ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, January 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Lieutenant General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, attended a memorandum of understanding signing event between Abu Dhabi Police and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The event was held at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters.

Based on the above mentioned memorandum, UNODC certified the UAE, represented by the Forensic Evidence Department at the Directorate General of Security and Ports Affairs of Abu Dhabi Police, as a regional office for the MENA region. The Forensic Evidence Department will be responsible for providing forensic evidence services in: drugs and chemical precursor analysis, guns and ammunition testing, documents and forged documents certification.

UNODC also certified forensic evidence experts at Abu Dhabi Police as international experts for the specified services.

Colonel Abdurrahman Al Hamma ... Read more »

OSAKA, Japan - Tuesday, January 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Results Give Glimpse of Future Low Cost, High-throughput Personal DNA Sequencing Chip

New Sequencing Technology Data release, Lays Groundwork for Bacterial and Human Sequencing

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quantum Biosystems today announced the release of raw data access to its first reads. The company released reads showing an accuracy of more than 99% in non-homopolymer regions and homopolymer indels at a rate of ~10%. This release allows researchers to evaluate the platform and engage in its validation and development. It marks a major milestone in the single molecule electrical sequencing of DNA.

Reagent Free, Silicon Sequencer Has Potential To Be Ultra-low cost

The work reported today by Quantum Biosystems was completed using its breakthrough novel Quantum Sequencing platform. The platform allows the direct sequencing of single stranded DNA and RNA without labelling or modification, on silicon devices ... Read more »

TOKYO - Tuesday, January 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the launch of low-height SO6L package gate-drive photocouplers for use in driving small- to medium-power IGBTs and power MOSFETs. Mass production is scheduled for the end of January.

The new products, "TLP5701” for driving small-power IGBTs and "TLP5702” for driving middle-power IGBTs, are the first Toshiba photocouplers to use the low-height SO6L package. At only 54% of Toshiba products that use the SDIP6 package, the new devices will contribute to development of thinner sets. In spite of their low height, the devices guarantee a creepage distance of 8mm, making them suitable for applications requiring higher isolation specs.

"TLP5701” and "TLP5702” achieve low supply current of 2.0mA (max) and low power consumption by utilizing BiCMOS process technology. Combined with an original high-power, high-reliability infrared LED, they can be used in ... Read more »

Veteran Software Industry Leaders from BEA Systems and HP, Sybase and PeopleSoft Join Board

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LAS VEGAS - Monday, January 27th 2014

Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support for SAP AG’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Hyperion and Oracle Retail software, today announced that it has expanded its Board of Directors and appointed three new Directors - Thomas Ashburn, former President of Worldwide Field Operations at BEA Systems, Inc. (acquired by Oracle), Steve Capelli, former President of Worldwide Field Operations at Sybase, Inc. (acquired by SAP) and Margaret "Peggy" Taylor, former Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations at PeopleSoft, Inc. (acquired by Oracle). All three board members are veteran, accomplished leaders in the enterprise software industry with deca ... Read more »

PARIS - Monday, January 27th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

WIN 2014 Symposium

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Worldwide Innovative Network (WIN) Consortium in personalized cancer medicine is proud to announce that AstraZeneca, DKFZ and EORTC have joined the Consortium. WIN is a unique global network of leading academics, industries, payors and patient advocacy organizations working to make cancer precision medicine a reality for patients worldwide. "It was formed on the premise that WIN members can accomplish together what no single institution can do alone” said Vladimir Lazar founder and Chief Operating Officer. WIN’s goal is to significantly improve survival and quality of life of cancer patients in the next three years. Today WIN counts 32 members in 5 continents.

"We are thrilled that AstraZeneca, DKFZ and EORTC have become members of WIN,” stated Dr. John Mendelsohn, Chairman. "With their advanced portfolios, innovations, technical capabilities and talented scientists, the new me ... Read more »