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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced on May 28 two free-of-charge summer symposia to present the latest instrumentation and application developments in chromatography, bulk elemental analysis, life sciences mass spectrometry, trace elemental analysis and molecular spectroscopy.
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While visiting Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) today, DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and BNL have reached a major milestone in the cleanup of the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor (BGRR).
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The American Association for Cancer Research registered more than 18,000 people from all over the world for its 101st Annual Meeting 2010 in Washington, D.C., which was held April 17-21. Registration increased by 19 percent from the 2009 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colo.
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On May 24, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the Safety Reporting Portal (SRP) web site allowing increased accessibility to submit reports concerning FDA regulated products. SRP allows even the concerned citizen to submit a safety report related to foods, drugs, and veterinary products.
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Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, this week announced a definitive agreement to sell its Specialty Chemicals business to an affiliate of New Mountain Capital, L.L.C. for a cash purchase price of $280 million.
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Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has been named one of the top 10 Best Places to Work in Industry, in a poll of research staff conducted by a leading magazine. Published in the May issue of The Scientist, the poll put IDT 6th in the small company category, exceeding its 2009 placement of 8th.
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Waters Corporation (WAT:NYSE) presented Prof. Sarah Trimpin of Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan with the ASMS 2010 Waters Research Award, an award presented annually that recognizes scientific achievement in mass spectrometry. The award presentation took place at the Salt Palace Convention Center during 58th annual meeting of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS).
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A new way to make valuable chemicals and more affordable green fuel from solar power, bacteria and carbon dioxide could be truly transformative for our society if it works on a commercial scale, says microbiologist Derek Lovley, head of a research group developing the method at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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A new program announced May 24 at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory will give high school teachers and their students access to multi-million-dollar instruments at one of the nations premier scientific facilities.
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A Hastings Center workshop examining moral issues in synthetic biology completed its third meeting as the J. Craig Venter Group announced that it had created the first viable cell with a synthetic genome and President Barack Obama called on the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to "undertake, as its first order of business, a study of the implications of this scientific milestone."
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Cytometers, Inc., and eBioscience announced May 5 that they have entered into a worldwide co-marketing agreement. The collaboration is designed to offer scientists a better and more comprehensive solution for their flow cytometry research needs, harnessing the cost-effectiveness, ease-of-use, performance capabilities and accessibility of the Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer System with the market leading extensive line of high quality cytometer research reagents offered by eBioscience.
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For the second time in as many years, BioTek Instruments, Inc., has been selected as one of three finalists for the annual Deane C. Davis Outstanding Business of the Year Award.
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As thousands of Generation Y college graduates flood the workforce this spring, the nations employers may want to brace themselves for a new crop of entitlement-minded workers.
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on May 14 one billion dollars of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds have been awarded to construct, repair and renovate scientific research laboratories and related facilities across the country.
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You might think bacteria that invade trees are there to cause certain destruction. But like the helpful bacteria that live within our guts, some microbes help plants thrive. To find out what makes these microbe-plant interactions tick, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory decoded the genome of a plant-dwelling microbe theyd previously shown could increase plant growth by 40 percent.
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