(IRCA: London) -- The International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) has launched a new Pharmaceutical Quality Management Systems (PQMS) Auditor certification scheme (ICH Q10), to support the assurance of global supply-chain integrity.

The expression “beauty’s only skin-deep” has often been applied to the chemistry of materials because so much action takes place at the surface.

I was recently in a local big-box retail store. My family had run another errand, and I was waiting for them inside the entrance of the store. It was a busy Saturday afternoon, and it was raining very hard outside.

(Torrey Pines Scientific: Carlsbad, CA) -- Torrey Pines Scientific Inc., manufacturer of chilling and heating laboratory equipment, announces its new EchoTherm Model SC25XT Fully Programmable Variable Speed Shaking Dry Bath for use with biological and other samples.

(Delcam: Birmingham, UK) -- Delcam has introduced an online guide to the developments in the 2011 version of its PowerINSPECT inspection software.

(Renishaw: Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, UK) -- Renishaw’s AxiSet Check-Up is a cost-effective solution for checking the alignment and positioning performance of rotary axes.

(PTI: Tuckahoe, NY) -- Oliver Stauffer, the international business development manager for PTI Inspection Systems, manufacturer of nondestructive package-inspection technologies for pharmaceutical, medical device, food, and container industries, will present “

(Eagle Thread Verifier: Sterling Heights, MI) -- Eagle Thread Verifier LLC, maker of an automated thread gauge system, will be exhibiting in booth 637 at the 2011 Quality Expo at McCormick Place North in Chicago, Sept. 20–22, 2011.

(Keithley Instruments: Cleveland) -- Keithley Instruments Inc., a global leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has published an electronic handbook titled Making Precision Low Voltage and Low Resistance Measurements.

The stench rising off the dead bodies was overpowering. It was so thick you could taste it. Sandy pulled a dust-mask respirator over his face, but the smell still penetrated.