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A versatile mill for universal use in laboratory and production areas

This compact yet powerful mill is designed for crushing and grinding all types of materials up to the medium-hard range within a variety of industries, including construction, environmental, mineral, chemical, agricultural and ceramic. The mill is available with a variety of options including chamber and door linings in cast iron, chrome steel or stainless steel, beater arms in cast iron or stainless steel and beater tips in chrome steel, stainless steel and low chrome...

The Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research (DHT) has appointed a senior scientist from Unilever to spearhead its ambition to replace the use of animals in medical research.

Brett Cochrane, who has a PhD in molecular microbiology and more than six years’ post-doctoral experience within Unilever’s Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, helped drive Unilever’s efforts to identify and assess new technologies to replace the use of animals in research. Brett represented Unilever on industry and European Commission collaborations such as the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA).  During this activity Brett led the Stem Cell Fundamental Science task force, was a key participant on the Platform on Science and co-organised two large and influential Stem Cell Workshops at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Italy...

Researchers at the Centro Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO) in Madrid, Spain have demonstrated how the MEDIACLAVE Media Preparator and the DOSE IT Peri­staltic Pump from INTEGRA are able to signifi­cantly en­hance the efficiency and re­produci­bility of fly food preparation.

Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is a commonly used model research organism in genetics, physiology and evolutionary develop­ment biology. Successful experiments using Dro­sophila typically depend on optimal husbandry and on providing good fly food quality. In some Droso­phila labs, hun­dreds of vials are filled each day with fly food.....

Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, introduced the Spinsolve™ compact NMR spectrometer at Pittcon 2013 in Philadelphia, USA.

This benchtop instrument brings fast, high-resolution NMR spectroscopy to the chemistry bench and the chemistry classroom. Initial sales have been made to university groups and companies in Australia, Europe and the USA. For chemistry education, the ability to make a meaningful measurement and get on and off the instrument in about one minute redefines how NMR can be incorporated into the teaching laboratory....

Kinesis has published a brand new catalogue containing products and services for the organic and medicinal chemist.

The new catalogue contains:

• Three TELOS Flash Column formats
• TELOS Bulk Sorbents for dry loading
• A versatile column holder for flexible dry loading
• Aqueous work-up columns and 96-well plates
• KX Microwave Reaction Vials for microwave synthesis

Thriving Whitehouse Scientific celebrates 30 years in business

In 1983, pre-internet and in a year that saw early public access to mobile phones and the first incarnation of Microsoft Word, Dr Graham Rideal set about applying his unique scientific experience and expertise to the development of glass microsphere standards whose hallmark is absolute reliability and traceability. Thirty years on, Whitehouse Scientific is a thriving global business with a product range that encompasses the best in calibration standards and is a world leader in fields that include particle size standards, sieve calibration and filter cut point testing - an achievement that the company is celebrating throughout this 30th year...

Endecotts can supply a wide variety of sample collection probes for all types of sample collection.

Sample Dividers: These hand held sample dividers will subdivide material samples into two smaller portions by a single pass or further subdivisions can be attained by multiple passes. The important feature of Endecotts sample dividers is that each subdivision retains the characteristics of the original sample...

At ASMS Waters is previewing an enhanced range of Omics Research Platform Solutions, powered by TransOmics™ 2.0 Informatics.