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Agilent Technologies, Inc. and Varian, Inc. announced on January 21, 2010, that they have been granted conditional antitrust clearance from the European Commission for Agilent's proposed acquisition of Varian.
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PerkinElmer Inc. and Corning Incorporated announced in late 2009 that the two companies have entered into a strategic agreement to advance the development of next-generation label-free detection technologies.
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Following the enormous success of our San Francisco and Boston Outsourcing in Clinical Trials events earlier this year, VIBpharma is proud to announce the launch of Outsourcing in Clinical Trials New Jersey.
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Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to convert into eco-friendly sustainable biofuels. Their research is highlighted in the latest issue of Business, the quarterly highlights magazine of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
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Dutch scientists have been growing pork in the laboratory since 2006, and while they admit they haven't gotten the texture quite right (the lab-grown meat has the consistency and feel of scallop), they say the technology promises to have widespread implications for our food supply.
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Technology allowing cosmetic makers to test for allergic reactions to their products without controversial animal trials is in the works and could be in use by next year.
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In a new edition of the popular laboratory manual Live Cell Imaging, the latest approaches join a large collection of established techniques--producing the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of methods for imaging live cells and organisms currently available.
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NISTs James Sims and IUs Stanley Hagstrom have calculated four excitation energies for the lithium atom approximately 100 times more accurately than any previous calculations or experimental measurements.
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In fiscal year 2008/09 (ended 30 September) the Carl Zeiss Group clearly felt the impact of the global economic crisis, particularly in its industrial business. In contrast, a positive trend was reported by the Medical Systems, Microscopy and Consumer Optics/Optronics Groups. The company presented the figures for fiscal year 2008/09 during its Annual Press Conference in Stuttgart.
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GE Healthcare announced the winners of this years IN Cell Image Competition at the High Content Analysis (HCA) Conference in San Francisco, USA.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., announced Jan. 5, 2010, a joint agreement with Cerilliant Corporation to develop and manufacture certified solution standards for the Thermo Scientific ToxSpec Analyzer. Under the marketing agreement..
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Last month we conducted a Lab Manager Magazine Pittcon 2010 Attendance Survey in which we asked our readers to weigh in on their experience with the show and their expectations for 2010.
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