Full range of Deuterium / UV lamps available to order online
Stratlab has just published its definitive list of •red® (dot-red) branded deuterium (D2) lamps for UV, UV/Vis and HPLC detectors on its webshop. Dozens of manufacturers of UV spectrophotometers / HPLC UV detectors are supported, including ABI, Agilent / HP, Beckman, Cecil, Gibson, Hitachi, Jasco, Perkin Elmer, Thermo, Varian and Waters. For hundreds of instrument models. All lamps are guaranteed for a specified number of hours...
Read MoreBioDrop hits the USAOct 1, 2012
Fresh thinking for micro-volume measurement. Launch of new cuvette and UV/Vis spectrophotometers for life science laboratories
BioDrop Ltd has launched a family of innovative micro-volume spectroscopy solutions in the US market, with the introduction of BioDrop CUVETTE and BioDrop UV/Vis spectrophotometers. BioDrop UV/Vis spectrophotometers are available in a range of configurations to suit the applications of every scientist. BioDrop µLite offers a unique in-built sampling port for quick and accurate measurements down to 0.5 µL sample volume...
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced the release of a new catalogue featuring the company’s extensive range of accessories, spares and consumables for thermal desorption
With a comprehensive index and colour-coded sections for quick reference, the new catalogue includes a wealth of advice on thermal desorption, making it a valuable technical resource for the analyst. With over 500 individual items, the catalogue highlights products across the entire portfolio, from sorbent tubes and canisters to instrument spares and software... Read MoreBruker Launches High-Performance LC Triple Quadrupole Mass SpectrometersSep 28, 2012
At the 2012 Japan Analytical Scientific Instruments Show (JASIS), Bruker launches two game-changing LC-triple quadrupole (LC-TQ) mass spectrometers, the high-performance EVOQ Qube™ and the ultra-high sensitivity EVOQ Elite, which are setting new standards for analytical performance and quantitative robustness
As with Bruker’s very successful SCION GC-TQ platform, introduced in 2011, the EVOQ series is targeted at LC-TQ performance leadership and delivers major advances in robustness, ease of method developments and productivity. The EVOQ LC-TQ systems introduced today incorporate Bruker’s new Advance™ Ultra-High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) systems. In addition, the EVOQ platform features several major innovations...
Read MoreMelbourn Scientific rises above Helium ShortageSep 27, 2012
Prof of Sustainable Chemistry warns pharmaceutical industry of implications
“Everytime you see a child with a helium balloon, imagine somebody not being able to have an MRI scan that they desperately needed,” says Tom Welton, Professor of Sustainable Chemistry at Imperial College. As the professor warns that the helium shortage may soon impact the pharmaceutical industry, contract research organisation Melbourn Scientific, based in Melbourn Herts, is already responding...
Read MoreWorldwide Glass Resources expands series of high recovery vials for your critical sample handlingSep 26, 2012
NEW HIGH RECOVERY VIALS – You can choose from our standard high recovery vial sizes and volumes or allow us to design and engineer a vial for your specific requirements and automation systems
NEW Standard High Recovery vial sizes for compound libraries
12x32 mm clear vial, 11mm crimp finish, tapered bottom
12x32 mm clear vial, 11mm snap finish, tapered bottom
12x32 mm clear vial, 9mm Screw Thread, tapered bottom
12x32 mm clear vial, 10-425mm Screw Thread, tapered bottom
Built-in shock absorbers and a conical design assure improved precision and reliable performance for automated sample handling systems
J.G. Finneran Associates designed Limited Volume Inserts with Bottom and Top Springs to ensure that autosamplers extract even the smallest sample volumes every time, without damaging injection needles or breaking sample containers. The inserts are preassembled with polymer bottom springs or the patented Top Spring™, which act as shock absorbers to protect sample needles from bottoming out during sample extraction. The precision internal point design permits maximum sample withdrawal
Read MoreEconomic Approach to Protein Precipitation Sample PreparationSep 24, 2012
The Combipack™ is Porvair Sciences economic response to the growing use of protein precipitation separation techniques in chromatography labs
Comprising four Porvair p3 protein precipitation plates and four 1ml deep well collection plates (colour coded in red or blue polypropylene) the Combipack provides all the elements you require to undertake protein precipitation separations at a very affordable price...
Read MoreA breakthrough in Nylon characterization from Malvern InstrumentsSep 20, 2012
A novel gel permeation chromatography (GPC) method for characterizing Nylon, developed by researchers at Malvern Instruments, significantly reduces the cost of analysis while simultaneously improving safety, when compared with conventional techniques
The new method uses formic acid as a solvent for Nylon, in place of the traditional choice of hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIPA), a relatively expensive, aggressively corrosive solvent with poor health and safety characteristics. First presented at a recent webinar by Dr Wei Sen Wong, his breakthrough is expected to generate significant industrial interest...
