Cerno Bioscience has today announced a new version of its flagship MassWorks software product.

More than any previous improvements and enhancements, the new Version 4 adds DirectRead™ data support for three high resolution MS systems: Thermo Orbitrap or FT ICR MS, Agilent TOF, and Waters TOF, while expanding unit mass resolution direct support to Agilent MassHunter and Advion CMS. For the first time, MassWorks now enables elemental composition determination in the absence of an observable monoisotope peak or in the presence of larger-than-usual mass errors. In addition, a fully automated calibration feature, AutoCal™, is now available for out-of-box accurate mass analysis with GC/MS...

Merck Millipore's free ChromBook app for tablets and browsers allows users to quickly find and identify products and tailored solutions for their chromatography applications. 

Built on an intuitive user interface, the app can be used to find Merck Millipore products and accessories for a wide range of applications including HPLC, UHPLC, thin layer chromatography, sample preparation and gas chromatography.  A variety of filters enable easy browsing, including: Particle size. Pore size. pH stability. Sorbent. Dimension. Specialty TLC products. Solvent grade. USP-class... 

Tecan’s newly launched AC Extraction Plate is a revolutionary, automation-friendly solution designed to streamline sample preparation for LC-MS analysis of small molecules.

The plate, which is based on proprietary TICE™ (Tecan Immobilized Coating Extraction) technology, reduces the sample preparation process to a convenient ‘pipette and shake’ routine. The AC Extraction Plate is a 96-position, deep-well microplate, with the inner surface of each well coated with a highly controlled layer of TICE material. This coating efficiently extracts low molecular weight analytes – such as vitamin D and testosterone – from aqueous solutions, eliminating the need for the laborious and time-consuming filtration, centrifugation and evaporation steps that are often integral to other methods....

Double-digit growth in Asia-Pacific and emerging markets to offset stagnation in US and Europe

The global mass spectrometry (MS) market is growing much faster than the high-end analytical instrumentation market. This is a sign that demand is high in this technologically-dynamic market with broad applications and diversified end-user bases despite limited capital budgets in academia and the economic uncertainty in the U.S. and Europe. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan’s Global Mass Spectrometry Market finds the market earned revenue of ....

High profile group members drawn from research and industry

Metrohm launches the 930 Compact IC Flex, a compact ion chromatograph developed for the requirements of contract laboratories and QC laboratories in all kinds of industries as well as laboratories in the public sector.

Save 10% on any HALO or HALO-5 column in the latest HALO 2013 Product Catalogue.

Don’t miss out on saving 10% on any HALO UHPLC or HALO-5 HPLC column in the new HALO catalogue. All orders must be received by 29th November to qualify for this discount. Simply place your order with Hichrom, referencing special offer code AM09-13A and 10% will automatically be deducted from the price of the column(s) you order....

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a reliable method for determining phthalates in alcoholic beverages by single-quadrupole gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The method met the special testing requirements set by the China method GB/T 21911-2008 for determining phthalates in food.

Application Note 10339, Determination of Phthalates in Liquor Beverages by Single Quadrupole GC-MS, describes a sensitive and accurate single-quadrupole GC-MS method for determining levels of phthalate plasticizers in alcoholic beverages. The method is sensitive, rapid, and accurate, and covers a wide linear range to meet the need for trace level detection of phthalate esters in different types of beverages. The analysis uses a Thermo Scientific™ ISQ™ Series single-quadrupole GC-MS coupled to a Thermo Scientific™ TRACE™ 1310 GC.

New analyzer significantly increases customer profitability through reduced analysis time and increased instrument uptime

PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, today released the AC Analytical Controls® Reformulyzer M4 (M4), which provides fast group type analysis of gasoline and gasoline blend streams using multi-dimensional gas chromatography....

Hichrom are pleased to announce that they are the UK distributor for 96 well plate sealing products manufactured by Bio Chromato, Inc. of Japan.

These products are high specification seals for 96 well plates. The Rapid EPS is an easy pierce seal that has excellent resistance to DMSO, Methanol and Acetonitrile and is also airtight. It does not clog your needle, will not contaminate your samples and there is no need to use a thermal sealing instrument with these seals. The Rapid Slit Seal is a seal that allows for multiple penetration without damaging the sealing of your plate....

Metrohm is pleased to present an online configurator for their latest IC systems, the 940 Professional IC Vario and the 930 Compact IC Flex. With this unique tool, a few mouse clicks are all it takes for users to specify any individual solution they may need to meet their particular analytical requirements.

Modern ion chromatography is a powerful analytical tool and has found widespread use in laboratories of all kinds. However, using the full potential of the method can be a challenge; there simply are so many options and possibilities. On the side of the hardware, only the right combination of functional modules, features, and specifications will do the job.....

Advanced Chromatography Technologies Limited has launched two new Ultra-Inert phases for method development; ACE C18-Amide and ACE CN-ES.

These products incorporate the latest developments in UHPLC/HPLC stationary phase design and provide chromatographers with new choices for alternative selectivity, without compromising stability or robustness. ACE C18-Amide and ACE CN-ES complement and enhance the already existing offering of “Extra Stablity” and “Alternative Selectivity” phases from Advanced Chromatography Technologies...

