Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed two rapid and robust high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAE-PAD) methods for the accurate determination of common sugars in acid-hydrolyzed wood samples.

Application Note (AN) 1089: Determination of Carbohydrates in Acid Hydrolysates of Wood demonstrates that this approach achieves high-resolution separation of even the sugar pair rhamnose-galactose that has been challenging to resolve using existing HPAE-PAD methods. Both methods use a new polymeric column, the Thermo Scientific^™ Dionex^™ CarboPac^™ SA10-4μm column, configured with a new system, the...

Anasys Instruments reports on the recent installation of an AFM-IR system at the Corrosion & Protection Centre, part of the School of Materials at the University of Manchester for use by the group of Professor Stuart Lyon.

Corrosion is of primary concern in many industrial sectors, including oil, transportation, infrastructure, nuclear, and even bio-technology. At the University of Manchester, the Corrosion and Protection Centre has one of the world’s largest academic bases focused on corrosion and its control. Professor Stuart Lyon is the Director of Research and AkzoNobel Professor of Corrosion Control in the School of Materials. His research interests are...

The new Unichiller 003-MPC expands the product range of Huber Kältemaschinenbau by a compact and highly affordable circulating cooler.

With a list price of only 1,980 EUR, the Unichiller 003-MPC is one of the most affordable circulating coolers on the market. Higher efficiencies and stable pressure and flow rates are achieved in comparison to tap water cooling. The circulating cooler further reduces water consumption and lowers the operating costs for many applications. The investment pays itself off after a short time because of the water savings and the low purchase price. With a cooling capacity of 0.28 kW at 15 °C, the device is...

Until 31 December, you can buy a premium Techne Prime gradient thermal cycler at our lowest ever price.

The Prime range offers something for every application – personal 48 well models to advanced 1536 well networks.

• 3Prime 48 well personal model is reduced to £1995 / €2275

• Prime 96 well full size model is reduced to £2495 / €2875

• Prime Elite premium model is reduced to £3200 / €3600

The compact top-loading QCS EV150 autoclave has been developed by Priorclave specifically to give laboratories with limited floor space the opportunity to acquire a versatile autoclave that affords easy loading and programming.  In addition to a standard format Priorclave is able to supply this autoclave in a vacuum.

Designed with a 150 litre chamber and depth of 720mm, the QCS EV150 offers the real practical benefits of being able to sterilise both short and tall items side by side in a single process to help labs increase sterilisation throughout.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has updated an ion chromatography (IC) method to more easily determine total choline (free and bound forms) in 17 samples representing all forms of infant formula, adult nutritionals, and pediatric formulas (powder, ready-to-feed products, and liquid concentrates).

Application Update (AU) 193: Choline in Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals, a Single Laboratory Validation demonstrates that this simple yet robust approach decreases sample preparation time while accurately determining choline in these products. The method detailed in AU 193 runs on an IC system that requires only a source of degassed DI water for generation of high-purity eluent, thus simplifying operation while increasing precision and...

Built-in shock absorbers and a conical design assure improved precision and reliable performance for automated sample handling systems

MicroSolv’s Reduced Surface Activity (RSA) or low adsorbing autosampler vials are specially formulated and processed to yield a surface that exhibits extremely low levels of adsorption of basic, polar compounds and shows exceptional consistency of adsorption levels from vial to vial.

Many laboratories analyzing monoclonal antibodies (mAb) regularly encounter situations where they need alternative hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) selectivity. Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed new column chemistry that separates many more of these challenging mAbs, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and proteins.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. and Shimadzu Corp. has announced the release of GC instrument control for their respective Chromatography Data Systems (CDS). This provides customers in analytical laboratories with more freedom of choice when selecting a chromatography data system.

Avacta Analytical has released a number of software updates for its innovative Optim^® series of biophysical characterization instruments.

Designed to reduce the time and cost of therapeutic protein preformulation studies, the compact and robust Optim instruments can probe multiple protein stability­ indicating parameters at high speed using ultra-low sample volumes. The latest software updates have been developed to streamline this process, offering faster, more flexible operation and analysis....

Tube filling - rapid and easy

TubeFiller was designed to reduce repetitive manual filling of any format laboratory racked tubes. Based on its dedicated function to fill “any tubes in any rack” the design includes a very stable filling arm with 2 side rails for best position recovery, precise XY position axes, an easy manual height adjustment, and an integrated pump to cover the standard microbiology filling range. No need for an additional pump for standard applications.

