Danbury, CT – Smiths Detection has unveiled a next-generation chemical threat detector that combines high speed, high-resolution gas chromatography (GC) and a miniaturized toroidal ion trap mass spectrometer (MS) in a portable device. The revolutionary GUARDION, which greatly enhances military and emergency response capabilities in the field, can confirm the presence and identity of chemical […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it is replacing the signal-to-noise specification with a new instrument detection limit specification for its 7000B triple quadrupole gas chromatography/mass spectrometry system. “Twenty or even 10 years ago, signal-to-noise was a reasonable indicator of GC/MS performance,” said Terry Sheehan, Ph.D., Agilent GC/MS marketing […]

Markes International (Llantrisant, UK), a world leader in thermal desorption (TD) technology and innovation, today announces that it will be launching an innovative new instrument, the CIA Advantage at PITTCON 2012. Designed for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air and gas that is sampled using canisters, the CIA Advantage allows analytical chemists […]

The new SilTite™ µ-union from SGE Analytical Science simplifies connecting GC guard columns or columns for two-dimensional GC. SilTite™ µ-union offers these advantages over other connectors and press-fits: it is chemically inert, has superb operational stability and low dead volume, is easy to install and provides a leak free connection. Enabled by SGE’s surface chemistry […]

ATLANTA – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, enables analysts to quickly and simply obtain technical advice to help resolve common problems with Liquid Chromatography (LC), Gas Chromatography (GC) and Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) protocols. The interactive “Troubleshoot an issue” tool is available on the Thermo Scientific Chromatography Resource Center (CRC) […]

PARIS, Jean-Lou Chameau, president of the California Institute of Technology, and Laurent Malier, CEO of CEA-Leti, today announced the launch of Analytical Pixels (APIX), the first startup to emerge from their Alliance for Nanosystems VLSI. APIX will design, manufacture, and bring to market analysis systems based on a new concept of miniaturized chromatography. By applying […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that Yale University has made a major purchase of Agilent bioanalytical systems to support six research institutes it is establishing at its new West Campus. Financial details were not disclosed. Yale and Agilent officials also say they are discussing entering into a scientific collaboration that would encompass integrative biology, […]

TORRANCE, Calif., Fasha Mahjoor, managing director of Phenomenex Ltd, UK and founder and CEO of Phenomenex, a global leader in the separation sciences, has been invited to dinner at Buckingham Palace next month for the 90th birthday celebration of His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, in support of The Duke of Edinburgh […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a major sale of instrumentation to Virginia Tech’s department of chemistry, to be used in undergraduate teaching labs. Financial details were not disclosed. Approximately 7,000 Virginia Tech chemistry students per year will have access to seven new Agilent 5975C gas chromatography/mass spectrometry systems, six 240FS […]