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$BRKR recent news/filings
bullish 24.35
## source: finance.yahoo.com
Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:30:02 GMT ~ New Strong Buy Stocks for December 16th
read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/strong-buy-stocks-december-16th-143002947.html
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Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:59:25 GMT ~ Bruker Introduces Vutara 352 Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscope
[at noodls] - http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151214006237/en/ (Photo: Business Wire) The Vutara 352 is now also compatible with Bruker's Opterra multi-point confocal microscope, creating a unique combination ...
read full: http://www.noodls.com/view/4E32F687354F8DA7770A9ACDAFCB3B7681B6D913
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Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:41:00 GMT ~ Bruker Introduces Vutara 352 Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscope
[Business Wire] - At the 2015 Cell Biology ASCB Annual Meeting, Bruker today announced the release of the first quantitative super-resolution microscope, the Vutara™ 352. The Vutara 352 offers speed, imaging depth, and resolution to deliver significant advantages over competing approaches, now also adding real-time quantitative capabilities.
read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bruker-introduces-vutara-352-super-194100485.html
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Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:55:02 GMT ~ Bruker (BRKR) Stock: Moving Average Crossover Alert
read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bruker-brkr-stock-moving-average-145502984.html
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Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:20:07 GMT ~ Bruker (BRKR) Shows Balanced Growth: Add to Your Portfolio
read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bruker-brkr-shows-balanced-growth-192007052.html
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$BRKR charts
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big weekly chart ## source: stockcharts.com
$BRKR company information
## source: otcmarkets.com
Link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/company-info
Ticker: $BRKR
OTC Market Place: Not Available
CIK code: 0001109354
Company name: Bruker Corp.
Company website: http://www.daltonics.bruker.com
Incorporated In: DE, USA
$BRKR share structure
## source: otcmarkets.com
Market Value: $4,087,834,876 a/o Dec 24, 2015
Shares Outstanding: 167,878,229 a/o Nov 02, 2015
Float: Not Available
Authorized Shares: Not Available
Par Value: 0.01
$BRKR extra dd links
Company name: Bruker Corp.
Company website: http://www.daltonics.bruker.com
## STOCK DETAILS ##
After Hours Quote (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/after-hours
Option Chain (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/option-chain
Historical Prices (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=BRKR+Historical+Prices
Company Profile (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=BRKR+Profile
Industry (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/in?s=BRKR+Industry
## COMPANY NEWS ##
Market Stream (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/stream
Latest news (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/news - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=BRKR+Headlines
## STOCK ANALYSIS ##
Analyst Research (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/analyst-research
Guru Analysis (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/guru-analysis
Stock Report (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/stock-report
Competitors (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/competitors
Stock Consultant (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/stock-consultant
Stock Comparison (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/stock-comparison
Investopedia (investopedia.com): http://www.investopedia.com/markets/stocks/BRKR/?wa=0
Research Reports (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/research
Basic Tech. Analysis (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=BRKR+Basic+Tech.+Analysis
Barchart (barchart.com): http://www.barchart.com/quotes/stocks/BRKR
DTCC (dtcc.com): http://search2.dtcc.com/?q=Bruker+Corp.&x=10&y=8&sp_p=all&sp_f=ISO-8859-1
Spoke company information (spoke.com): http://www.spoke.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Bruker+Corp.
