Vacuum Technology.(Brief Article)

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has formed a licensing agreement with SAES Getters S.p.A., Milan, Italy, to use CERN's technology for deposition of non-evaporable thin-film getters on the surface of the vacuum chambers of particle accelerators. This technology may provide a unique solution for the pumping issues of current and future accelerators.

Varian Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., has acquired Bear Instruments Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., in an effort to increase Varian's participation in high-growth life-science applications for its scientific instrument tools and technologies. Bear supplies analytical instruments based on triple-quadrupole MS/MS technology. Varian has also opened a life-science laboratory in collaboration with Oxford...

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