According to the latest figures released by the National Science Foundation (NSF), spending on science and engineering (S&E) R&D at US universities and colleges rose 4.3% in fiscal 2006 (ended September 30, 2006) to $47,476 million. As the pie chart below illustrates, spending by the federal government made up the lion’s share of academic R&D […]
November was another unpredictable month with extreme swings in the equity markets as unrelenting concerns about rising oil prices, consumer spending, credit markets and corporate earnings continued to agonize investors. Over the four days ending November 12 the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ fell 4.9%, 5.3% and 8.5%, respectively. However, on November 26, Federal Reserve […]
This month, several agreements between major instrument industry players and smaller, “niche” manufacturers were announced. The smaller companies in these partnerships should benefit from their larger partners’ sales and distribution networks. For the larger firms, the agreements provide a variety of opportunities, including the chance to offer integrated products and approach applications with entirely new […]
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 11/15/07; London, UK 11/21/07—In a sign of deteriorating market conditions for new issues, Avantium Technologies and CambridgeSoft have delayed planned initial stock offerings. Avantium Technologies, a supplier of systems for high-throughput experimentation, announced that it withdrew its planned November 16 IPO on the Amsterdam stock exchange (see IBO 10/31/07) due to “adverse […]
Sydney, Australia and Kirchentellinsfurt, Germany 11/13/07—Fluorotechnics, a manufacturer of fluorescent labels and stains for research, biotechnology and diagnostics, has acquired ETC Elektrophorese-Technik for an exchange of shares. ETC develops and manufactures electrophoresis consumables and equipment for diagnostics, quality control and identification of species.
To study biological materials, such as proteins, nucleic acids and enzymes, they must first be released from cell samples using a procedure called cell disruption or cell lysis. In many cases, cell disruption is the first step in the purification or analytical process. Cell disruption is, therefore, a critical step and the method chosen influences […]
Molecular Sensing exclusively licensed Vanderbilt University’s technology for a biosensor platform based on backscattering interferometry. ForteBio named Joseph D. Keegan, PhD, former president and CEO of Molecular Devices, president and CEO in September. NextGen Sciences named Dr. Mike Pisano, founder of Proteomic Research Services (see IBO 1/31/07), CEO. Precision System Science reported fiscal 2007 sales […]
RheoSense launched a viscometer/rheometer-on-a-chip for liquid characterization. Tinius Olsen introduced a new U Series of high-force electromechanical materials testing machines. Mettler-Toledo released the new Thermal Analysis Excellence product line consisting of the thermogravimetric analyzer/differential scanning calorimeter (TGA/DSC 1), the new DSC 1 and updated STARe thermal analysis software. Mettler-Toledo introduced the Quick-Brix 60 and 90 […]
Decision Sciences exclusively licensed Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Muon Tomography technology for detection of nuclear and other weapons in car and vehicles. Full-scale production is expected to begin in early 2008. Smiths Detection LiveWire exclusively licensed Argonne National Laboratory’s PROTECT warning system that integrates chemical sensors and security cameras. Bm-t Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen GmbH and Erfurt […]
InfrAegis launched the ia55000 nuclear and radiation detection systems for portable and mobile applications. ICx Technologies launched SafeAir for indoor monitoring for chemical, biological and radiological threats. ICx introduced the Fido PaxPoint Liquid Explosives Detector. Smiths Detection launched the HI-SCAN 6040aTiX multiview X-ray inspection system for the detection of explosives and liquid substances in carry-on […]
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