Arnold O. Beckman, the scientific visionary whose inventions transformed chemistry and made him so wealthy that he became one of the country’s major philanthropists, died Tuesday. He was 104. He was ...

The American Chemical Society has designated the development of the Beckman pH meter a National Historic Chemical Landmark at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, where Arnold O. Beckman was ...

Other Beckman instruments, such as ultracentrifuges, have been used by scientists in work that won them Nobel Prizes. One such scientist was Merrifield, who won the 1984 chemistry prize for developing ...

When Arnold Beckman, a professor of analytical chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, was asked to devise a way to measure acidity in citrus fruit, the resulting “acidometer” ...

Brea-based medical instruments maker Beckman Coulter Inc. is being acquired for $6.8 billion—or about 33% more than what the company was worth on Friday—by Danaher Corp. of Washington, D.C. The deal, ...

Beckman Coulter Inc., a Fullerton company that makes testing instruments used in hospital labs, announced Sunday that it would acquire another biomedical firm, Biosite Inc., for $1.55 billion. In a ...

Agreement covers nine immunoassays, six chemistry systems, and three automation lines. Beckman Coulter inked a deal with CML HealthCare of Toronto, a lab service company, valued at about $25 to $30 ...