Atomic Spectroscopy The Q4 Tasman is Bruker AXS’s latest introduction into the arc-spark spectrometer market. The system features a high-resolution CCD detector, making it fast and suitable for a wide range of general applications. The system should begin shipping by the end of March and is priced at approximately $90,000–$130,000. The S1 Tracer from Bruker […]
India continues to make significant investments in science and technology as evidenced by the government’s 2008–2009 budget proposal. The budget supports a 20.5% increase in funding for the Ministry of Science and Technology INR 3630.00 crore ($881.1 million = INR 41.20 = $1). The Ministry is one of the country’s primary funding mechanism for R&D. […]
A South Korean effort to increase R&D spending to 5% of GDP, in contrast with last year’s R&D spending of 3.49% of GDP, will mean an overhaul of the national capabilities in basic sciences. For 2008, South Korea plans to spend $10.6 billion on science and technology development, 25% of which will go to basic […]
London, UK 2/26/08 and 3/31/08—X-ray metrology firm Bede has appointed BDO Soy Hayward as joint administrators for the company. Bede stated it also expects no return to equity shareholders. On February 26, the company announced that discussions with possible bidders had been terminated and that it was suspending the trading of its stock on the […]
Jena, Germany 3/31/08—Analytik Jena AG has signed a contract to sell 51% of its project business, AJZ Engineering GmbH, to AJZ Engineering’s management for €0.9 million ($1.2 million). In addition, the parties entered into a cooperation agreement under which Analytik Jena will secure credit for ongoing projects on a case-by-case basis. Over three to five […]
In 2007, Egypt imported $40 million of biotechnology laboratory equipment, and the market is expected grow 10% per year. The government’s five-year plan for 2007–2012 will spend $800 million to upgrade equipment in scientific research centers. In addition, the plan sets aside $5.3 billion for agriculture, including the development of biotech-based crops, and $5.1 billion […]
A $1 billion project to decode the DNA of 100,000 people will be undertaken by Harvard University scientist George Church with the backing of Google and OrbiMed Advisors. Dr. Church’s project will focus on tying each subject’s DNA to their health history in order to create a database with which to develop new medicines. The […]
Experts say that for 2008 the price of steel will remain unpredictable due to a supply crunch and cost increases. For the first two weeks of February, the price of hot rolled steel increased 6%, and Lehman Brothers analysts have predicted that worldwide steel prices will increase 25% in 2008. Unlike the US steel panic […]
Company Announcements Eurofins acquired Operon Biotechnologies in late 2007 and consolidated the company’s operations with Eurofins MWG and Eurofins Medigenomix for custom oligonucleotide synthesis services. In total, the three operations generate $50 million in revenues. Under a three-year research, supply and marketing agreement, Berry & Associates and Luminos will develop designer reagents to enable luminescent […]
According to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), the semiconductor industry experienced its second best year ever in 2007,with worldwide sales for semiconductor manufacturing equipment of $42.77 billion, a 6% increase from 2006. Experts believe this increase is due to both the growth of the 300 mm ramp and intensive memory investments. The statistics are […]
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