Thermo Fisher (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced today that it will acquire Dionex Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) for approximately $2.1 billion, a transaction that is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2011. Dionex will be integrated into the Scientific Instruments division of Thermo Fisher.
Pomegranates are loaded with antioxidants and millions of people turn to pomegranate juice for its many health benefits, but every time you take a sip from a bottle of the popular juice, how much of the actual fruit are you consuming?
Scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) have been undergoing a series of studies to learn more about the creation of thin layers of highly ordered polymers and how spectroscopy and HPLC can be used to create organic and elastic electronics.
A team from the University of Calgary and the National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute has been studying the alkaloid metabolism process that commonly takes place in opium poppy cell cultures, using liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (LC-MS)
Scientists from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) have developed a new estimation model for the analysis of biological samples through liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
A group of researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas at Dallas have created a hairbrush that is capable of monitoring brain function.
A Japanese research group have released a study that finds hemispheric differences in the temporal area overlying superior temporal sulcus (STS) when processing positive and negative facial expressions in infants using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).
Researchers at McGill University in conjunction with Agriculture Canada and the pork industry have unveiled a new sophisticated new technique to determine which pieces of pork are the best in terms of quality.
Bruker Corporation has revealed the creation of a Chemical Analysis Division within its Bruker Daltonics subsidiary. This division will be headquartered in Fremont, California, USA...
The Scottish Metabolomics Facility ScotMet is to gain four Thermo Fisher Scientific mass spectrometers...
AB SCIEX and its distribution partner Labindia Life Sciences are to supply the government of India with a food safety testing solution. This is part of a project with the Ministry of Agriculture to help reinforce new food safety standards through better monitoring for contamination.
Applied Research and Photonics (ARP) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) contractor SAIC-Frederick, Inc. have entered into a collaboration to assess a new technology - tetrahertz spectrometry - for analysis of structures and materials supporting biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
Thermo Fisher Scientific has opened a new cutting-edge facility in Runcorn, Cheshire.
NASA plans to utilize laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instrumentation on the next Mars Rover, PEWPEW.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. will be the premier sponsor for the inaugural Applied Pharmaceutical Analysis (APA) conference to be hosted in India.
The Taiwan Bureau of Food and Drug Analysis has purchased and installed four Waters UPLC systems and nine tandem quadrupole mass spectrometers to support the bureau?s efforts to monitor the country?s domestically-produced and imported food supplies.
AB SCIEX has been launched as a new company dedicated to life science analytical technologies. The new company is formed from the combination of the two halves of the AB SCIEX mass spectrometry joint venture.
The acquisition of Varian by Agilent has cleared a key milestone, according to Agilent president and CEO Bill Sullivan. The companies have been granted conditional antitrust clearance from the European Commission for the deal.
According to a team of researchers with the Laboratory of Enology (wine studies) and Applied Chemistry, University of Reims Champagne?Ardenne, France, the bubbles present in champagne serve a greater purpose than merely popping corks.
In a move that should interest all spectroscopists involved in pharmaceutical research, the USP proposed new chapters on elemental impurities last week.
A device based on mass spectrometry could help surgeons identify cancerous tissue during surgical procedures, according to a study published in Angewandte Chemie German Chemical Society.
Working on a site in a cave in southeastern Armenia, an archeological expedition claims they have found the remains of the world?s oldest human brain. They believe it is over 5,000 years old.
Data from NASA's high-resolution ICESat lasers indicate that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica are melting faster than scientists thought.
HORIBA has announced the construction of a new research facility and European headquarters on the campus of Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France.
Rigaku Corporation has announced the formation of Applied Rigaku Technologies.
NASA has released the latest photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, which was updated with new equipment on a recent shuttle mission.
Analyze IQ Limited, producers of innovative spectroscopic analysis software, and Ocean Optics Inc., the industry leader in miniature spectroscopy, have today announced a partnership under which Ocean Optics will market and sell the Analyze IQ software suite.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland) have developed a highly sensitive, low-cost NIR spectroscopy technique that can measure the specific wavelengths used in telecommunications as well as single-photon levels of infrared light given off by fragile biomaterials and nanomaterials.
Scientists from IBM Research used an atomic force microscope to create the first-ever close-up image of a single molecule.
PerkinElmer announced that it has signed a new distribution agreement with VWR International.