The new, completely modified FRITSCH Vibrating Cup Mill PULVERISETTE 9 offers many practical advantages in all areas in which hard, brittle and fibrous material must be ground extremely quick down to analytical fineness. The Vibrating Cup Mill is indispensable for all areas in which hard, brittle and fibrous materials must be ground extremely quick down to analytical fineness. And ideal for fast sample preparation, such as in the areas of spectroscopy preparation, ore and geology laboratories, mining and metallurgy, ceramics industry, agriculture and environmental science, infrared and x-ray fluorescence analysis...
Read MoreLearning in the Metrohm AcademyJul 11, 2012Metrohm has opened the Metrohm Academy at the company's international headquarters in Herisau, Switzerland.
The Metrohm Academy can boast the latest laboratory equipment, presentation and translation technologies, and is open to Metrohm distributors and customers alike. The Metrohm Academy's facilities comprise two training laboratories with a combined floor area of 200 m2, three seminar rooms with combined seating for almost 50 people, a special room for service training, and an auditorium with about 100 seats...
Read MoreThe New and Improved Presearch WebsiteJul 11, 2012
Preseach are delighted to announce the launch of their new revamped website, which offers a contemporary look and improved functionality to enhance your web experience. Presearch have combined our website and ecommerce site offering an improved streamlined interface...
J.G. Finneran Associates, a manufacturer of innovative products for the global chromatography, biotechnology and environmental research communities, has announced that it has appointed Chebios S.r.l. as its exclusive distributor in Italy. The agreement consolidates supply and support of Finneran vials and accessories in a market estimated at €15 to €16 million annually, and represents the latest move for J.G. Finneran as it continues to expand its business in Europe... Read MoreThe forefathers of Shimadzu win the 2012 Pittcon Heritage AwardJul 9, 2012The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon) and the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) recently bestowed the 2012 Pittcon Heritage Award on the founders of Shimadzu, a world leader in analytical instrumentation.
Father and son, Genzo Shimadzu, Sr. and Jr., who set up the company in the second half of the nineteenth century, helped to contribute towards the rapid modernization of Japan through the development of storage batteries and X-ray equipment...
Read MoreWorldJul 6, 2012Shimadzu UK Ltd is launching the world's fastest LC-MS/MS, the LCMS-8040, which offers users increased levels of productivity as it enables laboratories to run more scans and collect more data from fewer sample injections.
An expansion of Shimadzu's ultrafast mass spectrometry (UFMS) series, the instrument also features high sensitivity capabilities which deliver accurate measurements at low levels and high speeds so users can be confident in the results...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Expands Bio HPLC Column PortfolioJul 6, 2012New Accucore HPLC Columns Enhance Peak Capacity and Run Times for Protein and Peptide Separations
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has expanded its portfolio of Thermo Scientific Accucore columns with a range of columns for biomolecule separations. Available in analytical, micro and nano formats, the new AccucoreTM 150-C18 and Accucore 150-C4 columns are designed to improve protein and peptide assay robustness by enhancing peak capacity and run times at moderate operating pressures... Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Sets New Standard in UHPLC FlexibilityJul 5, 2012UltiMate 3000 XRS system offers new sampling and detection capabilities with quaternary mobile phase gradients for improved flexibility in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, environmental, food safety and chemical analysis applications
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science,has introduced the Thermo Scientific UltiMate 3000 XRS UHPLC system. This newest member of the Thermo Scientific UltiMate 3000 UHPLC+ family offers new UHPLC capabilities in solvent delivery and sample handling with a wide range of detector options for high-throughput laboratories.
Read MoreOcean Optics QE65 Pro Scientific Grade SpectrometerJul 5, 2012
High sensitivity ideal for fluorescence, Raman, DNA and low light levels
Ocean Optics' latest scientific-grade modular spectrometer, the QE65 Pro, brings enhanced sensitivity and low stray light capabilities to deliver optimal performance in fluorescence, Raman and DNA sequencing spectroscopy. The QE65 Pro's new optical bench components more efficiently manipulate light for greater throughput and higher sensitivity. A thermally robust design promotes spectrometer wavelength stability over a wide temperature range. Its ultralow jitter triggering synchronizes timing accurately with other devices...
Read MoreVICAMJul 3, 2012Product Can Detect Deoxynivalenol (DON) and Nivalenol (NIV) in a Single Run
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that VICAM®, a Waters® Business, introduced the DON-NIVTM WB Immunoaffinity (IA) column, the only IA column on the market to simultaneously screen for deoxynivalenol (DON) and nivalenol (NIV). Coupled with liquid chromatography analysis, the DON-NIV WB column provides over 90% recovery of both DON and NIV and doubles the productivity of commercial, government, and food safety research laboratories...
