Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR instruments, talks with Harrisburg University's Associate Professor, Catherine Santai. She leads the Integrative Sciences program teaching Chemistry and Biochemistry to undergraduates. This includes the application of benchtop NMR spectroscopy using a Magritek 60 MHz Spinsolve spectrometer...
Plastics are used extensively in products and packaging. Unfortunately, these make their way into the environment and cause significant pollution, not only as bulk material but also as microplastics: small, hard-to-spot, particles. A Danish research institute is using a Raman spectroscopy system, from Renishaw, to help its clients understand and reduce the amount of microplastics in the environment...
Thermo Scientific Q Exactive UHMR Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer brings great sensitivity and high resolution to understand protein structure and interactions. Structural biologists and biopharmaceutical scientists now have access to an ultra-high mass range (UHMR) mass spectrometer...
Robust Thermo Scientific TSQ Fortis Triple Quadrupole mass spectrometer designed for productivity across all levels of users. Analytical scientists facing the challenges of quantitation in food and environmental applications can now achieve high productivity and meet laboratory demands with a fast yet robust mass spectrometer....
Uniqsis reports how the Institute of Physics at the University of Tartu (Estonia) has selected a FlowSyn™ continuous flow reactor with Flow-UV™ detector to assist them in development of novel nanomaterials for use in next generation applications. The material science research group of Dr Aile Tamm evaluated different technological approaches to synthesise nanomaterials before investing in the Uniqsis FlowSyn system...
The Shimadzu LCMS-9030 is a research grade mass spectrometer designed to deliver high-resolution, accurate-mass detection with incredibly fast data acquisition rates, allowing scientists to identify and quantify more compounds with greater confidence. It utilizes the same engineering expertise as Shimadzu’s high-performance triple quadrupole (LC-MS/MS) platform and integrates that with powerful TOF architecture to transform high mass accuracy workflows by achieving high-sensitivity, high-speed, and high-resolution detection....
The University of Birmingham has won funding for a powerful new piece of technology called a spectrometer which will allow scientists to better gain insights into the molecular basis of human health – including the progression of cancer and infectious diseases. The spectrometer, which will operate at a strength around 500,000 times stronger than the earth’s magnetic field, will be...
JEOL, a leading developer and manufacturer of NMR technology, unveiled new NMR probes and NMR software technologies at the 59th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC) in Orlando, Florida. As a major sponsor of this year’s conference, JEOL also hosted a technical seminar that included talks by leading researchers from the Osaka University Institute for Protein Research...
See Change with the new AQS3pro System for protein characterization from RedShiftBio. One highly automated system, five key measurements: Aggregation, Quantification, Stability, Structure and Similarity. At PEGS 2018 RedShift™ BioAnalytics, Inc. (RedShiftBio™) will unveil the AQS3™pro, a new protein characterization platform with powerful, integrated bioanalytics software that delivers automated...
Leaders in miniaturised mass spectrometer detection instruments and technologies, Microsaic Systems has announced the launch of its latest chip-based mass spectrometer. Designed for point-of-need analysis, the 4500 MiD® can be installed where no other mass spectrometer can be deployed, all while retaining the performance of a conventional mass spectrometry (MS) system....
With the novAA® 800, Analytik Jena presents a new Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) which is pushing the boundaries of analytical routine applications. An instrumental design with flame, graphite furnace, and hydride technologies on one platform – along with an unparalleled variety of accessories – give users analytical capabilities that are unprecedented for the AAS segment. The easy-to-use novAA® 800 is especially designed to meet the demands of industrial process labs – for example in the food, environmental, or chemical industries– where moderate sample quantities have to be analyzed both cost-effectively and reliably.
Bruker introduces the new CTX™ X-ray fluorescence (XRF) elemental analyzer. The portable Counter Top XRF (CTX) is small, light-weight, safety-interlocked, and battery operated. At less than 7 kilograms in weight, the self-contained CTX is truly portable, and has a small footprint of 14 cm in width....
Bruker announces the launch of the new INVENIO™ Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) research spectrometer. The INVENIO is the successor to the renowned VERTEX 70 FT-IR for advanced R&D applications. The novel INVENIO combines many innovations with proven Vertex 70 technologies...
In celebration of the launch of its IRSpirit FTIR spectrophotometer, Shimadzu UK is running aprize draw open to UK-based scientists, for a free spectroscopy training course worth £1200.00....
The Evacuable Pellet Die is a sturdy, reliable essential for the production of XRF sample pellets. However, the new Specac Apex™ Quick Release Die greatly increases speed and consistency of producing sample pellets for X-ray Fluorescent Spectroscopic analysis....
Cole-Parmer is pleased to announce the launch of its new Jenway® 74 series spectrophotometers. The 74 series spectrophotometers, equipped for the first time with CPLive technology, are Jenway’s most intuitive and user-friendly spectrophotometers yet....
Unity Scientific, a KPM Analytics Company, today announced that it has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan as a Manufacturing Leadership Awards winner for its outstanding achievement in the Engineering and Production Technology Leadership category, for applying 3D printing and electronic alignment technologies in the manufacturing process...
Metrohm is proud to announce the release of its new handheld Raman material identification system Mira DS. Mira DS safely identifies illicit substances and explosives without the need for direct contact with the material in question, making it an ideal solution for police, hazmat teams, bomb technicians, and military personnel. The system was developed in close cooperation with professional first...
The 4-day event, held at the Neue Messe München exhibition centre, is one of the largest international trade fairs for laboratory instrumentation. The 74 series spectrophotometers are designed to be easy to use, and are ideal for applications in education, routine quality control and analysis in the food industry. The range consists of two models: the 7410 and the 7415. Model 7410 benefits from a tungsten halogen lamp for measurements in the visible spectrum from 320 to 1000nm....
A Mass Spectrometry (MS) based approach in response to recent regulatory guidance. BioPharmaSpec, a leading contract research organization (CRO) providing a full range of characterization services for the biotechnology industry, has announced the launch of “The BioPharmaSpec Approach” for MS-based detection of Host Cell Proteins (HCPs)....
Advanced ICP-MS technology provides new levels of ultralow detection and simplicity in a single high-performance solution. Semiconductor wafer fabrication plants and ultra-high purity chemical suppliers can now strengthen their monitoring of trace elements within challenging sample matrices with a new triple quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), offering sub-parts-per-trillion detection...
Solution offers researchers increased sensitivity without sacrificing robustness or usability. SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, has introduced the OptiFlow Quant Solution for easy yet highly sensitive biomolecule quantitation. This latest addition to the growing line of SCIEX solutions for biopharmaceutical laboratories comprises the...