Aggregated Measurement Headlines for Industry & Science

1) The SGA load cell signal conditioner has a built-in Shunt Calibration function. Switch 8 of the Span switch, SW1 switches a 120k resistor in parallel with one arm of the bridge to produce a known shift in the Zero … Continue reading →

RICHMOND, British Columbia, Oct. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCurex, Inc. (OTCBB:BOCX) announced today that the Company has submitted scientific information and a request for a meeting regarding an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to the Food a…

(University of Oklahoma) The University of Oklahoma has been selected by the Department of the Interior as the site of one of only eight regional climate science centers nationwide. The Center will link weather and climate projections with on-the-grou…

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) A series of novel imaging agents could make it possible to “see” tumors in their earliest stages, before they turn deadly.The compounds, derived from inhibitors of the enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 and detectable by pos…

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) A new book, “Protein Homeostasis”, from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press covers the entire spectrum of protein homeostasis in healthy cells and the diseases that result when control of protein production, protein fold…

(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) Dr. Judd Shellito, Chief of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has been awarded approximately $9 million in grant funding to develop a vaccine against pneumo…

(IDIBAPS – Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) A study led by the ENERCA member professor Achille Iolascon analyzes two mutations (E109K and R14W) of the SEC23B gene and discovers one of them is responsible for the higher frequen…

(Pensoft Publishers) New findings of researchers from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia show that in aphids the two X chromosomes have a different inheritance. The study was published in Comparative Cytogenetics.

(University of Southampton) Scientists are investigating a possible link between tiny particles of pollution found in diesel fumes and the global collapse of honey bee colonies.

(Pensoft Publishers) Biological invasions, i.e., the spread of introduced, non-native species, not only serve as ecological model systems, but also bring out the importance of economic activities on ecological processes.

ADVISORY, Oct. 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) –

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apricus Biosciences, Inc. (“Apricus Bio” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:APRI) (http://www.apricusbio.com) announced today that the submission of an abstract entitled, “Results of a Phase III Clinical Trial for Fem…

LAVAL, Quebec, Oct. 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Neptune Technologies and Bioressources Inc. (Nasdaq:NEPT) (TSX-V:NTB) announced it has filed complaints in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging infringement of its recently issued…