Read MoreBio-Day, a technology seminar focused on Life ScienceJun 29, 2012HORIBA Scientific, world-leader in scientific instrumentation, organizes its first Technology Seminar focused on Life Sciences.
This one-day event will be dedicated to introducing recent applications in Life Sciences. A series of presentations from key users will be followed by discussions and demonstrations of the instruments with a team of experts.
One event, two locations
18 October 2012, Paris - France
6 December 2012, Basel - Switzerland
Read MoreKinesis releases new HPLC & UHPLC columnsJun 27, 2012The Kinesis Group, industry leading specialists in the supply and support of Chromatography and Liquid Handling Consumables, has announced the release of its new range of TELOS® Columns for HPLC and UHPLC designed specifically for analytical and high speed analytical separations.
The new TELOS brand high-performance columns are the marriage of the advantages of the best commercially available high purity silica's with the proprietary unique bonding chemistries employed to produce a family of bonded phases. This results in columns with a high degree of reproducibility, unique selectivities and high efficiency designed to permit the separation of varied and difficult compounds...
Read MoreAccessible, Affordable and Award-Winning Benchtop NMR SpectrometerJun 26, 2012
This month, the world's first miniature NMR spectrometer received the R&D 100 Winning Technology Award for Analytical Instruments from R&D Magazine. This powerful spectrometer allows you to run an NMR analysis in any laboratory without the need for special environmental conditions.
The picoSpinTM-45 Benchtop NMR Spectrometer has already won an Edison Award for Best New Product and was a finalist in the European Life Science Award for Most Innovative New Product. The picoSpin-45 resolves proton chemical shifts with a resolution of 60 ppb or better and needs only 20 microliters of sample fluid to obtain a spectrum. Its compact size and portability, weighing under 5 kg, as well as the fact that it has no environmental or facility requirements, makes it a desirable unit for lab researchers with limited benchtop space...
Read MoreMass Spec CertificationJun 26, 2012Worldwide Glass Resources offers a variety of Mass Spec certified vials, lined closures and convenience kits.
In addition to our standard offering of certified chromatography vials, WWGR now offers the following expanded services: GC/MS certification for Headspace vials and custom certification. GC/MS certification for Headspace vials - As detection limits are becoming more sensitive, extractables could potentially be found in septa, packaging, plastic closures, and glass...
Read MoreIC for the people Jun 25, 2012This year it is 25 years since Metrohm launched its first ion chromatograph, the 690 ion chromatograph. Since then Metrohm has profoundly changed ion chromatography with instruments that are simple to use, robust, and affordable.
In the early 1980s ion chromatography was already around as an analytical technique. However, it was very expensive and also rather difficult to use. Metrohm set out to change this with an ion chromatograph engineered to be simple to use, robust, and above all, affordable. The result was the 690 ion chromatograph, which was launched in 1987. At the time it cost only half as much as the competition's instruments...
Read MoreJ G Finneran Introduces Snap Seal Vials and Snap Top Caps for the 96 Well Multi Tier Micro Plate SystemJun 19, 2012Patented sample vials and closures form a sealing system for use with autosamplers and robotic equipment
Chemists can secure samples in a snap with a new system for automated high-throughput sampling. J.G. Finneran Associates, a manufacturer and supplier of unique and innovative products for the global chromatography, biotechnology, and environmental research communities, has adapted its Snap Seal Vials and 8mm Precision Fit Snap Top Caps for the 96?Well Multi-Tier Micro Plate System. The Snap Seal glass vials combined with Snap Top Caps provide secure, solvent resistant containment for samples in a 96-well format with simple snap-on closures...
Read MoreAnalytik reports the use of DeltaNu's RAPID.ID palm-sized Raman spectrometer at the University of NottinghamJun 18, 2012Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the work of Dr Jonathan Burley from the University of Nottingham. He is using one of the smallest Raman spectrometers in his academic research and teaching focusing on its ability to provide rapid sample analysis. Dr Jonathan Burley is a lecturer in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology at the University of Nottingham. His research interests focus on measuring and understanding change in pharmaceutical materials...
Read MoreFera and Waters Announce International Food Safety Training LaboratoryJun 18, 2012Will Improve Detection of Contaminated Food, Make Global Food Supplies Safer
The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) based in York, U.K., and Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) based in the U.S. have today announced that they will open a new laboratory-based training facility, combining their respective regulatory, scientific and industry expertise to help solve the global food safety challenge.
