Photo: Evan Vucci/AP Photo A group of U.S. technology giants has struck a deal with the Obama administration that allows the companies to disclose more details on customer data turned over to government agencies such as the National ...
Tags: NBA, FISA, i2Coalition, PC World
A few Chinese thermal coal buyers were reportedly concluding deals for March-delivered imported shipments, even as most of them were getting ready to wind up for the upcoming holidays, sources said Monday. A mini-Capesize cargo of ...
Arkema and Jurong Chemical have formed Sunke, a joint venture in which Arkema will have a majority interest, comprised of the assets of Jurong's acrylic acid production site in Taixing opened in 2012. This acquisition, in the wake of ...
Tags: acquisition, partnership
Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its CytoScan® Dx Assay. This assay is intended for the postnatal detection of DNA copy ...
Affymetrix, a manufacturer of DNA microarrays, has obtained marketing authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Affymetrix CytoScan Dx assay that can detect chromosomal variations which may be responsible for a ...
Tags: FDA Approval, Cytoscan DX Assay
Oxford Instruments is offering an upgrade option for its ALD equipment to apply a bias voltage to the substrate, adding further control of the energy at the wafer surface in order to tune the properties of the deposited film. While scaling ...
The Target credit and debit card and personal information breach, which last week was revealed to have affected more consumers than originally thought and which may be linked to attacks on other retailers, is expected to prompt U.S. ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Security, Protection, Target credit card, debit card
News outlets in California offer examples of companies that are giving new customers more time to pay their first month's premiums while in Connecticut, one insurer is beginning to get a handle on the crush of enrollment. Los Angeles ...
Tags: Insurers, Payment Deadlines for Customers, Health&Medicine
Scientists have developed an acoustic lens that produces pressure pulses that are so intense they're called "sound bullets." Although they are too high-pitched to be audible to the human ear, the sound bullets could have a variety of uses ...
Tags: sound bullets, Instruments, Meters, Health, Medicine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a first-of-its-kind blood test that can scan a child's genetic code and spot possible genetic explanations for developmental delays or intellectual disabilities. The test can ...
During the abrupt cooling at the onset of the so-called Younger Dryas period 12680 years ago changes in the water cycle were the main drivers of widespread environmental change in western Europe. Thus, the regional impacts of future climate ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The new Slendier "high dietary fibre" drink Australian health food manufacturer D'lite Food Pacific has launched a new range of drinks called Slendier Drinks in Australia, which it says are "high in dietary fibre" and designed to "keep ...
Tags: D'lite Food Pacific, Slendier Drinks, dietary fibre, low calorie
The presence of calf scours is often an unwanted guest during spring calving season. Good management alone is sometimes not enough to protect the calf from scours, and so cattle producers turn to practices like calf vaccination to head ...
Elderly people who participate in "brain training" classes to keep their minds sharp continue to see positive benefits 10 years after the training, according to a new study. Even if they took only an initial set of classes aimed at ...
A molecule nobody thought to explore may unlock a potential therapeutic target for a debilitating connective tissue disorder, according to Western-led research. Western professor Dr. David O'Gorman and PhD student Christina Raykha have ...
Tags: therapeutic target, connective tissue disorder, Dupuytren's disease