Ethernet at the machines will grow fast until 2012 – reveals a new study by Quest TechnoMarketing, Bochum, London. The Quest Trend Magazine publishes some highlights.
The new training programme of SGS TÜV on Functional Safety is now available online. On the SGS TÜV web site anyone interested in this field will find numerous training opportunities on Functional Safety in the most extensive and most in-depth training programme available on the market.
Machine to Machine (M2M) communication is an enormous potential value to business by providing the basis for integrated services between billions of machines and objects. SGS is poised to assist the industry to meet the potential and challenges of the M2M world which require the development of a range of new information, telecommunication and electronics technologies that must be standardized and interconnected.
The cleaning validation for the twin screw extruder in the Development & Transfer Center of Rottendorf Pharma GmbH in Ennigerloh has successfully been completed. With this, the complete equipment of the Center which was newly built in 2009 can be used under GMP conditions as well as under FDA conditions. The already wide range of equipment for the production of clinical trial samples and small-scale batches is therewith extended by another interesting technology. Hot-melt extrusion
In 2009, the EU Consumer Report already revealed that one in three Christmas light strings is defective. In addition, China-s low-tech lighting products, currently flooding the European market, may also harbor safety-related faults. Safety tests by SGS E&E can prevent the proliferation of defective lighting.
Brazil has passed Settlement CONAMA no. 401/08 into law as of July 2009, tightening controls on the composition of batteries and cells and in particular on their final disposal.
Focus on smart local energy grids
AiCuris announced today that the last subject has completed their Phase-II trial "A double-blind randomized placebo controlled dose-finding trial to investigate different doses of a new antiviral drug in subjects with genital HSV Type 2 infection". The trial has been completed two months earlier than planned. Indeed, in the later stages of the trial, enrolment had to be restricted as the number of subjects was higher than the number that was required to be enrolled according t
Although lithium-ion batteries have long been the power source of choice in mobile communication devices, concerns remain about their safety.
Results from a series of studies presented this week at the 52nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida highlight the value of high-throughput sequencing for in-depth characterization of blood cancers, including leukemia and other hematological malignancies. The research studies used the Genome Sequencer FLX and GS Junior Systems from 454 Life Sciences to perform targeted resequencing of known cancer-related genes, such as KRAS, RUNX1, EZH2, and TET2, in order to dete