Read MoreSiemens Process Analytics introduces new Gas Chromatograph Portal Workstation SoftwareJun 15, 2012Siemens Maxum gas chromatographs are well-known for their range of application capabilities and networking flexibility, and through continuous architectural upgrades, the product has evolved significantly over the past 10 years. Siemens Industry Automation Division, Process Analytics introduces the Gas Chromatograph (GC) Portal workstation software, an upgrade of the System Manager and EZChrom software, enabling easier monitoring and modifications to Ethernet connected Maxum GCs.
Read MoreNEW Bruker SCION 436 and 456 Gas Chromatography SeriesJun 15, 2012 Innovation in Gas Chromatography
Launched at the recent 23rd Analytica Trade Fair in Munich, Germany (April, 2012) Bruker's long tradition of innovation and product reliability have combined to create the next generation of SCION Gas Chromatographs. By understanding and then designing to exceed the most critical performance and reliability needs of GC users, Bruker's new SCIONTM 436-GC and SCION 456-GC have been designed to meet the most important user specified requirements - reliable performance, ease of use and simple maintenance...
Read MoreHPLC & Automated Tablet Dissolution Testing Come TogetherJun 14, 2012The Gilson 241 Automated Double Dissolution System (ADDS) was developed with a Major Pharmaceutical company to address the growing need for increased dissolution testing by HPLC. The system controls the sampling and HPLC analysis of active drug components in dissolution media. With the Gilson system, the dissolution media is circulated in a closed loop system by means of a Gilson Minipuls peristaltic pump and samples are taken at the specified time intervals through the use of an innovative flow-through HPLC vial...
Read MoreMeasuring Sulfur Content Quickly & ReliablyJun 13, 2012Warwick Analytical Service (WAS) is able to offer a routine service for precise determination of sulphur from ppm to % levels using Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) with good precision and accuracy. The Sulfur method is covered by the company's ISO 17025 and UKAS accreditation. Measuring Sulfur by ICP-OES measures the total sulfur, both organic and inorganic. Due to the sensitivity of the technique a broad range of sample weights can be used making the method applicable to a wide cross section of samples...
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The new, completely modified FRITSCH Vibrating Cup Mill PULVERISETTE 9 offers many practical advantages in all areas in which hard, brittle and fibrous material must be ground extremely quick down to analytical fineness. The Vibrating Cup Mill is indispensable for all areas in which hard, brittle and fibrous materials must be ground extremely quick down to analytical fineness. And ideal for fast sample preparation, such as in the areas of spectroscopy preparation, ore and geology laboratories, mining and metallurgy, ceramics industry, agriculture and environmental science, infrared and x-ray fluorescence analysis...
The Metrohm Academy can boast the latest laboratory equipment, presentation and translation technologies, and is open to Metrohm distributors and customers alike. The Metrohm Academy's facilities comprise two training laboratories with a combined floor area of 200 m2, three seminar rooms with combined seating for almost 50 people, a special room for service training, and an auditorium with about 100 seats...
Preseach are delighted to announce the launch of their new revamped website, which offers a contemporary look and improved functionality to enhance your web experience. Presearch have combined our website and ecommerce site offering an improved streamlined interface...
J.G. Finneran Associates, a manufacturer of innovative products for the global chromatography, biotechnology and environmental research communities, has announced that it has appointed Chebios S.r.l. as its exclusive distributor in Italy. The agreement consolidates supply and support of Finneran vials and accessories in a market estimated at €15 to €16 million annually, and represents the latest move for J.G. Finneran as it continues to expand its business in Europe...
Father and son, Genzo Shimadzu, Sr. and Jr., who set up the company in the second half of the nineteenth century, helped to contribute towards the rapid modernization of Japan through the development of storage batteries and X-ray equipment...
An expansion of Shimadzu's ultrafast mass spectrometry (UFMS) series, the instrument also features high sensitivity capabilities which deliver accurate measurements at low levels and high speeds so users can be confident in the results...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has expanded its portfolio of Thermo Scientific Accucore columns with a range of columns for biomolecule separations. Available in analytical, micro and nano formats, the new AccucoreTM 150-C18 and Accucore 150-C4 columns are designed to improve protein and peptide assay robustness by enhancing peak capacity and run times at moderate operating pressures...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science,has introduced the Thermo Scientific UltiMate 3000 XRS UHPLC system. This newest member of the Thermo Scientific UltiMate 3000 UHPLC+ family offers new UHPLC capabilities in solvent delivery and sample handling with a wide range of detector options for high-throughput laboratories.
