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Garmor Develops Transparent Graphene Oxide Films for Protective Coatings

Garmor, a leading graphene technology provider and developer of advance costumer-driven applications, has developed graphene oxide-based coatings useful for limiting UV radiation damage to sensors and polymers. This was achieved by leveraging inexpensive manufacturing methods for few-layer graphene... - December 02, 2015 - Garmor

Esteemed Lifetime Member of America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals, Professor Gilbert Gordon, Has Been Inducted Into the 2016 Hall of Fame

Professional of the Year 2016, Professor Gilbert Gordon of Oxford, Ohio has been inducted into the 2016 America’s Registry Hall of Fame for his accomplishments and achievements in the fields Water Research and Inorganic Chemistry. - December 01, 2015 - America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals

Omni International Expands Bead Mill Consumable Line Introduces Microbial DNA Free Certified Pre-Filled Bead Tubes

Omni International Inc., the US based homogenizer equipment and lysing chemistry manufacturer, today reinforced its leadership in the bead mill homogenizer market with the launch of a new Microbial DNA Free certification process to improve the quality of the Omni bead mill consumable line. Building... - December 01, 2015 - Omni International

Bioo Scientific Launches Completely Gel-Free or Low Input Small RNA Library Prep Kit

Bioo Scientific recently launched the NEXTflex™ Small RNA-Seq Kit v3, which improves small RNA analysis by making the library prep protocol completely gel-free or allowing for low-input small RNA library preparation. This kit also reduces the biases associated with small RNA sequencing by... - November 25, 2015 - Bioo Scientific

The MaxSignal Colistin ELISA Test Kit Can Help Prevent the Antibiotic Apocalypse by Keeping Last Resort Drugs Out of the Food Supply

Colistin resistance likely emerged after the drug was overused in farm animals. Colistin is intended to be used by physicians as a drug of last resort to treat Gram-negative superbug infections, but has been overused in agriculture. Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Colistin ELISA Test Kit is the only commercially available ELISA optimized for the screening of colistin in poultry and other meat samples and eggs, to prevent the spread of colistin resistance by keeping colistin out of the food supply. - November 25, 2015 - Bioo Scientific

ASSIST Wins Big at IDTechEx Wearable USA 2015

With a vision to achieve a comprehensive assessment of health and environment through wearable technologies that enable multi-modal sensing, the ASSIST Center excels at making hassle-free and reliable nano-enabled devices for on body sensing. At the most recent IDTechEx Wearable USA conference the ASSIST Center and Dr. Zhu captivated judges winning an award: Best Wearable Material/Component Development. - November 25, 2015 - ASSIST Research Center

Global Infusion Pumps and Accessories Market Was Valued at US$ 5,874.3 Million in 2014 and Expected to Grow at a CAGR of 5.0% from 2015 to 2019

According to the new report “Global Infusion Pumps & Accessories Market Assessment & Forecast, 2015-2019” by SA-Business Research & Consulting Group, North America leads the market for global infusion pumps and accessories with a share of 38.0% in 2014 that translated into revenues worth US$ 2,320.3 million. - November 22, 2015 - SA-BRC

Aurora Scientific Inc. Unveils New Brand and Celebrates the Official Opening of a New Manufacturing Facility

On October 8, 2015, Aurora Scientific, a science and technology firm in Aurora, ON welcomed guests to celebrate the official launch of their new brand and grand opening of their new manufacturing facility. The event brought together local suppliers and dignitaries, valued clients, families and friends, marking a milestone for the growing company. - November 21, 2015 - Aurora Scientific Inc.

Mary Kay Bader, Distinguished Leader in Neuroscience Nursing, Joins Cerebrotech’s Scientific Advisory Board

Cerebrotech Medical Systems of Pleasanton, California, today announced that Mary Kay Bader, RN, MSN, CCNS, FAHA, FNCS, renowned Critical Care Nurse Specialist and educator, has joined the company’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Ms. Bader is a prominent leader in neurologic intensive care,... - November 19, 2015 - Cerebrotech Medical Systems

Update on Glycomics - Achieve Safe, Easy, and Accurate O-Glycan Analysis with BlotGlyco® O-Glycan Sample Preparation Kit

MoBiTec to launch Sumitomo's BlotGlyco® O-Glycan Sample Preparation Kit, a streamlined process for releasing and purifying O-glycans for detection by HPLC, LC-MS, and MALDI-TOF MS. - November 19, 2015 - MoBiTec GmbH

