Merck Has Purchased Sigma-Aldrich, a United States Life Sciences Company For $17 Billion

German pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck has purchased Sigma-Aldrich, a United States life sciences company for $17 Billion. Sigma-Aldrich was created when Sigma Chemical Company and Aldrich Chemical Company merged in 1975. The company then…

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Sea Snakes Convert Wave Energy into Power

Six months ago, IndustryTap wrote “Generating Power From Ocean Waves – And Interview with Dison Award Winter Sam Etherington.” As ocean waves are such an obvious source of energy, new designs are being developed all the…

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This 360 Degree Camera From Former Apple Engineers Is Brilliant…

CENTR Camera is a small startup consisting of former Apple engineers who have created an incredible new camera by utilizing smartphone features and a unique design to capture everything going on around us. Through smartphone…

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Japan’s New 311 MPH Maglev Train Successfully Completes First Public Test

Central Japan Railway Company conducted the inaugural public test of its new magnetic levitation train, doing away with conventional tracks that limits the top speed to approximately 200 mph. Japan’s new maglev train can reach…

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How NASA Plans to Utilize Lasers in Order to Draw 3D Maps of the Earth’s Forests

NASA has a new project underway called GEDI. The sole purpose of GEDI is to point a laser-based device at Earth from the International Space Station in order to map out forests in 3D, eventually…

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Photos Leaked of the Ferrari 458 Speciale, Even Before Paris Auto Show 2014

Sleek, Aerodynamic, Hyper-Responsive Photos of the Ferrari 458 Speciale A, the latest in an illustrious line that includes the 458 Italia, voted “Best Driver’s Car” in 2011 by Motor Trend, have been leaked online even…

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Are Nanobots the Future of Medicine?

A team at the California Institute of Technology completed a clinical trial showing how tiny nanoparticles could be injected into cancer patients’ bloodstreams. The nanoparticles then turned off the switch in cancer cells that causes…

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Major Breakthrough: Desalination Powered by Graphite and Solar Energy

IndustryTap has written extensively about desalination. With worldwide spending on desalination technology expected to hit $16.6 billion by 2016, there is plenty of research and development underway driven by the world’s growing need for fresh…

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A Star in Our Galactic Neighborhood Just Exploded

On January 11th of this year, astronomers at the Keck Observatory in Waimea, Hawaii, were able to detect a supernova in Messier 82 (M82), approximately 11.4 million light-years away from Earth. While 11 million light…

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Russia & South Africa Just Signed a Multibillion-Dollar Deal Regarding Nuclear-Power Cooperation

Russia and South Africa have struck up a multibillion-dollar nuclear energy deal that will involve nuclear-power cooperation and the development of reactors stemming from Russian technology. The deal was finalized at an International Atomic Energy…

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