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The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is expanding and purchasing new equipment for its Advanced Microanalysis Centre thanks to joint federal-provincial funding announced November 26, 2010. Saskatchewan mining companies and other industry sectors w
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A new class of sensors able to detect multiple biological and chemical threats simultaneously with unprecedented performance may soon be within reach thanks to the establishment of a multi-million dollar research center led by Georgia Institute of Te
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A team of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemical engineers report in todays issue of Science that they have developed a way to produce high-volume chemical feedstocks including benzene, toluene, xylenes and olefins from pyrolytic bio-oils, the
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A new chemical analysis technique developed by a research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses the shifting ultrasonic pitch of a small quartz crystal to test the purity of only a few micrograms of material. Since i
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MATHESON has launched an online store for specialty gas equipment, welding equipment, welding supplies, associated accessories, safety products, and power and construction tools. The store can be found at: www.MATHESONDirect.com.
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The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology 2010 has been awarded to the Canadian scientist, Dr. Christopher Gregg, Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University for his research on maternal and paternal gene expression in the brain. His work focuses
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Sanjeevi Sivasankar was looking for a better tool to study how cells adhere to each other. Cells have surface proteins, called cadherins, that help them stick together. Different kinds of cells have different kinds of cadherins. The typical tools for
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ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) announced November 16, 2010 that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of O.I. Corporation, OI, for approximately $29 million. OI is a leading provider of innovative instrumentation for laboratory and enviro
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Bend Research Inc., a leading independent drug formulation development and manufacturing company, and Quotient Clinical, a business unit of Quotient Bioresearch, a leading developer of compounds through clinical trials, announced today a nonexclusive
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A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has developed a powerful new method for detecting functional sites on proteins. The technique may have broad applications in basic research and drug development. Described in an advance, on
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Hach Company announces the City of Hutchinson, Minnesota is the recipient of the Fan Favorite prize of $20,000 in Hach equipment. The prize was awarded as part of Hachs See the Big Picture Contest designed to help municipal wastewater plants see what
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A chemist who has developed synthetic biomaterials that could revolutionize medicine and a scientist who helped institute a global ban on the chemicals that destroy atmospheric ozone will inaugurate The Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry Lectu
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