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Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions, has acquired American Analytical Chemistry Laboratories Corp (AACL), a testing, analytics and research company focusing on food, cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals.
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Advancements in understanding rotational motion in living cells may help researchers shed light on the causes of deadly diseases, such as Alzheimers, according to Ning Fang, an associate scientist at the U.S. Department of Energys Ames Laboratory and
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Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) are joining forces to develop a sensory science and consumer research program at the schools campus located in downtown Harrisburg, Pa. The initiative includes creati
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Peter Bregman, in his article The Value of Ritual in Your Workday, describes the power of ritual as profound and under-appreciated, with applications well beyond the scope of religion or spirituality. In fact, ritual can play a key role in your workd
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Thermo's Global Food Safety Response Center in Dreieich is now monitoring the dioxin crisis in Germany where animal feed additives may have been tainted with industrial fats containing the toxic chemical.
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In the year since the earthquake in Haiti, Hach Company has donated over $124,000 in water quality testing equipment to the devastated country. To raise the funding for this equipment, Hach employees donated money and hosted a bake sale and raffle wi
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The United Nations has designated 2011 the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) a global celebration of chemistry and its contributions to the world around us. This worldwide initiative is being celebrated under the auspices of the United Nations Ed
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The latest equipment, instrument and system introductions to the laboratory market.
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Nikon Instruments Inc., an innovator of advanced optical instruments, today announced an agreement with Agilent Technologies, the world’s premier measurement company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences, electronics and c
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This Mind Map outlines some thought processes designed to help identify potential performance-enhancing changes.
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By making the transition from a manual to an automated process, Syngenta Biotechnology Inc. gained more than they hoped for. The robotic solution automated a tedious manual process as well as allowed SBI scientists to extract more information from the data being collected.
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We have moved past the point where general computer, word processing, and spreadsheet skills are a reasonable basis for competence in a modern laboratory.
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