St. Joseph, Mich.—LECO Corporation has introduced a pulsed EI ionization source for the Pegasus GC-HRT. This new add-on option is designed to improve the instrument’s sensitivity capabilities by an order of magnitude, from 1 pg (1,000 fg) to 100 fg. Pulsed EI works through the accumulation of ions between transient pulses into the Pegasus GC-HRT’s […]

St. Joseph, Mich.—LECO’s Young Investigator’s Grant was designed to support young researchers by providing access to LECO High Performance Mass Spectrometry instrumentation. The grant is open to newly established researchers and research facilities located within the United States performing work in the fields of the life sciences (including clinical/biomedical, metabolomics, toxicology, and nutriceuticals), environmental/agriculture, petroleum/biofuels, […]

St. Joseph, Mich.—LECO is previewing technology which couples comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) to a High Performance TOFMS platform. As the market leaders in GCxGC instrumentation, LECO provides the ability to significantly increase the information content obtained with every sample analysis. LECO brings proven GCxGC capabilities to its exclusive Folded Flight Path™ (FFP™) TOFMS technology, […]

LOUGHBOROUGH, England – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has introduced three new ultrapure Fisher Chemical Optima® Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) grade reagents that modify the mobile phase to minimize background noise and enhance MS detection. Designed for use with the existing ultrapure Optima LC/MS solvent range, the new reagents, comprising […]

GE Healthcare’s Capto L affinity chromatography medium (resin) is designed for the purification of antibody fragments. It combines a rigid, high-flow agarose matrix with the immunoglobulin-binding recombinant protein L ligand, which has strong affinity for the variable region of antibody’s kappa light chain. Capto L is therefore suitable for purification of a range of antibody […]

Farhawk Marketing Services announced today that three innovative new laboratory benches for HPLC will be on display during the annual ASMS exhibition, to be held this year in Vancouver, BC, Canada, starting May 20th. The new IonBench LC benches contribute significantly to lab safety and productivity. They are stable, secure platforms that electrically raise and […]

LAKE FOREST, Ill — IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) announced today that it has acquired ERC from MH Capital Partners II, L.P. (“MH Capital”). ERC is a leader in the manufacture of gas liquid separations and detection solutions for the life science, analytical instrumentation and clinical chemistry markets. ERC’s pioneering products include in-line membrane vacuum degassing […]

Torrance, CA – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, introduces the “Kinetex Experience” – an online center for the many tools available to users of the company’s flagship core-shell HPLC/UHPLC columns and those interested in learning about core-shell technology. Designed for users at all […]

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new patent for 2-Dimensional Ion Chromatography (2-D IC): US Patent 8,101,422 B2 Multidimensional Chromatography Apparatus and Method. This patent discusses an application for the analysis of trace ionic contaminants and is especially useful for the detection of drinking water contaminants in samples with high concentrations of interferences. […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the Agilent 1290 Infinity 2D-LC solution for comprehensive and heart-cutting two-dimensional separations. The instrument’s separating power is designed for highly complex samples such as biopharmaceuticals, peptide maps, plant extracts, food matrices, polymers and other very challenging mixtures. The new solution is based on the 1290 Infinity binary pump […]