Corporation WIKI (corporationwiki.com): http://www.corporationwiki.com/search/results?term=Bruker+Corp.&x=0&y=0
WHOIS (domaintools.com): http://whois.domaintools.com/http://www.daltonics.bruker.com
Alexa (alexa.com): http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.daltonics.bruker.com#
Corporate website internet archive (archive.org): http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.daltonics.bruker.com
## FUNDAMENTALS ##
Call Transcripts (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/call-transcripts
Annual Report (companyspotlight.com): http://www.companyspotlight.com/library/companies/keyword/BRKR
Income Statement (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/financials?query=income-statement
Revenue/EPS (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/revenue-eps
SEC Filings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/sec-filings
Edgar filings (sec.gov): http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001109354&owner=exclude&count=40
Latest filings (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/filings
Latest financials (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/financials
Short Interest (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/short-interest
Dividend History (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/dividend-history
RegSho (regsho.com): http://www.regsho.com/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=BRKR&search=search
OTC Short Report (otcshortreport.com): http://otcshortreport.com/index.php?index=BRKR
Short Sales (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/short-sales
Key Statistics (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=BRKR+Key+Statistics
Insider Roster (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ir?s=BRKR+Insider+Roster
Income Statement (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=BRKR
Balance Sheet (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=BRKR
Cash Flow (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=BRKR+Cash+Flow&annual
## HOLDINGS ##
Major holdings (cnbc.com): http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/BRKR/tab/8.1
Insider transactions (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=BRKR+Insider+Transactions
Insider transactions (secform4.com): http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/BRKR.htm
Insider transactions (insidercrow.com): http://www.insidercow.com/history/company.jsp?company=BRKR
Ownership Summary (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/ownership-summary
Institutional Holdings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/institutional-holdings
Insiders (SEC Form 4) (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/insider-trades
Insider Disclosure (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/insider-transactions
## SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER VARIOUS SOURCES ##
PST (pennystocktweets.com): http://www.pennystocktweets.com/stocks/profile/BRKR
Market Watch (marketwatch.com): http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/BRKR
Bloomberg (bloomberg.com): http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/BRKR:US
Morningstar (morningstar.com): http://quotes.morningstar.com/stock/s?t=BRKR
Bussinessweek (businessweek.com): http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=BRKR
$BRKR DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/BRKR
BRKR SEC Admin Proceeding:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2014/34-73835.pdf
$BRKR recent news/filings
bullish optionable
## source: finance.yahoo.com
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:33:54 GMT ~ BRUKER CORP Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report
read full: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/140808/brkr10-q.html
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Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:04:00 GMT ~ 3 Stocks Dragging The Electronics Industry Downward
read full: http://www.thestreet.com/story/12837761/1/3-stocks-dragging-the-electronics-industry-downward.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO
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Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:34:34 GMT ~ Bruker Reports Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results
[at noodls] - 08/06/2014 BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2014. ... This is an abstract of the original noodl. ...
read full: http://www.noodls.com/view/CEB3E2098C29E88E7E08AC01A2DB9401B595DCAC
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Wed, 06 Aug 2014 20:12:00 GMT ~ 4:12 pm Bruker Corp. beats by $0.02, reports revs in-line; lowers FY14 guidance
read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/inplay-briefing-com-055139997.html#brkr
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Wed, 06 Aug 2014 20:04:47 GMT ~ BRUKER CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
read full: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/140806/brkr8-k.html
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$BRKR charts
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big daily chart ## source: stockcharts.com
big weekly chart ## source: stockcharts.com
$BRKR company information
## source: otcmarkets.com
Link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/company-info
Ticker: $BRKR
OTC Market Place: Not Available
CIK code: 0001109354
Company name: Bruker Corp.
Company website: http://www.daltonics.bruker.com
Incorporated In: DE, USA
$BRKR share structure
## source: otcmarkets.com
Market Value: $3,471,547,919 a/o Aug 07, 2014
Shares Outstanding: 167,869,822 a/o May 02, 2014
Float: Not Available
Authorized Shares: Not Available
Par Value: 0.01
$BRKR extra dd links
Company name: Bruker Corp.
Company website: http://www.daltonics.bruker.com
## STOCK DETAILS ##
After Hours Quote (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/after-hours
Option Chain (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/option-chain
Historical Prices (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=BRKR+Historical+Prices
Company Profile (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=BRKR+Profile
Industry (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/in?s=BRKR+Industry
## COMPANY NEWS ##
Market Stream (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/stream
Latest news (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/news - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=BRKR+Headlines
## STOCK ANALYSIS ##
Analyst Research (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/analyst-research
Guru Analysis (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/guru-analysis
Stock Report (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/stock-report
Competitors (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/competitors
Stock Consultant (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/stock-consultant
Stock Comparison (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/stock-comparison
Investopedia (investopedia.com): http://www.investopedia.com/markets/stocks/BRKR/?wa=0
Research Reports (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/research
Basic Tech. Analysis (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=BRKR+Basic+Tech.+Analysis
Barchart (barchart.com): http://www.barchart.com/quotes/stocks/BRKR
DTCC (dtcc.com): http://search2.dtcc.com/?q=Bruker+Corp.&x=10&y=8&sp_p=all&sp_f=ISO-8859-1
Spoke company information (spoke.com): http://www.spoke.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Bruker+Corp.