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed efficient high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) methods combined with ultraviolet detection to determine carbonyl compounds found in vehicle passenger cabin air samples.

Application Note 1056: Determination of Carbonyl Compounds in Vehicle Cabin Compartments demonstrates that all 13 carbonyl compounds specified in California Air Resources Board Method No. 1004, International Organization for Standardization 16000-3:2011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Compendium Method TO-11A, and the Chinese HJ/T 400-2007 are derivatized with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine and well separated on a reversed-phase column in less than 10 minutes...

VICI Valco’s Cheminert C72 Ultra-high Pressure UHPLC Injectors, Switching Valves, and Selectors are ideal for high speed, high throughput techniques which demand a valve and fitting system that minimize internal volume and eliminate dead volume.

This Injector features a proprietary stator coating that permits pressures up to 15,000 or 20,000 psi suitable for the most demanding analytical techniques. All models are compatible with any VICI?actuation option such as the Cheminert C2 series HPLC injectors. The optional microelectric actuator determines accurate positioning without limit switches or customer adjustment....

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce the Thermo Scientific™ Isohumulones in Beer Application Kit, a complete UHPLC-based solution to quantitate isohumulones, an important component of beer’s composition.

Isohumulones form approximately 80% of the typical bitternesss in beer and are crucial for good taste and aroma. They also affect the stability of the foam and have an antimicrobial effect. Analyzing the exact pattern of the various isohumulones in the complex beer matrix presents a challenge that can be met effectively with this new kit.  The new kit includes: Thermo Scientific™ Dionex™ UltiMate™ 3000 UHPLC system....

Genevac has reported very positive feedback from early adopters of their Rocket 4D – a fully automated system for automatic drying or concentration of very large volumes up to 100 litres.

Launched worldwide during the summer of 2013 – Genevac has received considerable interest, from laboratories drawn by the ease of use, automated productivity and performance of the Rocket 4D. A chemistry scale-up laboratory at a major Pharma company, running kilo scale preparative SFC, were drawn by the unattended automation offered by the Rocket 4D...

Waters Introduces the ACQUITY QDa Detector, Bringing Push-Button Mass Detection to Chromatography

Detector Puts the Power of Mass Detection Within Reach of Every Analytical Scientist. Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced the new Waters® ACQUITY  QDa™ Detector, the first mass detector to bring high-quality, mass spectral data to chromatographic separations. Waters is now shipping the new mass detector worldwide. Designed as a synergistic component of a chromatographic system, the ACQUITY QDa Detector is compatible with Waters ACQUITY® UltraPerformance LC® (UPLC®), ACQUITY UltraPerformance Convergence Chromatography™ (UPC2®), Alliance® high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Waters supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) and LC-based purification systems...

SampleGenie 3 is the latest version of Genevac’s unique SampleGenie technology.

SampleGenie 3 technology used in conjunction with the Genevac ROCKET Evaporator enables large sample volumes to be dried directly into vials, eliminating a number of time consuming sample handling steps and the attendant risk of errors. The new third generation SampleGenie enhances the exceptional capabilities of this unique sample concentration methodology through improved ease of use, enhanced evaporation performance and reduced operational costs...

Porvair Sciences has announced the Microlute SPE sample preparation starter kit.

This kit contains everything needed to begin productive SPE sample preparation in a 96 well plate format, including two development filter plates and a popular C18 sorbent filter plate, 2ml collection plates, disposable waste trays and, most importantly, the Microlute Acrylic Vacuum Manifold. The new starter kit offers all the advantages of SPE sample preparation in a convenient microplate format, capable of rapidly processing 96 samples in one run, repeatedly and precisely. All that is required for full operation is a suitable laboratory vacuum connection or pump...

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a method for the fast determination of PCDD/Fs in sediments, soils, bottom and fly ash (as incineration by-products) using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS).

Application Note 10336, Determination of PCDD/Fs in Environmental Samples using Accelerated Solvent Extraction and GC-MS/MS,describes a sensitive and accurate GC-MS/MS method for determining levels of dioxins and furans in various environmental samples using GC-MS/MS. Instrumental LOQs using GC-MS/MS were calculated in the low fgL concentration ranges...

Malvern Instruments is to showcase the company’s range of analytical solutions for pharmaceutical materials characterization at the 2013 AAPS Annual Meeting & Exposition, from 11-14 November in San Antonio TX, USA.

Visitors can tap into the expertise of Malvern’s technical and applications specialists and find out how the company’s range of technologies and instrumentation provides valuable information across the entire pharmaceutical development spectrum, from pre-formulation through to quality control. New systems on show will include the Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 multi-angle light scattering detector for GPC/SEC. The new Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 has more detectors than any other commercially available multi angle light scattering system

Thermo Scientific Exactive Plus EMR and Q Exactive Plus Orbitrap systems join new Orbitrap Fusion Tribrid and TSQ Quantiva and Endura systems at HUPO

Less than four months after introducing important new core “Tribrid” and triple quadrupole liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) platforms built to transform customers’ work with unprecedented performance and ease of use, Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces two additional systems designed to advance intact protein analysis and “quanfirmation.”