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 ...

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 ...

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, ...