Tokyo,– Hitachi, Ltd. , in collaboration with The Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. and the University of Yamanashi, have successfully prototyped a boarding gate with built-in explosives detection equipment as part of efforts to increase safety in public facilities such as airports. The prototype boarding gate efficiently collects minute particles which have affixed themselves to IC […]

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced the company is providing The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) with a four-year, $500,000 grant to support leading scientists focused on promising areas of breast cancer research. The fund will be in the form of two grants of $250,000 […]

MILFORD, Mass.–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced its Thermo Scientific Mass Spectrometric Immunoassay (MSIA) pipette tips, a collection of immunoaffinity sample preparation products. Robust MSIA™ technology delivers a simplified way to enrich target proteins for downstream mass spectrometric analysis. “Our new MSIA pipette tips provide scientists with an easier […]

St. Joseph, Mich.—LECO Corporation has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) for the development of metabolomic applications and tools. Berkeley Lab’s Life Sciences Division will receive access to the LECO Citius™ LC-HRT (High Resolution TOFMS) for applied research in metabolomics. Designed for complex sample analysis, […]

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced a new software application enabling faster and more reliable identification of contaminants in food, environmental, clinical research, and forensic toxicology samples. The new LibraryViewTM Software is the first of its kind to enable scientists and lab technicians to screen hundreds of samples for […]

Saugus, MA, — IonSense, Inc. today announced the introduction of its OpenSpot Quick Strips™ for the DART OS Transmission Module™, enabling the rapid and reproducible analysis of samples and providing quality control of both raw materials and finished products. The product utilizes IonSense’s proprietary Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART®) technology. The OpenSpot Quick Strips […]

COVENTRY, United Kingdom, – Bruker’s long-standing presence in the UK and Ireland has reached another milestone with the Official Opening of its new integrated demonstration laboratories, sales and applications offices and dedicated customer collaboration and service facilities. Crowning a 45 year history of customer commitment across the British Isles, Bruker has now totally redesigned and […]

Saugus, MA, — IonSense, Inc. is pleased to announce that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued two patents supporting its Direct Analysis in Real Time (or DART®) mass spectrometry products. The company’s DART ion sources and application accessories enable the fast, simple analysis of materials in food safety, drug development, forensics, environmental, […]

Milford, Mass. –– At a ceremony officiated by University of North Texas (UNT) Provost Warren Burggren, Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) welcomed UNT’s Metabolomics and Metabolic Signaling Pathway Research Laboratory into the Waters Centers of Innovation Program. The laboratory directed by Professor Vladimir Shulaev is known worldwide for research in the field of metabolomics, the study of […]

AUSTIN, Texas, — 1^st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC), announced today that 1^st Detect’s Miniature Mass Spectrometer, the MMS-1000^™, will be distributed in the European Union via TransGlobal Distributors’ extensive network of distribution channels. This week, the company is formally introducing MMS-1000™ at the HET Instrument Exhibition and Conference in Amsterdam, the […]