NEWARK, Calif.–Morpho Detection, Inc. (MDI), the explosives and narcotics detection business of Morpho, Safran group’s security unit, today announced that Operation International, a collaborative program with police forces throughout the U.K., has to date resulted in several hundred thousand pounds generated by cocaine dealing being repossessed. Under the U.K. Proceeds of Crime Act, police and […]

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & TORRANCE, Calif.–Scientists at the AB SCIEX/Phenomenex Rapid Response Unit have developed a method to test orange juice for the presence of a chemical fungicide called Carbendazim, which has been getting media attention in North America in recent weeks. This new method is in response to recent governmental concerns that shipments from Brazil, […]

WALTHAM, Mass.–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that scientists at its global Food Safety Response Center, located in Dreieich, Germany, have developed and internally validated a new method for detecting residue levels of the fungicide carbendazim in oranges and orange juice. The new carbendazim method was developed in response […]

MILFORD, Mass. — Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today recognized the Thomson Mass Spectrometry Laboratory at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil as a Waters Center of Innovation. The Thomson Laboratory, under the directorship of Dr. Marcos Eberlin, is the first mass spectrometry laboratory in Latin America to receive such […]

BILLERICA, Mass.–Bruker Corporation and SISCAPA Assay Technologies, Inc. (SAT) today announced the publication of a study in the Journal of Proteome Research (J. Proteome Res., Just Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1021/pr201092v, Publication Date (Web): January 18, 2012) demonstrating that SISCAPA MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry provides excellent precision for quantitation of proteins of interest, such as high value […]

Austin, Texas – 1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ASTC), is pleased to announce the delivery of pre-production mini-mass spectrometers to select customers for evaluation. “After years of development, we are very proud to have leading analytical equipment vendors evaluating our mini-mass spectrometer,” said Thomas B. Pickens III, Chairman of 1st Detect. […]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (“Protea”), a leader in the field of bioanalytics, announced today the use of its proprietary LAESI® (Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization) technology to identify novel biomarkers of virally-infected cells. In a paper published Dec. 14, 2011 in Chemical Communications titled “Rapid, non-targeted discovery of biochemical transformation and biomarker candidates […]

RICHLAND, Wash. – The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is being recognized for bringing a lab-developed technology that improves research sample analysis to the marketplace. The Federal Laboratory Consortium announced today that PNNL is receiving a 2012 Excellence in Technology Transfer award. The consortium is a nationwide network that encourages federal laboratories to […]

Milford, Mass. – Waters Corporation today confirmed an analytical technique to rapidly determine residue levels of the fungicide carbendazim in orange juice, with no sample preparation, at regulated levels by taking advantage of the ultra-high sensitivity of Waters® Xevo™ TQ-S mass spectrometer and ACQUITY UPLC® I-Class system. Recent news about the presence of the fungicide […]

ITHACA, NY – Advion, Inc. a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, has appointed Universal Analytical and Testing Instruments, Ltd. (UATIL) as the exclusive distributor for the expression, a Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS) approximately half the size, and half the price, of existing single quadrupole mass spectrometers on the market. The newly-released and shipment-ready […]