October 16, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities Atomic Spectroscopy Industrial Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Bruker Launches the S2 POLAR™ High-Performance, Multi-Element Benchtop EDXRF Analyzer for the Petrochemical Industry

GALVESTON, Texas, Oct. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — At the Gulf Coast Conference, Bruker announces the launch of the S2 POLAR™, a new multi-element benchtop analyzer based on polarized Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF). The S2 POLAR offers the same excellent analytical precision for quality control in the petrochemical industry, which is typically only achieved by more... Read more

October 15, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities Liq. Handling & Robotics Microscopy

QIAGEN’s next-generation QIAstat-Dx system delivers fast, cost-effective diagnosis of gastrointestinal syndromes

Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland, October 15, 2018– QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the European rollout of its next-generation QIAstat-Dx panel for one-step, fully integrated molecular analysis of gastrointestinal (GI) syndromes. The multiplex gastrointestinal panel, which QIAGEN has upgraded to now include comprehensive viral coverage  detects the 24 most common viral,... Read more

October 1, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities Lab Top-10 Licensing, IP, and Legal Mass Spectrometry

PerkinElmer Receives FDA Clearance for NeoBase™ 2 Non-Derivatized Tandem Mass Spectrometry Kit

In vitro diagnostic solution tests newborn babies for a variety of metabolic disorders with a single dried blood spot card WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that its NeoBase™ 2 Non-Derivatized MSMS Kit has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Used with... Read more

September 25, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities

MTS Designs Sophisticated Simulator To Help Protect Underground Utilities And Pipelines

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, today announced the development of a unique soil-structures interaction simulator that will help protect underground infrastructure from catastrophic damage. This first-of-a-kind system will be built in the new National Buried Infrastructure Facility (NBIF)... Read more

September 20, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities M&A, Partnerships

University Liège becomes labs@location Partner for ZEISS

Providing in depth knowledge and dedicated services Customer Story GeMMe at University Liège, Belgium is now a labs@location partner of ZEISS. GeMMe laboratories are dedicated to research as well as providing analytical services for industrial partners in the following specialties: Building Materials, Mineral Processing, Recycling & Hydrometallurgy and Sensor Based Sorting and Characterization. They are well... Read more

September 13, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities Microscopy

FDA approves subcutaneous formulation of Actemra for use in active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA), a rare form of juvenile arthritis

Basel, 13 September 2018 FDA approves subcutaneous formulation of Actemra for use in active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA), a rare form of juvenile arthritis Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the subcutaneous (SC) formulation of Actemra® (tocilizumab) for the treatment of active... Read more

September 13, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities

MTS Systems Announces Receipt Of Contracts For Advanced Sensors For The U.S. Department Of Defense Contracts Valued At Up To $187 Million Including Options

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, today announced that its Sensor Business Unit has been awarded Purchase Orders totaling up to approximately $187 million, inclusive of options, for advanced technology sensors to be used in systems for the U.S.... Read more

September 11, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities M&A, Partnerships Molecular Spectroscopy

University of Houston chooses JEOL for its growing NMR needs

PEABODY, MA: 11 September 2018: The University of Houston has added two new JEOL NMR systems to its existing suite as demand for NMR spectroscopy among students and researchers grows. The University of Houston’s chemistry department now has four NMR systems and the pharmacy department has one – all from JEOL Inc. Users come from a range of... Read more