The new US America Invents Act makes several changes to the US patent system that are designed to limit legal battles. The Act will forgo the “first to invent” approach in favor of “first to file,” which is similar to other countries’ systems. Some critics believe that this approach could lead to firms scrambling to […]
The US has improved its response to public health emergencies, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released this month. State public health labs have strengthened their efforts in identifying and reporting disease-causing bacteria. In 2010, a total of 142 Laboratory Response Network (LRN) labs could test for biological agents, up […]
Pakistan’s government has pledged to boost R&D spending from 0.59% to 2% of the country’s GDP by 2020 under its proposed Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, a ten-year plan. The Policy lists areas that require attention, including demand-driven research and relationships among science and technology institutions, and aims to establish an intellectual property rights system […]
China published the second-largest amount of scientific papers from 2006 to 2010, according to Elsevier’s Scopus citation database, but its citation per article, which assesses the value and impact of papers, of 1.47 was the lowest of the major 20 publishing countries. Most citations of papers with Chinese lead authors were made by other Chinese […]
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released this month urges the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) to work together to improve data collection and risk assessment for antibiotic-resistant bacteria in food animals. The GAO stated that since its initial 2004 recommendations, the HHS and USDA have collected data separately and […]
The European Commission’s health-research division is contributing €30 million ($41 million) to the new BLUEPRINT epigenome project. More than 50 European researchers from 41 organizations, which will provide an additional €10 million to the project, will generate at least 100 reference epigenomes, making headway in the International Human Epigenome Consortium’s objective of accumulating 1,000 reference […]
Calendar-year third quarter ended with increased recessionary fears due to the lingering European sovereign debt crisis, a deteriorating US economic outlook by the US Federal Reserve and weak economic data from China. Investors’ anxieties were further heightened on September 20, when the International Monetary Fund lowered its growth forecasts for both the US and Europe. […]
Company Announcements Cell Line Genetics agreed in June to exclusively sell Ambry Genetics’ Ambry StemArray aCGH (array comparative genomic hybridization) product and services. In July, SQI Diagnostics, a microarray diagnostics firm, agreed to acquire Scienion, a maker of microarray-manufacturing equipment and provider of print-and-development services, for around CAD $30 million ($31 million), consisting of CAD […]
Ellipsometry is a spectroscopic technique used to measure dielectric properties of thin films. Spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE), in particular, can provide a wealth of information. The rapid development of a number of industries in which SE is used is helping to drive growth in what is a fairly competitive instrument market. Ellipsometry is the analysis of […]
With its offerings of several different types of light-scattering instruments, as well as a service to demonstrate how to use these instruments, Wyatt Technology aims to equip its customers with comprehensive particle characterization information about their samples. The company offers dynamic light-scattering instruments, such as the DynaPro NanoStar, which measures small volumes of proteins; the […]
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