Read MoreVoltIC pro combines ion chromatography and voltammetry in a single, powerful system for trace ion analysisSep 20, 2012
'Two in one' – that’s the principle of VoltIC pro. Integrating ion chromatography and voltammetry by sharing the same autosampler and software, VoltIC brings together the particular strengths of both techniques in a single, fully automated system – for virtually unlimited possibilities in trace ion analysis
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the use of the ASD portable FieldSpec® 4 spectroradiometer at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge where the researchers are performing pigment analysis of illuminated manuscripts
Dr Paola Ricciardi is a research associate in the Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Her work is part of the MINIARE project, focusing on Manuscript Illumination: Non-Invasive Analysis, Research & Expertise. MINIARE is a new interdisciplinary collaboration between the Fitzwilliam Museum and the University of Cambridge's Departments of Chemistry, Physics, Art History and History and Philosophy of Science...
Read MoreBruker CAM aids Energia Technologies analyze alternative biofuel Sep 11, 2012
Imagine being able to grow sustainable transportation fuels? Thanks to analytical technology from Bruker CAM, Energia Technologies, Inc., is one step closer towards addressing the emerging need for alternative liquid transportation biofuels
Its innovative SelectJETTM technology converts plant oils into biojet and biodiesel, which can serve as drop-in replacement to petroleum-based fuels. Now, using Bruker gas chromatography (GC) systems along with CompassCDS and SimDist Software, the research team at Energia Technologies can analyze their product quickly and easily, using the information to feedback into optimizing production processes. A full write-up of this inspiring case study is available...
Read MoreNew videos for Jenway 73 series spectrophotometers help customers get the most from their systemSep 10, 2012
In order to assist customers in the use of their 73 Series Spectrophotometers, Jenway has published online a set of videos for demonstration and training
The Jenway 73 series are entry level spectrophotometers with icon-driven software and a user-friendly navigation system, making them ideally suited for teaching laboratories. The online videos clearly demonstrate how to navigate the instrument, which is especially useful for users unfamiliar with spectrophotometers, and they make remote training easy and accessible. In many situations, when a customer has purchased one of the optional accessories for example, and wishes to know how to fit it, videos are often easier to follow than written instructions...
Read MoreMalvern Zetasizer Nano is integral to QueenSep 6, 2012
"The Zetasizer Nano ZS is an integral piece of equipment in our polymer characterization laboratory," said Daniel Krasznai, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. "The most important features that the Zetasizer Nano ZS offers are rapidity, reproducibility, and a user-friendly interface."
Daniel Krasznai's supervisor,Dr. Michael F. Cunningham, holds the Ontario Research Chair in Green Chemistry and Engineering at Queen's University. His team focuses on the synthesis of polymer colloids using a range of dispersed free-radical polymerization techniques. Together with Dr. Niels M.B. Smeets, and fellow collaborators Dr. Pascale Champagne and Dr. Timothy F.L. McKenna, they have recently published a paper in which they use the Zetasizer Nano ZS to characterize novel core-shell materials in pure water. Read MoreBiotage Announces EVOLUTE EXPRESS 96-Well Plates; Simplified, Fast and Efficient SPE Using the Load-Wash-Elute ProcedureSep 6, 2012
Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, introduced EVOLUTE® EXPRESS, a novel family of 96-well plates that simplify polymer-based SPE by employing a streamlined 3-step protocol; Load-Wash-Elute
By using this novel approach and removing the conditioning and equilibration steps, necessary with traditional bio-analytical SPE procedures, processing and method development times are dramatically reduced without loss of analyte recovery or method robustness.
Read MoreJ.G. Finneran's Molded Sealing Mats for 96-Well MicroplatesAug 28, 2012
J.G. Finneran Associates, an innovative manufacturer of sample containment products for chromatography, biotechnology and environmental analysis, offers molded Teflon/Silicone and Silicone only Sealing Mats, designed to fit standard 96-well microplates with cylindrical or tapered wells, and square wells.
The tight seal prevents sample cross contamination and the liner reseals after multiple injections thus reducing the chance of solvent evaporation. The liners are made from Teflon lined medical grade silicone which meets the requirements of U.S.P. Class VI...
Read MorePhosphor characterisation enhanced by Edinburgh InstrumentsAug 23, 2012
Edinburgh Instruments has helped one of its customers, Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbH, to better characterise its phosphor products.
A software wizard has been developed for the customer to allow spectral data produced by the FLS920-s Fluorescence Spectrometer to be presented in the CIE 1931 colour space, both graphically and in tables. Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbH is a specialist manufacturer of phosphors, pigments and selected inorganic chemicals. Phosphors and fluorescent materials produced by the company are used in LEDs, backlit LCDs, Laser Phosphor Displays and X-ray intensifying screens...
