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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
Bioo Scientific Enables the Sensitive Detection of a Broad Range of Beta-Lactam Antibiotics in Food
Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Beta-Lactam ELISA Test Kit has been validated for the screening of a wide range of beta-lactam antibiotics in a number of food matrices, with detection limits as low as 0.8 ppb. - August 27, 2015 - Bioo Scientific
IEEE ICC 2016 to Explore “Communications for All Things” 23 – 27 May in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
“Call for Papers” Ends 16 October 2015 for Premier Global Conference Highlighting Entire Communications Spectrum Ranging from IoT to Energy Harvesting - August 26, 2015 - IEEE Communications Society
ALPCO Releases New STELLUX® Chemiluminescent Adiponectin ELISAs
ALPCO has launched its new STELLUX® Chemiluminescent Total Adiponectin and HMW Adiponectin ELISAs. - August 25, 2015 - ALPCO
Cerakote® Introduces the World’s Strongest Clear Coat
The thinnest, yet strongest, ceramic clear coating has arrived. - August 18, 2015 - NIC Industries, Inc.
New MSI Brand Trifold Filter Paper Provides Fast Clean Results
Folding thousands of your own filters is a thing of the past. MSI brand trifold filter paper comes to you already folded in quick dispense sleeves. - August 18, 2015 - Midland Scientific, Inc.
Eurogentec (EGT), Belgium, Appoints MoBiTec GmbH as Distributor for Germany
Eurogentec (EGT) is a leading provider of innovative products and services to the life science, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical community. MoBiTec is selling the products of AnaSpec, which now is part of EGT, for more than 10 years already. The agreement allows MoBiTec to also offer EGT's state-of-the-art qPCR kits, oligonucleotides, and further products related to genomics to its customers. - August 14, 2015 - MoBiTec GmbH
Source-Omega Lowers Bulk Algae Oil DHA Price 33 Percent
Achieving higher quality and lower costs, Source-Omega (http://www.source-omega.com) today lowered the US bulk oil price on premium 50 percent DHA algae oil by a third to stimulate their open source supply model with capacity access to 250,000 Kg per year. The company launched their bulk oil... - August 13, 2015 - Source-Omega
IEEE ICC 2015 Sets Attendance Record in London, UK
Nearly 3,000 Industry Professionals, Researchers & Scientists Attend More Than 1,800 Presentations Dedicated to Latest “Smart City & Smart World” Advancements - August 11, 2015 - IEEE Communications Society
SpaceVR Launches Virtual Reality Space Exploration Project on Kickstarter
Campaign to fund company’s launch costs to put a 3D-printed camera mount and 360-degree camera on the International Space Station kicks off. - August 10, 2015 - SpaceVR