9 Scientific apparatus for handling and processing the solid support matrices, namely, sorters for reading and distributing the solid support matrices to containers for synthesis, washing, compound cleavage, screening and storage, laboratory equipment washers, synthesizers for performing chemical and biological synthesis on the solid support matrices, centrifuges, test specimen cleavers and evaporators, filling and capping devices for filling and sealing porous containers with solid support beads; computer controllers and software for interfacing with and controlling sorters, laboratory equipment washers, synthesizers, centrifuges, test specimen cleavers and evaporators, and parts therefor; laboratory equipment, namely apparatus for screening samples, namely, assay plates and slides, screening plates and slides, array plates and slides, and solid matrix materials for the screening of biochemical activity, detecting the presence of analytes in samples, and identifying sample type; and molecular array screening and pattern measuring equipment, namely, detectors for detecting florescence, chemiluminescence, absorbance, alpha screening, and radioisotope emission