Corporation WIKI (corporationwiki.com): http://www.corporationwiki.com/search/results?term=Bruker+Corp.&x=0&y=0
WHOIS (domaintools.com): http://whois.domaintools.com/http://www.daltonics.bruker.com
Alexa (alexa.com): http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.daltonics.bruker.com#
Corporate website internet archive (archive.org): http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.daltonics.bruker.com
## FUNDAMENTALS ##
Call Transcripts (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/call-transcripts
Annual Report (companyspotlight.com): http://www.companyspotlight.com/library/companies/keyword/BRKR
Income Statement (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/financials?query=income-statement
Revenue/EPS (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/revenue-eps
SEC Filings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/sec-filings
Edgar filings (sec.gov): http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001109354&owner=exclude&count=40
Latest filings (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/filings
Latest financials (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/financials
Short Interest (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/short-interest
Dividend History (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/dividend-history
RegSho (regsho.com): http://www.regsho.com/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=BRKR&search=search
OTC Short Report (otcshortreport.com): http://otcshortreport.com/index.php?index=BRKR
Short Sales (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/short-sales
Key Statistics (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=BRKR+Key+Statistics
Insider Roster (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ir?s=BRKR+Insider+Roster
Income Statement (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=BRKR
Balance Sheet (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=BRKR
Cash Flow (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=BRKR+Cash+Flow&annual
## HOLDINGS ##
Major holdings (cnbc.com): http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/BRKR/tab/8.1
Insider transactions (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=BRKR+Insider+Transactions
Insider transactions (secform4.com): http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/BRKR.htm
Insider transactions (insidercrow.com): http://www.insidercow.com/history/company.jsp?company=BRKR
Ownership Summary (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/ownership-summary
Institutional Holdings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/institutional-holdings
Insiders (SEC Form 4) (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/BRKR/insider-trades
Insider Disclosure (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BRKR/insider-transactions
## SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER VARIOUS SOURCES ##
PST (pennystocktweets.com): http://www.pennystocktweets.com/stocks/profile/BRKR
Market Watch (marketwatch.com): http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/BRKR
Bloomberg (bloomberg.com): http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/BRKR:US
Morningstar (morningstar.com): http://quotes.morningstar.com/stock/s?t=BRKR
Bussinessweek (businessweek.com): http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=BRKR
$BRKR DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/BRKR
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Bruker Corporation to Release Fourth Quarter
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=41640405&symbol=BRKR
and Full Year 2009 Financial Results on February 25th, 2010
Date : 02/19/2010 @ 7:00AM
Source : Business Wire
Stock : Bruker Corporation (BRKR)
Quote : 13.38 -0.09 (-0.67%) @ 7:22AM
Bruker Corporation to Release Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Financial Results on February 25th, 2010
Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced today that it plans to release its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 financial results on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 before the market opens. Bruker will then host an operator-assisted earnings conference call that morning at 9:00 AM Eastern Time. To listen to the webcast, investors can go to ir.bruker.com and click on the live web broadcast symbol. The webcast will be available through the Company web site for 30 days.
Investors can also listen and participate on the telephone in the US and Canada by calling 800-688-0796 or 617-614-4070 outside the US and Canada. Investors should refer to the Bruker Earnings Call. A telephone replay of the conference call will be available approximately one hour after the conference call by dialing 888-286-8010 in the US and Canada, or 617-801-6888 outside the US and Canada, and then entering replay pass code 24438469.
Bruker Helps Haitian Relief Mission by Helping with Implant Metal Verification
Jan 24, 2010 - Azom News
http://www.azom.com/news.asp?NewsID=20428
Bruker Elemental contributes in-kind donation to assist local medical non-profit, Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN), in preparation of their Haitian relief mission. Bruker Elemental donated the use of a S1 TURBOSD handheld XRF analyzer to help identify and verify the metal alloys used in these medical implants. This form of positive material identification (PMI) is used to find counterfeit implants made of non-surgical steels.
SIGN, founded by Richland, WA orthopedic surgeon Dr. Lewis Zirkle, specializes in supplying orthopedic surgical kits to hospitals around the world. Their mission is 'to support surgeons in the developing nations by providing them with training and modern equipment so they can provide immediate surgical treatment to their patients. As a result, surgeons can treat more patients in a timely manner, and patients are soon able to walk and return to work to feed and care for their families.' Dr. Zirkle and the SIGN team are now on the ground in Haiti and working out of Kings Hospital in Port-au-Prince. Their blog is http://www.signhaiti.blogspot.com/
In addition to the use of a S1 TURBOSD for material identification, Bruker Elemental donated in-kind labor to help prepare the orthopedic materials for shipment to Haiti. Volunteers spent the afternoon sorting and packing kits of surgical instruments, screws, implants and other orthopedic trauma items.
