Established to Offset Deferred Tax Assets (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross [Abstract]
Excess of financial accounting over tax depreciation	$ 31,000	$ 54,000
State income tax benefits	2,093,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsStateTaxes	2,166,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsStateTaxes
Net operating loss carryforward	12,686,000	12,181,000
Allowance for obsolete inventory	0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsInventory	0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsInventory
Allowance for bad debts, returns and discounts	0	0
Warranty expense	5,000scie_DeferredTaxAssetsWarrantyExpense	12,000scie_DeferredTaxAssetsWarrantyExpense
Derivative liability expense	1,550,000	878,000
Research and development credit carryforwards	607,000	538,000
Patent amortization	(537,000)	(603,000)
Vacation accrual	10,000scie_DeferredTaxAssetsVacationAccrual	3,000scie_DeferredTaxAssetsVacationAccrual
Other	0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther	(356,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther
Valuation reserve	(16,445,000)	(14,873,000)
Net deferred tax asset	$ 0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet	$ 0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet

Deferred tax assets allowance for bad debts, returns and discounts.

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Deferred tax assets excess of financial accounting over tax depreciation.

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Deferred tax assets vacation accrual.

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Deferred tax assets warranty expense.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from derivative instruments.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from in-process research and development costs expensed in connection with a business combination.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from inventory.

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Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards, net of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible operating loss carryforwards.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences not separately disclosed.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from state taxes.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from intangible assets other than goodwill.

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