Superbugs - like persistent C. difficile and MRSA -threaten hospitals all around the UK where infection control is a high priority area.

Many hospitals have introduced C. difficile reduction targets or have had these mandated by government bodies or regulators. When it comes to eliminating doubt, hospitals need efficient, secure and time-saving solutions to protect patients from infection risks. The challenge of infection control and successful outbreak management is one that the Bioquell team have chosen to take on...

Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, has launched the EZ-Fit™ Filtration Unit, a ready-to-use, disposable filtration device for bioburden testing.

The system is faster and more efficient than traditional methods, resulting in increased reliability and streamlined workflows. The unit, which conforms to international standards (EP/USP) and water testing regulations, can be used for filtration of liquid samples including water, raw materials, in-process samples and final products. "The EZ-Fit™ Filtration Unit represents the latest addition to our comprehensive portfolio of products that facilitate and...

Infrared Loop Sterilizer - using IR-HotSpot Technology

Are you looking for a fast, efficient and flameless product to anneal or sterilize your inoculation loops and delicate micro instruments? Then our electrical GlowZone Etna should be your first choice. Specifically focused infrared light generates an IR-HotSpot in which your inoculation loop is sterilized at temperatures from 750 to 1000°C after only 5 to 10 seconds. The GlowZone Etna just needs to be plugged in and will be immediately ready to use, without any unnecessary warm-up period....

Hybrid Cloud Solution Connects Local Storage to the Cloud

Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for the hybrid cloud, today announced that the Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI) has chosen Avere for access to the world’s largest, centralized repository of whole genome sequence data. ITMI, a research and development arm of Inova Health System, will use Avere’s FXT Series Edge Filers with FlashMove™ software to move data into and out of the...

Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, today introduced the Magna™ Nuclear RNA-binding Protein Immunoprecipitation (RIP) kits.

These kits are specially designed to allow the discovery and analysis of both coding and non-coding chromatin-associated RNAs. Two versions of the kit are available, enabling users to analyze RNA both strongly and weakly associated with chromatin; one version uses cross-linked chromatin while the other uses native chromatin. Native RIP allows recovery of high affinity, more direct interactions while the cross-linked method is designed to...

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a simple, efficient, sensitive, and reproducible capillary ion chromatography (IC) method for determining thiosulfate and pyrophosphate in crayfish wash powder.

Application Note 1088: Determination of Thiosulfate and Pyrophosphate in Crayfish Wash Powder demonstrates that this application is easily executed using a Reagent-Free^™ IC system capable of high-pressure IC controlled by data management software. The analyst simply adds water and samples to separate thiosulfate and pyrophosphate on a specialized anion-exchange column, the Dionex IonPac AS19 capillary column, thus...

DELMIC develops and manufactures products which are focused on high performance, user friendly, integrated microscopy solutions, have been presenting their latest applications data at this year’s series of international microscopy meetings.

CEO, Mr Sander den Hoedt, made the first of these presentations at the mmc2014 which was held in Manchester in July. DELMIC have developed an innovative product for life scientists - SECOM. The SECOM system is a platform that may be used to easily and quickly combine light and electron microscopy. In its primary configuration, the SECOM platform allows the user to obtain functional color information through fluorescence microscopy and structural information by using...

New LEAP® 5000 Delivers Unmatched 3D Sub-Nanometer Analytical Performance across a Wide Variety of Metals, Semiconductors and Insulators

CAMECA, a world leader in scientific instrumentation and metrology solutions, is pleased to announce the release of its latest generation atom probe microscope. The LEAP 5000 offers unparalleled 3-dimensional nano-scale surface, bulk and interfacial materials analysis with atom-by-atom identification and accurate spatial positioning. “CAMECA is very proud to introduce the LEAP 5000,” notes Dr. Tom Kelly, CAMECA Vice President for Innovation and...

XEI Scientific Inc. announces the release at Microscopy & Microanalysis meeting in Hartford CT. of the Evactron ® ES, a new approach to plasma cleaning designed for OEM scanning electron microscope and high vacuum chamber manufacturers.

“It just works™” - that is what XEI Scientific is saying about its new Evactron® ES De-Contaminator™ - designed for OEM integration on SEMs/FIBs. The ES model starts easily with patent pending “POP” plasma ignition process. The simplified Evactron Plasma Radical Source (PRS) performs high efficiency cleaning in almost any high vacuum system. The ES performs the same “flowing afterglow™” cleaning that was introduced by...