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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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Spectrum Chemicals & Laboratory Products has announced the launch of their new line of Spectrum branded benchtop laboratory equipment The line includes mixers, vortexers, dry baths, mini centrifuges, hotplates...
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PerkinElmer Inc. and VWR International LLC are joining forces to create a joint service offering aimed at helping life science researchers stock and maintain their lab equipment.
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Scientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in San Antonio have for the first time developed a highly sensitive means of detecting the seven types of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) simultaneously.
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