Navigation Links
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007
Date:8/13/2007

, explains that scientific instrument makers are in the midst of an effort to expand their traditional markets, moving instruments like mass spectrometers and infrared photometers out of the lab and into the hands of the average consumer. In a world that fears terrorists, contaminated food, and airborne pollutants, instrument companies are working to design portable, inexpensive, user-friendly devices that can do the work of those laboratory mainstays, Reisch writes. An executive of one major instrument maker, quoted in the article, predicts that such instruments will be available to consumers, including Star Trek-like devices that serve as personal environmental scanners.

Given the proliferation of instruments alongside manufacturing lines and in battle zones, office buildings, and refineries, it just might be feasible for a consumer to walk into Home Depot someday and buy a device that today only a scientist or quality control expert would want to have, the article concludes.

ARTICLE #5 EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, August 15, 2007 In hot pursuit: Instrument makers harness technology to pursue budding applications for their tools

This story will be available on August 15 at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/business/85/8533bus1.html

FOR ADVANCE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Michael Bernstein
ACS News Service
Phone: 202-872-6042
Fax: 202-872-4370
Email: m_bernstein@acs.org

Mark Your Calendars

234th ACS National Meeting, August 19-23, Boston, MA

News media registration is now open for the 234th ACS national meeting, which will be held in Boston, Mass., on August 19-23, 2007, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and more than a dozen hotels across the city. More than 15,000 scientists and others are expected to attend this scientific extravaganza. There will
'/>"/>

Contact: Michael Woods
m_woods@acs.org
202-872-4400
American Chemical Society
Source:Eurekalert

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Related biology news :

1. First North American Encapsulated Islet Transplant without Long-term Immune Suppression into a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes
2. Health costs soar as 60 million Americans classed as obese
3. Discovery of an American salamander where it shouldnt be: Korea
4. DNA traces evolution of extinct sabertooths and the American cheetah-like cat
5. North & South American researchers find architectural abnormalities in T. cruzi ribosome
6. T-rays: New imaging technology spotlighted by American Chemical Society
7. New peptide antibiotic isolated from American oyster
8. Computers to save unique type of American red squirrel
9. Alcoholism, smoking and genetics among Plains American Indians
10. Gene variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans
11. Americans support free access to research
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):$2.4 million stimulus fuels effort to regenerate injured spinal cords 2$2.4 million stimulus fuels effort to regenerate injured spinal cords 3$2.4 million stimulus fuels effort to regenerate injured spinal cords 4Springer signs co-publishing agreement with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2List of 'unsung' wildlife affected by climate change released 2American Lung Association Supports Health Officials to Prevent the Spread of Seasonal Influenza by Urging People to Get Vaccinated 56924 1American Lung Association Supports Health Officials to Prevent the Spread of Seasonal Influenza by Urging People to Get Vaccinated 56924 2American Lung Association Supports Health Officials to Prevent the Spread of Seasonal Influenza by Urging People to Get Vaccinated 56924 3American Lung Association Supports Health Officials to Prevent the Spread of Seasonal Influenza by Urging People to Get Vaccinated 56924 4Rest Easy the Safe All Natural Bed Bug Travel Spray 56919 1Rest Easy the Safe All Natural Bed Bug Travel Spray 56919 2Blue Cross and Blue Shield Sued by Health Care Providers for Abusive Practices 56915 1Blue Cross and Blue Shield Sued by Health Care Providers for Abusive Practices 56915 2Blue Cross and Blue Shield Sued by Health Care Providers for Abusive Practices 56915 3