Gilbert Gordon, Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry Named Man of the Year 2015 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Gilbert Gordon, Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry of Oxford, Ohio has been named Man of the Year for 2015 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the fields of education and chemistry. About Gilbert Gordon, Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry Dr. - November 18, 2015 - Strathmore Worldwide

BUHLMANN Laboratories Announces New, Direct US Affiliate

BÜHLMANN Laboratories is proud to announce the establishment of its North American affiliate, BUHLMANN Diagnostics Corp (BDC) in Southern New Hampshire. - November 16, 2015 - BUHLMANN Diagnostics Corp

Gamry Instruments to Sponsor Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Short Course

Registration is now open for the Spring 2016 EIS Short Course being held in Houston, TX. - November 15, 2015 - Gamry Instruments

FluoroSense Handheld Fluorometer Now Available for Phycocyanin Estimates Aiding in the Identification of HABs

Turner Designs’ FluoroSenseTM Handheld Fluorometer enables quick & easy in vivo chlorophyll and PC estimates aiding in the assessment of Harmful Algal Blooms. - November 13, 2015 - Turner Designs, Inc.

Rite Aid First U.S. Drugstore Chain to Offer Harmonyx Genetic Testing to Customers

Tests help determine most effective medication therapy based on an individual’s genetic makeup - November 12, 2015 - Harmonyx Diagnostics

Bioo Scientific Showcases Amplicon Panels and Solutions for Liquid Biopsy Analysis at AMP 2015

At the upcoming Association of Molecular Pathologists (AMP) 2015 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, Bioo Scientific is launching library preparation solutions ideal for the reduced bias and increased sensitivity, flexibility and speed needed by molecular pathologists for next-generation sequencing applications. These include the NEXTflex Amplicon Panels, the NEXTflex Amplicon Studio service, and the new NEXTflex BRCA1 and BRCA2 Panels. - November 07, 2015 - Bioo Scientific

Asteroid Initiatives LLC “Pixie” Spacecraft Swarm Probes Selected for Study Phase in Asteroid Defense Test

Asteroid Initiatives LLC “Pixie” Spacecraft have been selected for consideration in the European Space Agency Asteroid Impact Mission, part of the ESA / NASA “AIDA” planetary defense test. Pixies, tiny 40 gm (1.4 oz) femtospacecraft, would be used to instrument the moon of the Didymos asteroid in preparation for a high velocity impact by the US DART spacecraft. - November 03, 2015 - Asteroid Initiatives LLC

Dr. Scott S. Gordon Reveals New Ways of Thinking About Universe in New Book

Dog Ear Publishing reviews a new book that tackles the beginning of the universe itself, exploring new principles and re-examining old ones to create a cohesive model of creation. - November 02, 2015 - Dog Ear Publishing

Award-Winning Author Geoff Notkin Announces Halloween Release of Third Book

New Memoir Tells Tales of Life and Work in the Heart of New York’s Comic Book Kingdom - October 29, 2015 - Aerolite Meteorites, LLC

UCLA and USC Are Rivals in Hope... Schools Unite in the Fight Against Brain Tumors on November 8, 2015

The 8th Annual Heroes of Hope Race for Brain Tumor Research will be held at Dockwieler State Beach on Sunday, November 8, 2015. The event brings together schools and teams from all over the Southern California area and raises funds for cutting edge brain tumor research. - October 26, 2015 - TBKF

New Paper Describes Earth’s Aether Dynamics, Creating the Lorentz Invariance Illusion

“Earth's Gravitational Vortex,” published in the Journal of Astrophysical Mechanics by Dimiter Bayramov, describes Earth’s aether fluid mechanics, creating the Lorentz Invariance illusion and the lunar Doppler Effect, causing the lunar semidiurnal tides. - October 24, 2015 - Dimiter Bayramov

Bioo Scientific Releases Low-Input, High Multiplexing Library Prep Solution for SeqCap Target Capture

Bioo Scientific is releasing the new NEXTflex™ Rapid Pre-Capture Combo Kit, a complete low-input library prep solution with the ability to multiplex up to 96 samples, containing the library prep reagents, barcodes, blockers and post-capture amplification reagents required for SeqCap target capture with Roche NimbleGen’s SeqCap EZ solution-based capture system. With this kit, libraries can be constructed from 10 ng of input DNA in only 2 hours. - October 21, 2015 - Bioo Scientific

Chicago Stem Cell Doctor Performs Stem Cell Transplant on Marine Veteran

Chicago Stem Cell Treatment Center doctor, Daniel Ritacca, MD gives back to 20 year marine veteran by freezing his stem cells for future use for free. Chicago Stem Cell Treatment Center, a research affiliate of Cell Surgical Network (CSN) provide stem cell therapy for a variety of degenerative... - October 15, 2015 - Ritacca Cosmetic Surgery & Medspa

