Sigma-Aldrich Announces the Integration of Riedel-De Haen Into Core Product Brands

Move Marks a New Step in the Company's Global Branding Strategy ST. LOUIS, April 30 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) today announced the full integration of its Riedel-de Haen® Laboratory Reagents into its core product brands effective May 1, 2008 (https://www.sigma-aldrich.com/rebranding). "We have created a strong international presence with our products and services," said [...]

Goodfellow Acquires the Technical Glass Company

Oakdale, PA...April 30, 2008... Goodfellow Cambridge Ltd., parent company of Goodfellow Corporation of Oakdale, Pennsylvania, has acquired The Technical Glass Company, a UK-based supplier of ceramics, ceramic components and specialist glass for scientific and industrial applications. In announcing the purchase, Goodfellow Managing Director Stephen Aldersley stated, "The acquisition of Technical Glass not only extends our [...]

Reconstructing Oetzi’s, The Neolithic Man Family Tree with 454 Sequencing

PENZBERG, Germany--Since Oetzi’s sensational discovery, in 1991 and his extraction from the glacier in Alto Adige in Italy, Europe’s most famous mummy has been the subject of intensive scientific study. The initial research focused on dating the mummy, and with the aid of radiocarbon dating analyses it has been established that Oetzi dates back to [...]

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