Bruker Corp. says Q4 revenues will beat both 2008 and analysts' expectations
January 13, 2010 - by MassDevice staff
Fourth-quarter revenues at Bruker Corp. are likely to beat its year-ago numbers and the expectations of analysts, according to a preliminary count by the Billerica, Mass.-based manufacturer of laboratory equipment.
http://www.massdevice.com/news/bruker-corp-says-q4-revenues-will-beat-both-2008-and-analysts-expectations
Bruker Corp. (NSDQ:BRKR) likely generated more than $340 million in revenues during the fourth quarter, beating both year-ago levels and consensus analyst opinion for the period, according to company officials.
The preliminary revenue figures for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2009, were reported Jan. 13 as part of an investor presentation by Bruker executives at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. During their prepared remarks, CEO Frank Laukien and chief accounting officer Brian Monahan said the firm finished 2009 with a "healthy" order backlog and is beginning to see a gradual recovery in industrial orders.
The estimated $340 million in fourth-quarter revenues would mark a $25 million, or 8 percent, jump from the year-ending quarter at Bruker in 2008. It also would beat the $329.4 million average of revenue forecasts by analysts tracking the Billerica, Mass-based manufacturer of research and laboratory equipment.
The year-end bounce, however, failed to lift total revenues for 2009 past 2008. For the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2009, Bruker will likely record about $1.04 billion in revenues — or about $67 million below the $1.1 billion posted in 2008. The company will report its full financials in late February.
Laukien and Monahan also hoped to make news by announcing the imminent debut of its next-generation drug and explosive detection device. The detector builds on ion mobility spectrometry technology, which is able to detect trace amounts of materials by measuring the physical characteristics of gaseous ions and the speed they travel through a short tube to distinguish specific materials.
Neither story appeared to excite investors: Bruker stock was up 2 cents to $13.20 a share midway through Wednesday's market activity. The stock had slipped as low as $12.84 — a 3 percent decline — earlier in the day before recovering.
X-ray technology has potential to transform archaeology
11 Jan, 2010 - The Armidale Express
A researcher at the University of New England is pioneering the use of new X-ray technology in analysing the composition of ancient pottery.
http://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/news/local/news/general/xray-technology-has-potential-to-transform-archaeology/1721945.aspx?storypage=1
On her retirement as a teacher of art and mathematics at Bairnsdale Secondary College in East Gippsland, Jesse Walker knew exactly what she wanted to do: study archaeology at the University of New England.
She didn’t know then, however, that her two-year honours program would involve her in exploring the use of X-ray fluorescence in archaeological research.
Archaeology and palaeoanthropology at UNE acquired a portable Bruker X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) instrument at the end of 2008, and when Ms Walker began her archaeology honours program in 2009 she was recognised - with her background in mathematics - as an ideal candidate to explore its capabilities in archaeology.
The PXRF instrument offers the exciting possibility of analysing the elemental composition of ancient ceramics without the necessity of destroying the material being analysed.
Its versatility opens new avenues for researchers, as they can now study valuable museum specimens without moving them to a laboratory.
The technology involves the analysis of ‘secondary’ (or fluorescent) X-rays emitted by a material that has been excited by bombarding it with high-energy X-rays.
It is used in a variety of
disciplines, including geochemistry, forensic science and archaeology, but its potential in the study of ceramics - particularly those housed in museums - has received little attention.
Ms Walker has at her disposal not only the PXRF instrument but also a museum well-endowed with ancient ceramics: UNE’s Museum of Antiquities, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year.
Using a set of potsherds (fragments of broken pottery) of known composition available to her through an ARC-funded research project on Iron Age trade and exchange, Ms Walker has figured out how to make the x -ray instrument suitable for the analysis of ancient ceramics.
She has used this same technology to analyse the elemental composition of two small ceramic vessels in the museum, dating from the early Iron Age.
“Patterns of ceramic elements can be difficult to interpret because people alter the clay - for example, by adding sand - during the manufacturing process,” Ms Walker said.
Her work will continue in 2010, but she believes she has already demonstrated that the instrument has exciting potential in the study of ancient ceramics.
“The PXRF offers the possibility of widespread use in museum collections, allowing researchers to investigate the sources - and subsequent movements through trade and other human activities - of high-quality ceramics,” she said.