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SWIRLL Reinforces UAH’s Increasing Severe Weather and Lightning Research Prominence

The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s new, Severe Weather Institute – Radar and Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) is boosting the interest of prospective graduate atmospheric science students and reinforcing the university’s increasing severe weather and lightning research prominence.

6 Oct 2014

Sanomedics Reports New Inquiries for Easy-to-Use Caregiver TouchFree Clinical Thermometers

Sanomedics International Holdings, Inc.a medical technology holding company that focuses on providing game changing products, services and ideas, announced today that as flu season approaches, its Thermomedics, Inc. division is seeing increasing interest among Novation's network of hospitals for its Caregiver® TouchFree™ Clinical Thermometers.

6 Oct 2014

HBM acquires FiberSensing

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (HBM) has announced their acquisition of FiberSensing – Sistemas Avancados de Monitorizacao S.A. (FiberSensing), a leading provider of Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) based measurement and monitoring systems for critical physical assets, for an undisclosed sum. Go4Venture Advisers were the exclusive financial advisor for FiberSensing and its shareholders.

From Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (HBM) 3 Oct 2014

Label-Free Optical Biosensors for Rotavirus Detection

Researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have found a way to enhance detection capacity of small concentrations of rotavirus. All this thanks to a new way to assess the biosensing response applied to an interferometric device.

3 Oct 2014

Georgia State University Professor to Develop Real-Time Ambient Noise Seismic Imaging Technology

Dr. WenZhan Song, a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia State University, has received a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create a real-time seismic imaging system using ambient noise.

3 Oct 2014

PG&E Tests Advanced Leak Detection Technology Adapted from NASA’s Mars Rover Program

In collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it is testing state-of-the-art technology adapted from NASA's Mars rover program.

3 Oct 2014

Plug-and-Play Approach to Detect Protein Interactions in Live Cells

Rice University scientists have developed a plug-and-play approach to detect interactions between proteins they say could greatly improve understanding of basic biological functions.

3 Oct 2014

Quantum Technology Sciences’ Intrusion Detection Solution Selected as 2014 ASIS Accolades Winner

ASIS International, the preeminent organization for security professionals worldwide, selected Quantum Technology Sciences intrusion detection solution as a 2014 ASIS Accolades winner during their annual conference in Atlanta. The competition recognizes the security industry’s most innovative new products, services and solutions.

3 Oct 2014

Researchers Develop Sensor Network to Detect Illegal Bomb Production

Terrorists can manufacture bombs with relative ease, few aids and easily accessible materials such as synthetic fertilizer. Not always do security forces succeed in preventing the attacks and tracking down illegal workshops in time.

3 Oct 2014

High-Speed Portable Hygrometer Approved for Explosive Atmospheres in Brazil

Michell Instruments’ MDM300 I.S. high-speed portable dew-point hygrometer has gained certification from INMETRO, the Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality for use in haza...

From Michell Instruments Ltd 2 Oct 2014

City Technology Wins Prestigious Factory of the Year Award

Honeywell Company, City Technology, the world’s largest manufacturer of gas sensors, has won three awards in the prestigious 2014 Best Factory Awards run by Cranfield School of Management in association with Works ...

From Honeywell Safety and Productivity Solutions 1 Oct 2014

New Way to Assess Biosensing Response Enhances Detection of Rotavirus

Researchers at UPM have discovered and patented a new measurement method that increases the capacity to detect biological substances found in optical biosensors.

1 Oct 2014

Global Optical Fiber Sensor Sales Reaches $1.89 Billion in 2013

Optical fiber sensor (OFS) is a new type of sensor with light wave as a carrier and optical fiber as a medium, possessing high sensitivity, interference immunity, anti-corrosion, high-pressure resistance and other merits, thus being widely used in national defense, petrochemical, electric power, infrastructure, medical, etc..

1 Oct 2014

Navy Awards Alion $34M Contract to Equip Warfighters with Latest Weapon Systems and Sensors

To support the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, Indiana’s mission to equip warfighters with the most updated and effective weapon systems and sensors, Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a contract valued at up to $34 million.

1 Oct 2014

Hollysys to Provide Distributed Control System for Liaoning Suizhong Power Plant

Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that it successfully signed the contract to provide its proprietary Distributed Control System ("DCS") for 2×800MW power generating units in Liaoning Suizhong Power Plant (Suizhong Power Plant) for its DCS reconstruction.

1 Oct 2014

Sensors News

SWIRLL Reinforces UAH’s Increasing Severe Weather and Lightning Research Prominence

Sanomedics Reports New Inquiries for Easy-to-Use Caregiver TouchFree Clinical Thermometers

HBM acquires FiberSensing

Label-Free Optical Biosensors for Rotavirus Detection

Georgia State University Professor to Develop Real-Time Ambient Noise Seismic Imaging Technology

PG&E Tests Advanced Leak Detection Technology Adapted from NASA’s Mars Rover Program

Plug-and-Play Approach to Detect Protein Interactions in Live Cells

Quantum Technology Sciences’ Intrusion Detection Solution Selected as 2014 ASIS Accolades Winner

Researchers Develop Sensor Network to Detect Illegal Bomb Production

High-Speed Portable Hygrometer Approved for Explosive Atmospheres in Brazil

City Technology Wins Prestigious Factory of the Year Award

New Way to Assess Biosensing Response Enhances Detection of Rotavirus

Global Optical Fiber Sensor Sales Reaches $1.89 Billion in 2013

Navy Awards Alion $34M Contract to Equip Warfighters with Latest Weapon Systems and Sensors

Hollysys to Provide Distributed Control System for Liaoning Suizhong Power Plant

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