Ocean Optics' latest scientific-grade modular spectrometer, the QE65 Pro, brings enhanced sensitivity and low stray light capabilities to deliver optimal performance in fluorescence, Raman and DNA sequencing spectroscopy. The QE65 Pro's new optical bench components more efficiently manipulate light for greater throughput and higher sensitivity. A thermally robust design promotes spectrometer wavelength stability over a wide temperature range. Its ultralow jitter triggering synchronizes timing accurately with other devices...
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that VICAM®, a Waters® Business, introduced the DON-NIVTM WB Immunoaffinity (IA) column, the only IA column on the market to simultaneously screen for deoxynivalenol (DON) and nivalenol (NIV). Coupled with liquid chromatography analysis, the DON-NIV WB column provides over 90% recovery of both DON and NIV and doubles the productivity of commercial, government, and food safety research laboratories...
This one-day event will be dedicated to introducing recent applications in Life Sciences. A series of presentations from key users will be followed by discussions and demonstrations of the instruments with a team of experts. 
The new TELOS brand high-performance columns are the marriage of the advantages of the best commercially available high purity silica's with the proprietary unique bonding chemistries employed to produce a family of bonded phases. This results in columns with a high degree of reproducibility, unique selectivities and high efficiency designed to permit the separation of varied and difficult compounds...
The picoSpinTM-45 Benchtop NMR Spectrometer has already won an Edison Award for Best New Product and was a finalist in the European Life Science Award for Most Innovative New Product. The picoSpin-45 resolves proton chemical shifts with a resolution of 60 ppb or better and needs only 20 microliters of sample fluid to obtain a spectrum. Its compact size and portability, weighing under 5 kg, as well as the fact that it has no environmental or facility requirements, makes it a desirable unit for lab researchers with limited benchtop space...
In addition to our standard offering of certified chromatography vials, WWGR now offers the following expanded services: GC/MS certification for Headspace vials and custom certification. GC/MS certification for Headspace vials - As detection limits are becoming more sensitive, extractables could potentially be found in septa, packaging, plastic closures, and glass...
In the early 1980s ion chromatography was already around as an analytical technique. However, it was very expensive and also rather difficult to use. Metrohm set out to change this with an ion chromatograph engineered to be simple to use, robust, and above all, affordable. The result was the 690 ion chromatograph, which was launched in 1987. At the time it cost only half as much as the competition's instruments...
Chemists can secure samples in a snap with a new system for automated high-throughput sampling. J.G. Finneran Associates, a manufacturer and supplier of unique and innovative products for the global chromatography, biotechnology, and environmental research communities, has adapted its Snap Seal Vials and 8mm Precision Fit Snap Top Caps for the 96?Well Multi-Tier Micro Plate System. The Snap Seal glass vials combined with Snap Top Caps provide secure, solvent resistant containment for samples in a 96-well format with simple snap-on closures...
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the work of Dr Jonathan Burley from the University of Nottingham. He is using one of the smallest Raman spectrometers in his academic research and teaching focusing on its ability to provide rapid sample analysis. Dr Jonathan Burley is a lecturer in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology at the University of Nottingham. His research interests focus on measuring and understanding change in pharmaceutical materials...
The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) based in York, U.K., and Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) based in the U.S. have today announced that they will open a new laboratory-based training facility, combining their respective regulatory, scientific and industry expertise to help solve the global food safety challenge.
Siemens Maxum gas chromatographs are well-known for their range of application capabilities and networking flexibility, and through continuous architectural upgrades, the product has evolved significantly over the past 10 years. Siemens Industry Automation Division, Process Analytics introduces the Gas Chromatograph (GC) Portal workstation software, an upgrade of the System Manager and EZChrom software, enabling easier monitoring and modifications to Ethernet connected Maxum GCs.
The Gilson 241 Automated Double Dissolution System (ADDS) was developed with a Major Pharmaceutical company to address the growing need for increased dissolution testing by HPLC. The system controls the sampling and HPLC analysis of active drug components in dissolution media. With the Gilson system, the dissolution media is circulated in a closed loop system by means of a Gilson Minipuls peristaltic pump and samples are taken at the specified time intervals through the use of an innovative flow-through HPLC vial...
Warwick Analytical Service (WAS) is able to offer a routine service for precise determination of sulphur from ppm to % levels using Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) with good precision and accuracy. The Sulfur method is covered by the company's ISO 17025 and UKAS accreditation. Measuring Sulfur by ICP-OES measures the total sulfur, both organic and inorganic. Due to the sensitivity of the technique a broad range of sample weights can be used making the method applicable to a wide cross section of samples...