Read MoreEconomic Approach to Protein Precipitation Sample PreparationAug 17, 2012The CombipackTM is Porvair Sciences economic response to the growing use of protein precipitation separation techniques in chromatography labs.
Comprising four Porvair p3 protein precipitation plates and four 1ml deep well collection plates (colour coded in red or blue polypropylene) the Combipack provides all the elements you require to undertake protein precipitation separations at a very affordable price...
Read MoreAgilent Technologies Bond Elut PlexaAug 17, 2012Easy-to-use, new generation of polymeric SPE
The PlexaTMfamily of amide-free, polymeric SPE products provide a generic, sample independent route to cleaner extracts. This simple approachmeans minimal method development saving you both time and cost. The tighter control of particle size distribution elimates small fines to prevent blockage meaning Bond Elut PlexaTM can be used even with the most complex matrices...
Read MoreHORIBA Scientific announces their new LabRAM HR Evolution spectrometerAug 17, 2012
Fully automated extended wavelength range capability and new generation of software offer versatility without compromise
HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman and Fluorescence spectroscopy systems, announces their new LabRAM HR Evolution, the latest spectrometer to join the LabRAM series of research Raman spectrometers. The LabRAM HR Evolution is highly versatile. It offers a fully automated, extended wavelength range capability. It also has an unsurpassed achromatic optical design with a high focal length. In fact, it provides high spectroscopic resolution and a unique wavelength range capability from 200nm to 2000nm with an access to frequencies as low as 10cm-1 thanks to the Ultra Low Frequency module, providing high content spectroscopic information for chemical and structural identification as well as an accurate spatial resolution at sub-micron scale...
Enables NGS library preparation in under two hours, less hands-on time than similar kits
Delivers maximum library yields from less input DNA with minimal bias for better results
Provides higher genome coverage and more matched reads
Processes samples of virtually any biological liquid, whole tissue and tissue sections
Read MoreNovel Membrane for Protein Precipitation Plates introduced by Porex CorporationAug 14, 2012Porex Corporation ("Porex"), a proven market leader in porous media solutions for the healthcare, industrial and consumer markets, has introduced POREX® PE Solvent Support Membrane, an innovative PE based solvent support media solution designed to retain low surface tension organic solvents for extended periods of time without plugging, leakage or breakthrough.
Used in applications like protein precipitation, high speed automation, protein purification, bio analytical analysis and drug discovery; the membrane helps retain acetonitrile and methanol for extended incubations without solvent leakage thus eliminating time-consuming centrifugation and transfer steps. Available in sheets or rolls, the POREX PE Solvent Support Membrane is chemically inert, hydrophobic, oleophobic, contains no leachables and is cost effective as compared to standard polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane.
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Stratlab has just published its definitive list of •red® (dot-red) branded deuterium (D2) lamps for UV, UV/Vis and HPLC detectors on its webshop. Dozens of manufacturers of UV spectrophotometers / HPLC UV detectors are supported, including ABI, Agilent / HP, Beckman, Cecil, Gibson, Hitachi, Jasco, Perkin Elmer, Thermo, Varian and Waters. For hundreds of instrument models. All lamps are guaranteed for a specified number of hours...
With a comprehensive index and colour-coded sections for quick reference, the new catalogue includes a wealth of advice on thermal desorption, making it a valuable technical resource for the analyst. With over 500 individual items, the catalogue highlights products across the entire portfolio, from sorbent tubes and canisters to instrument spares and software...
As with Bruker’s very successful SCION GC-TQ platform, introduced in 2011, the EVOQ series is targeted at LC-TQ performance leadership and delivers major advances in robustness, ease of method developments and productivity. The EVOQ LC-TQ systems introduced today incorporate Bruker’s new Advance™ Ultra-High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) systems. In addition, the EVOQ platform features several major innovations...
“Everytime you see a child with a helium balloon, imagine somebody not being able to have an MRI scan that they desperately needed,” says Tom Welton, Professor of Sustainable Chemistry at Imperial College. As the professor warns that the helium shortage may soon impact the pharmaceutical industry, contract research organisation Melbourn Scientific, based in Melbourn Herts, is already responding...
NEW Standard High Recovery vial sizes for compound libraries
J.G. Finneran Associates designed Limited Volume Inserts with Bottom and Top Springs to ensure that autosamplers extract even the smallest sample volumes every time, without damaging injection needles or breaking sample containers. The inserts are preassembled with polymer bottom springs or the patented Top Spring™, which act as shock absorbers to protect sample needles from bottoming out during sample extraction. The precision internal point design permits maximum sample withdrawal
Comprising four Porvair p3 protein precipitation plates and four 1ml deep well collection plates (colour coded in red or blue polypropylene) the Combipack provides all the elements you require to undertake protein precipitation separations at a very affordable price...