The Phantom of the Earth: A Chilling New Post-Apocalyptic Series

Raeden Zen's new science fiction series explores the consequences of finite natural resources and the cost of immortality. He worked with professionals around the world to publish the first five books on Amazon. - October 10, 2015 - Chrysaor LLC

New Paper Reconsiders the Mechanics of Time Dilation and Shows That Time is Property of Matter

“Gravitational and Kinematic Time Dilation,” published in the Journal of Astrophysical Mechanics by Dimiter Bayramov, shows that the time-keeping operation of an atomic clock is affected by the density and velocity of Earth’s gravitational flow. - October 10, 2015 - Dimiter Bayramov

Bioo Scientific Showcases Solutions Designed to Improve Exome Capture at ASHG 2015

At ASHG 2015, Bioo Scientific is launching a number of new kits for the improvement of in-solution exome and custom target capture. These kits offer optimized library prep, blocking and barcoding, interfacing with Agilent SureSelect XT and XT2 systems and Roche’s Nimblegen SeqCap systems. ASHG is the largest human genetics meeting and expo worldwide, providing a forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge science in all areas of human genetics. - October 09, 2015 - Bioo Scientific

Recursion Pharma Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Hereditary Stroke Disorder

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a drug discovery start-up company, announced receipt of an Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA for the use of Tempol for the treatment of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation, a hereditary stroke disease. Recursion expects this will be the first of many potential treatments identified using their proprietary drug discovery platform. - October 05, 2015 - Recursion Pharmaceuticals

Da Vinci Press Announces Geologist-Author of Award Winning "Tweeting da Vinci," Ann C. Pizzorusso to Lecture at GSA 2015

Exploring the exciting world of geology and how it influences art, literature, architecture, medicine, religion and just about everything else. - October 05, 2015 - Da Vinci Press

Altogen Biosystems Offers PEG-Liposome In Vivo Transfection Kit

Altogen Biosystems has developed a highly efficient in vivo transfection reagent capable of delivery cargo molecules (siRNA, miRNA, pDNA, and small proteins) into multiple tissues including spleen, kidney, pancreas, liver, and tumors. In vivo transfection is a laboratory research method utilized by... - October 02, 2015 - Altogen Biosystems

Gamry Instruments Announces Launch of New Interface 5000 Potentiostat

The new Gamry Interface 5000 Potentiostat/Galvanostat/ZRA is designed for testing batteries, fuel cells and other energy devices. - October 02, 2015 - Gamry Instruments

PlantingScience Awarded $2.9M Grant from the National Science Foundation

Science teacher training and development program to be implemented by the Botanical Society of America and 15 scientific society partners. - October 01, 2015 - Botanical Society of America

Bioo Scientific Releases Automated Small RNA Library Prep Protocol for the Sciclone NGS Workstation

Bioo Scientific has automated bias-reducing small RNA library prep on the Sciclone® NGS and NGSx Workstations, automating the NEXTflex™ Small RNA-Seq Library Prep Kit v2 and increasing productivity by reducing the time and labor costs associated with small RNA library prep. - September 26, 2015 - Bioo Scientific

Gamry Instruments to Attend the 228th Electrochemical Society Meeting

Gamry will be attending and exhibiting at the ECS Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, USA October 11 – October 15, 2015. - September 25, 2015 - Gamry Instruments

Bioo Scientific Showcases Innovative Solutions for Rapid Food Safety Testing at AOAC 2015

Bioo Scientific will exhibit its latest advances in food and feed safety and quality testing, at booth #502 of the 129th AOAC Annual Meeting, September 27-30 in Los Angeles, CA. New technologies include the most sensitive test available for histamine screening, a sulfite detection method which overcomes issues with problematic “high-creep” samples, optimized immunoaffinity columns for mycotoxin analysis, and a solution for high-throughput detection of amantadine residues in poultry. - September 25, 2015 - Bioo Scientific

MoBiTec GmbH to Attend BIOTECHNICA 2015, Germany - See ZDGSY's Inimitable GS-Key, an Amazingly Small and Fast DNA Extraction Device

BIOTECHNICA - Europe's No.1 Event for Biotechnology, Life Sciences, and Lab Technology! At MoBiTec's booth, cutting-edge technologies will be presented. Highlight: An incredibly small and fast handheld device for DNA extraction! - September 25, 2015 - MoBiTec GmbH

Oakridge to Purchase 2.6 Gigawatt Hours of Automated Battery MFG Equipment for Expansion of MFG Facilities in FL, USA, Bringing Jobs and Manufacturing Back to America

Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc. is excited to announce that it has reached agreement-in-principle for a long term supply agreement with a major lithium-ion battery assembly equipment manufacturer to provide the Company with automated manufacturing equipment to significantly expand its existing production capacity currently in place at its facilities in Melbourne and Palm Bay, Florida. - September 24, 2015 - Oakridge Global Energy Solutions

Researchers Publish Far-Reaching Genetic Study of 1,000 UK People

300,000 gene variants from 1,000 people made publicly available via F1000Research. A unique population-based study of all the genes in 1,000 people born in the UK in 1958 is being made available online by researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, to further understanding of the role gene variation plays in disease. - September 24, 2015 - Faculty of 1000

Bioo Scientific Launches Enzymatic Assay for Accurate Homocysteine Analysis in Model Organisms

Bioo Scientific has released the MaxDiscovery™ Homocysteine Enzymatic Assay Kit. This kit uses a new enzymatic technology for spectrophotometric detection of total homocysteine levels in serum from rodents and other mammals. This kit enables the determination of hyperhomocysteinemia, or elevated levels of total homocysteine (tHcy) in the blood, which is an independent risk factor for neural tube defects, vascular diseases and Alzheimer’s disease, and other diseases. - September 23, 2015 - Bioo Scientific

Support Cancer Breakthrough to Save Millions of Lives

Dallas-based Italian scientist Dario Crosetto explains his 3D-CBS (3-D Complete Body Screening) invention that revolutionizes early cancer detection, potentially saving millions of lives. - September 16, 2015 - Crosetto Foundation for the Reduction of Cancer Deaths

New Book Debunks Prevailing Thoughts of How Universe Began

An amateur astronomer with more than 65 years of experience studying the stars sets out to debunk the prevailing view of the universe and its origins in a Big Bang. He details his evidence in a new book released by Dog Ear Publishing. - September 16, 2015 - Dog Ear Publishing

Asparagus Harvester Slashes Costs and Eliminates Labor Problems

Machine harvesting asparagus with a Geiger-Lund asparagus harvester reduces the cost of harvesting dramatically by reducing the amount of costly hand labor required. Harvesting costs represent about half of the total costs of growing asparagus. By switching to machine harvesting growers will be able to compete more effectively against asparagus imported from Mexico and Chile. - September 15, 2015 - Geiger-Lund

Canines Bridge the Gap Between Conservation and Development

K9 University completes a research study where dogs were used to significantly help the American Burying Beetle along with energy and land developers. This is the first time where one species has been proven to be effective in properly protecting another species, while also allowing safe progress to be made by developers. - September 09, 2015 - K9 University, LLC

Bioo Scientific Receives USDA Approval for Using Its ELISA to Screen Meat for Ractopamine Residues

Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Ractopamine ELISA Test Kit has been approved by the USDA for the verification testing requirements for screening of meat in the Quality System Verification Program (QSVP), Never Fed Beta-Agonists Marketing Program. The kit enables the detection of as little as 0.1 ppb of ractopamine in pork and other meat samples, well below the 1 ppb minimal required performance limit used by many countries. - September 04, 2015 - Bioo Scientific

Epitope Diagnostics Introduces Novel Fecal NGAL Specific ELISA Kit for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Epitope Diagnostics introduces its novel fecal neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) ELISA kit. This is the first commercial kit that is developed for measurement of NGAL levels in human stool sample. Fecal NGAL is potentially a better marker than those currently used in clinical practice. - September 01, 2015 - Epitope Diagnostics, Inc.

Chinese Government Invited Nanotechnologist Dr. T. Theivasanthi

World Record Holder in Nanotechnology, Dr. T. Theivasanthi, Research Faculty from International Research Center of Kalasalingam University has been called by the China Government. - August 30, 2015 - Theivasanthi

Bioo Scientific Honored for Increasing Austin’s Ability to Compete in the Global Marketplace

Bioo Scientific, an Austin-based biotech company which manufactures food and feed safety test kits and products supporting life science research, received the British Airways International Trade, Investment & Expansion Award, which recognizes investments by international companies in Austin that create jobs locally, as well as Austin-based companies who have a global impact through products and services provided worldwide. - August 30, 2015 - Bioo Scientific

Karnataka Government Invited Nanotechnologist Dr. Theivasanthi

World Record Holder in Nanotechnology, Dr. T. Theivasanthi, Research Faculty from International Research Centre (IRC) of Kalasalingam University has presented 5 technological inventions related to nano-biotechnology for Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC). - August 28, 2015 - Theivasanthi