The Coblentz Society announced that Professor Takeshi Hasegawa of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan) was selected as the recipient of the 2009 Craver Award in recognition of his creation of a novel spectroscopic technique for analyzing molecular orientation in a polymeric thin film deposited on a solid substrate, which can be carried out on a conventional FT-IR.
IB Laser, of Berlin, Germany, has selected RPMC Lasers, Inc. as the distributor for their full line of diode-pumped solid-state lasers.
HORIBA Scientific is the new global team created to focus on better meeting customers' present and future needs by integrating the scientific market expertise and resources of the HORIBA Group of companies.
A research team at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) has devised a method that pairs mass spectrometry with a low-temperature plasma ionization probe technique to detect low levels of melamine in milk and milk products.
Researchers from the Colleges of Sciences and Engineering at Georgia Tech (Atlanta, Georgia) have teamed up to create the Center for Bio-Imaging Mass Spectrometry (BIMS), which aims to unravel the molecular complexities of biological systems.
MDC Vacuum Products, LLC (Hayward, California) announced the appointment of Robert Malley as Chief Operations Officer effective November 17, 2008.
Chinese scientists have built the world's most powerful optical telescope in a research base of the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) near Beijing, expecting to unravel the mysteries of the universe.
The Colorado Photonics Industry Association (CPIA) announced that is has named ASD, Inc. (formerly Analytical Spectral Devices) of Boulder as the 2008 Colorado Photonics Company of the Year.
The New York Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy is currently soliciting nominations for its 2009 Gold Medal Award.
Paul A. Wilks, Jr., died Saturday, october 11, 2008, at Dartmouth?Hitchcock Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, after a brief illness.
Emil Wolf has been named the winner of the 2008 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award for his book Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light.
Mostafa El-Sayed of the Georgia Institute of Technology was awarded the 2007 National Medal of Science for his work with nano-materials.
Inorganic Ventures has announced that the company is relocating its U.S. base of operations from Lakewood, New Jersey, to Christiansburg, Virginia.
Using principal component analysis, FOSS Analytical has shown that it is possible to use IR spectroscopy to analyze raw milk before it reaches supermarket shelves.
Researchers from New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, New Mexico) have replaced the standard rock identification tools of field geologists with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS).
Researchers used proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy to highlight the differences in the levels and ratios of certain brain chemicals in the hippocampus of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome compared with a control group of healthy women.
EDAX, Inc. (Mahwah, New Jersey) has recently introduced several new items that reportedly will enhance productivity and efficiency in the spectroscopy laboratory.
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that it will exhibit and host a seminar at the annual Pharmatex conference at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Cork, Ireland, 16-18 September.
Using electron microscopy and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, researchers found evidence of embalming in Roman Greek times.
Inc. Magazine has named ASD to their Inc. 5000 list for the second consecutive year.
Researchers at Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and the University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium) used synchrotron radiation-induced X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy to reveal a portrait of a woman by Vincent van Gogh beneath the paint of his 1887 "Patch of Grass."
Fiberguide Industries, Inc. has been formally recognized by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, for their participation and contributions in the National Ignition Facility (NIF) program
Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Gordon Kirkbright Bursary.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has established a new partnership with Alta Tecnologia to extend its informatics offerings in Chile.
The American Institute of Chemists (Philadelphia, PA) has announced the recipients of the 2008 AIC Gold Medal.
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