On August 9, President Bush signed into law the America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science) Act. Designed to increase the federal resources devoted to education and research in the fields of science, engineering and mathematics, the Act authorizes a total of $33.6 billion in funding, according to an […]
Artifex Engineering introduced the IRS-E series of mid-IR spectrometers for industrial metrology. Process Systems Enterprise released a suite of software facilities and services for high-fidelity modeling of batch, semibatch and continuous pharmaceutical operations. Thermo Fisher Scientific launched the CB Omni PGNAA analyzers for the composition analysis of raw materials in the cement manufacturing process. Thermo […]
China has announced that it is in the middle of a $1.1 billion spending plan for the improvement of food safety. The plan started two years ago; however, news of the plan, which is expected to be completed by 2010, was only released this month. Funding from the plan will be used for a new […]
Santa Clara, CA and New York, NY 8/10/07—Symyx Technologies has agreed to acquire the infrastructure-related software applications and selected databases of MDL Information Systems from Elsevier for $123 million in cash. Elsevier will retain certain MDL content assets, including the CrossFire, Beilstein, the Patent Chemistry, Gmelin and PharmaPendium databases. MDL provides informatics framework and workflow […]
Norwalk, CT 8/8/07—Applera has retained Morgan Stanley to explore alternatives for its tracking-stock structure under which its Applied Biosystems and Celera businesses are separately listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Among the alternatives under consideration is the creation of two separate, publicly traded companies. A tracking stock does not represent a separate company, but […]
News of sports doping scandals has been prevalent this summer. While the use of performance-enhancing drugs is nothing new, the availability of advanced pharmaceuticals and the analytical methods to detect them are fairly recent developments. The most common tool of laboratory scientists working to catch sports cheats is mass spectrometry (MS). However, the market for […]
Esco Technologies named Mike Martin general manager of US operations in March. He was previously general manager of Lancer Sales. Esco Technologies established a subsidiary in Salisbury, UK, earlier this year. On May 4, Becton, Dickinson and Company acquired Plasso Technology, a surface-engineering company that specializes in biological coatings for consumables, for $10 million in […]
Each year, the IBO Design Awards honors the best in industrial design of analytical instruments and laboratory equipment. This year’s winners encompass a diversity of approaches to the challenge of designing a product whose visual appearance complements and distinguishes the product’s technical abilities. IBO again this year recognizes industrial design in three product categories: analytical […]
his month, the Turkish Statistical Institute published the results of its “2005 Research and Development Activities Survey.” According to the results, gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) in 2005 was TRY 3.83 billion ($2.83 billion), or 0.79% of GDP. The higher education sector was responsible for 54.62% of 2005’s R&D expenditure, business enterprises—which includes state […]
In July, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the 100th shipment of the Mercury Freedom System.
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