Twenty years ago, we had latch-key kids. Now, we have boot-camp kids. Born to Boomer parents — soccer moms and high-tech dads who can't take a vacation without having their BlackBerry on hand — the children of today don't just "go outside and play\

FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Applied Biosystems Group , an Applera Corporation business, today reported net revenues of $552.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2008, an increase of approximately 4% over the prior year quarter revenues of $529.9 million.

ZyGEM Corp. Ltd. today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. to further evaluate and use ZyGEM's forensicGEM DNA extraction technology in CBI's forensic operations.

In late October 2001, lab technician Terry Abshire placed a tray of anthrax cells under a microscope and spotted something so peculiar she had to look twice. It was two weeks after the country's worst bioterrorism attack, and Abshire, like others at the

Officials have decided to make their first detailed public presentation next week on the forensic science used to trace the anthrax used in the 2001 attacks.