Heather Hall

At the annual OCEANS 2021 in San Diego, Sofar Ocean Technologies, the world’s largest real-time ocean intelligence platform, introduced a new marine hardware standard, Bristlemouth, aimed at catalyzing more collaboration, research and innovation for big data from the oceans. Sofar CEO, Tim Janssen, will join partners from DARPA, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and…

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the HS-20 NX Series Headspace Sampler that provides improved performance including ultralow carryover and excellent reproducibility. The HS-20 NX Series replaces Shimadzu’s HS-20 headspace sampler to provide analysts with an advanced yet easy-to-use instrument. The HS-20 NX series uses the isolation gas flow to reduce carryover to one-tenth of conventional models.…

While laser-based 3D printing techniques have revolutionized the production of metal parts by greatly expanding design complexity, the laser beams traditionally used in metal printing have drawbacks that can lead to defects and poor mechanical performance. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are addressing the issue by exploring alternative shapes to the Gaussian beams commonly…

Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched the Applied Biosystems QuantStudio Absolute Q Digital PCR System, the first fully integrated digital PCR (dPCR) system designed to provide highly accurate and consistent results within 90 minutes. dPCR has quickly become the standard for nucleic acid quantification in oncology, cell and gene therapy development and other research applications because…

Laird Thermal Systems has developed a next-generation benchtop recirculating chiller that combines advanced thermoelectric cooling technology with high-performance heat exchangers to achieve 400 W of cooling capacity, while offering temperature stability to within ±0.05° C under steady state conditions. The Nextreme NRC400 Performance Chiller is an ideal cooling solution for research laboratories, analytical imaging, industrial…

Dotmatics, an Insightful Science company that provides scientific informatics software to drive the automation of lab data workflows and accelerate critical R&D discovery, announced the appointment of Mike McKee as its new President. McKee is an experienced CEO with a demonstrated history of leadership in the technology industry. In his role, McKee will continue to…

From Sandia National Laboratories A Sandia National Laboratories team of materials scientists and computer scientists, with some international collaborators, have spent more than a year creating 12 new alloys — and modeling hundreds more — that demonstrate how machine learning can help accelerate the future of hydrogen energy by making it easier to create hydrogen…

Cell culture laboratories working with CO2 incubators and water baths can now benefit from a new product designed to help safeguard incubators from water-borne contaminants, saving scientists time and labor while reducing the need for hazardous chemical solutions. When placed into any CO2 incubator water pan or laboratory water bath, the Thermo Scientific Aqua-Tec Water…

Vicarious Surgical, a next-generation robotics technology company seeking to improve both cost and efficiency of surgical procedures as well as patient outcomes, has announced that the shareholders of D8 Holdings have approved the previously announced business combination at the shareholder meeting held this week. The business combination is expected to provide approximately $220 million in…

The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, has released new results from a survey of life science professionals finding that almost half classify their understanding of quantum computing (QC) technology at beginner level (48%) only. This is followed by intermediate (29%), advanced (13%) and expert at…

B-Secur has launched an ECG hardware and software development kit which can help technology companies fast-track the development of their ECG devices. Heart health ECG monitoring technology company, B-Secur currently works closely with many of the world’s consumer and medical device companies, who have access to B-Secur’s award-winning team of engineers on customized solutions. B-Secur’s…

From Sandia National Laboratory Sandia National Laboratories researchers have created a method of processing 3D images for computer simulations that could have beneficial implications for several industries, including health care, manufacturing and electric vehicles. At Sandia, the method could prove vital in certifying the credibility of high-performance computer simulations used in determining the effectiveness of…

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is hosting an online panel event discussing the potential of open-source R&D in tackling the Access to Medicines crisis on Oct. 12, 2021, 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. UTC (5:30 p.m – 7 p.m. BST) Approximately one third of the world’s population doesn’t have access to essential medicines. In…

From Argonne National Laboratory By confining the transport of electrons and ions in a patterned thin film, scientists find a way to potentially enhance material properties for design of next-generation electronics. Like ripples in a pond, electrons travel like waves through materials, and when they collide and interact, they can give rise to new and…

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team has identified a potential cause of long-lasting symptoms experienced by COVID-19 patients, often referred to as long-haulers. The findings were published in the journal, The Public Library of Science ONE (PLOS ONE). At the heart of the team’s findings is an antibody that shows up…

The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending September 10, 2021, closed at 5,463.16 for the 25 companies in the R&D World Index. The Index was down -2.39% (or -133.49 basis points) from the week ending September 3, 2021. The stock of four R&D World Index members gained value from 0.03% (Honda) to 1.37%…

From Brookhaven National Laboratory An international collaboration of scientists has taken a significant step toward the realization of a nearly “green” zero-net-carbon technology that will efficiently convert carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas and hydrogen into ethanol, which is useful as a fuel and has many other chemical applications. The study reports a “roadmap” for…

ProQR Therapeutics N.V. has announced a global licensing and research collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of potential new medicines for genetic disorders in the liver and nervous system. The companies will use ProQR’s proprietary Axiomer RNA editing platform to progress new drug targets toward clinical development and…

On September 21, Lonza will host a free 30-minute webinar to discuss how quality control (QC) laboratories can maximize efficiency for reduced costs and time-to-results by combining Lonza’s MODA-EM Software and the Growth Direct System from Rapid Micro Biosystems. Webinar attendees will also have the chance to engage with the expert presenters in a live…

Lab managers, technology leaders and principal scientists in pharmaceutical, food and environmental laboratories can now benefit from accelerated throughput and improved sensitivity to meet rapidly changing regulatory requirements and provide the fast responses needed for tackling emerging human and environmental health risks. The Thermo Scientific TSQ Plus triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (MS) portfolio increases workflow…

ENPICOM, a bioinformatics software company, announced at the Biologics UK conference new IGX Platform capabilities to accurately annotate exposed liabilities, perform structural modeling of antibodies at scale and determine developability profiles using customizable penalties. This major development allows researchers to improve their candidate selection by making accurate developability predictions for thousands of sequences at the…

 From Sandia National Laboratories If you’ve ever asked a car mechanic how long a part will last until it breaks, odds are they shrugged their shoulders. They know how long parts last on average, and they can see when one is close to breaking. But knowing how many miles are left is extremely difficult, even…

CytoSMART Technologies has opened the application of CytoSMART Research Grant for Autumn 2021. The CytoSMART Research Grant is an initiative to help motivated students and researchers improve their project’s quality. The grant offers one of the CytoSMART live-cell imaging devices that can be used for research purposes for a specified period. The CytoSMART automated incubator-friendly…

Thermo Fisher Scientific‘s clinical sequencing business and AstraZeneca announced they will co-develop next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based companion diagnostics (CDx) to support AstraZeneca’s expanding portfolio of targeted therapies. The companies will collaborate under a multiyear, global agreement. “As the pipeline of targeted therapies expands, the availability of diagnostic tools that can interrogate multiple biomarkers simultaneously will ensure…

From Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories is celebrating 25 years of research conducted at its Z Pulsed Power Facility — a gymnasium-sized accelerator commonly referred to as Z or the Z machine. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only a limited number of former leaders of the pulsed power program at Sandia will gather Friday to…