AMS appointed distributor for ECD
24 July, 2015AMS Instrumentation & Calibration has been appointed exclusive distributor for the Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) range of analytical instrumentation in its territories.
Expanded quality assurance for Sigma-Aldrich facilities
24 July, 2015Life science company Sigma-Aldrich has received ISO 13485 certification for expanded quality assurance capabilities at its Dekalb and Barton facilities located in St Louis, USA.
CSIRO's innovation masterplan
23 July, 2015CSIRO has released what it claims to be its masterplan to improve Australia's record in innovation and help the country respond to global changes and digital disruption.
Chubb encourages Australia's citizen scientists
23 July, 2015Australia's Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb has launched the paper 'Building Australia through Citizen Science', highlighting the important role of people in the community collecting data to help solve real-world problems.
Governments shouldn't be able to censor research results they don't like
20 July, 2015 by Kypros Kypri, University of NewcastleGovernments often impose legal conditions on such research that can subvert science and the public interest.
Prize for creative young scientists to honour the late Neil Lawrence
17 July, 2015The Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize (CILCP) is now open for 2015, looking to reward Australia's brightest young scientists for asking the bold questions that others would not think possible.
The BMJ now requires data sharing for all submitted trials
10 July, 2015The BMJ has become the first general medical journal to require data sharing for all trials. This means trials will be considered for publication only if the authors agree to make the relevant anonymised patient-level data available on reasonable request.
Call for more blind data recording
10 July, 2015ANU biologists have stated that journals should insist on blind trials more strongly in order to minimise bias.
QIAGEN and Seegene collaborate on multiplex assay panels
09 July, 2015QIAGEN and Seegene have announced a collaboration to develop a menu of multiplex assay panels for the QIAsymphony RGQ MDx automation platform.
Metrohm Applikon has a new name
08 July, 2015Laboratory instrumentation company Metrohm Applikon has announced its new brand for process analysis — Metrohm Process Analytics.
Agilent Technologies and Waters formalise instrument control exchange
08 July, 2015Agilent Technologies and Waters have announced a formal agreement to exchange instrument controls to improve the productivity of customers who own software and instruments from both companies.
INTEGRA's $10,000 cancer centre donation
07 July, 2015Laboratory tool provider INTEGRA Biosciences has made a $10,000 contribution to the Susan F Smith Center for Womens Cancers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, USA.
Australian success in FIRST Robotics Competition
26 June, 2015The annual FIRST world championship challenged students from around the world to brainstorm, design, prototype, build and program a robot in just 45 days.
WITec Raman microscope wins innovation award
26 June, 2015Microscope manufacturer WITec's Raman imaging system, apyron, was awarded first prize at the Achema 2015 Innovation Awards in the category of Laboratory and Analytical Technologies.
Strategic collaboration for molecular testing
23 June, 2015Hitachi High-Technologies and QIAGEN have entered into a long-term strategic collaboration involving initiatives to deliver advances in molecular testing.