The new method uses formic acid as a solvent for Nylon, in place of the traditional choice of hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIPA), a relatively expensive, aggressively corrosive solvent with poor health and safety characteristics. First presented at a recent webinar by Dr Wei Sen Wong, his breakthrough is expected to generate significant industrial interest...
The user benefits of the fully automated VoltIC pro system are evident. Samples need to be prepared just once for comprehensive analysis by both techniques, i.e., ion chromatography and voltammetry. This saves considerable amounts of time. Moreover, Results for all parameters are presented in a single database for convenient handling and evaluation...
Dr Paola Ricciardi is a research associate in the Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Her work is part of the MINIARE project, focusing on Manuscript Illumination: Non-Invasive Analysis, Research & Expertise. MINIARE is a new interdisciplinary collaboration between the Fitzwilliam Museum and the University of Cambridge's Departments of Chemistry, Physics, Art History and History and Philosophy of Science...
Its innovative SelectJETTM technology converts plant oils into biojet and biodiesel, which can serve as drop-in replacement to petroleum-based fuels. Now, using Bruker gas chromatography (GC) systems along with CompassCDS and SimDist Software, the research team at Energia Technologies can analyze their product quickly and easily, using the information to feedback into optimizing production processes. A full write-up of this inspiring case study is available...
The Jenway 73 series are entry level spectrophotometers with icon-driven software and a user-friendly navigation system, making them ideally suited for teaching laboratories. The online videos clearly demonstrate how to navigate the instrument, which is especially useful for users unfamiliar with spectrophotometers, and they make remote training easy and accessible. In many situations, when a customer has purchased one of the optional accessories for example, and wishes to know how to fit it, videos are often easier to follow than written instructions...
Daniel Krasznai's supervisor, Dr. Michael F. Cunningham, holds the Ontario Research Chair in Green Chemistry and Engineering at Queen's University. His team focuses on the synthesis of polymer colloids using a range of dispersed free-radical polymerization techniques. Together with Dr. Niels M.B. Smeets, and fellow collaborators Dr. Pascale Champagne and Dr. Timothy F.L. McKenna, they have recently published a paper in which they use the Zetasizer Nano ZS to characterize novel core-shell materials in pure water. 
By using this novel approach and removing the conditioning and equilibration steps, necessary with traditional bio-analytical SPE procedures, processing and method development times are dramatically reduced without loss of analyte recovery or method robustness.
The tight seal prevents sample cross contamination and the liner reseals after multiple injections thus reducing the chance of solvent evaporation. The liners are made from Teflon lined medical grade silicone which meets the requirements of U.S.P. Class VI...
A software wizard has been developed for the customer to allow spectral data produced by the FLS920-s Fluorescence Spectrometer to be presented in the CIE 1931 colour space, both graphically and in tables. Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbH is a specialist manufacturer of phosphors, pigments and selected inorganic chemicals. Phosphors and fluorescent materials produced by the company are used in LEDs, backlit LCDs, Laser Phosphor Displays and X-ray intensifying screens...
Comprising four Porvair p3 protein precipitation plates and four 1ml deep well collection plates (colour coded in red or blue polypropylene) the Combipack provides all the elements you require to undertake protein precipitation separations at a very affordable price...
The PlexaTMfamily of amide-free, polymeric SPE products provide a generic, sample independent route to cleaner extracts. This simple approach means minimal method development saving you both time and cost. The tighter control of particle size distribution elimates small fines to prevent blockage meaning Bond Elut PlexaTM can be used even with the most complex matrices...
HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman and Fluorescence spectroscopy systems, announces their new LabRAM HR Evolution, the latest spectrometer to join the LabRAM series of research Raman spectrometers. The LabRAM HR Evolution is highly versatile. It offers a fully automated, extended wavelength range capability. It also has an unsurpassed achromatic optical design with a high focal length. In fact, it provides high spectroscopic resolution and a unique wavelength range capability from 200nm to 2000nm with an access to frequencies as low as 10cm-1 thanks to the Ultra Low Frequency module, providing high content spectroscopic information for chemical and structural identification as well as an accurate spatial resolution at sub-micron scale...
Enables NGS library preparation in under two hours, less hands-on time than similar kits
Used in applications like protein precipitation, high speed automation, protein purification, bio analytical analysis and drug discovery; the membrane helps retain acetonitrile and methanol for extended incubations without solvent leakage thus eliminating time-consuming centrifugation and transfer steps. Available in sheets or rolls, the POREX PE Solvent Support Membrane is chemically inert, hydrophobic, oleophobic, contains no leachables and is cost effective as compared to standard polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane.