COLUMBIA, Md.– Shimadzu Scientific Instruments today announces the release of its new UV-1280 multipurpose UV-visible spectrophotometer. Offering wavelength scanning from 190 to 1,100 nm, this compact, high-quality instrument is ideal for applications in a variety of industries, including environmental, food quality, and life science. The user-friendly UV-1280 enables intuitive operation, while the enhanced validation, maintenance […]

Wilmington, Massachusetts — Rigaku Raman Technologies, a leading pioneer of handheld and portable Raman spectrometers, has introduced Progeny™ ResQ™, the new generation in handheld chemical detection. Progeny ResQ enables the rapid detection, identification and response to chemical and hazardous threats at the touch of a button. Utilizing Raman technology, the device is an intuitive chemical […]

SUNNYVALE, USA and GENTBRUGGE, Belgium — Freeslate,Inc., the leading provider of high throughput research solutions for biopharmaceutical development, and Trinean NV., the leading provider of microfluidic spectrophotometry platforms, today announced the integration of the DropSense96™ with the CM3 product line for biotherapeutics formulation and optimization. Based on the CM3 automation platform, the Freeslate Biologics Formulation […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Advanced Photonix, Inc.® (NYSE MKT: API), a leading supplier of optoelectronic sensors, devices and instruments used by Test and Measurement, Process Control, Medical, Telecommunication and Homeland Security markets, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Picometrix, LLC has received a follow-on government development contract from the USAF valued at approximately $1.4M […]

Farum, Denmark — Ibsen Photonics (www.ibsenphotonics.com), the global leader in fused silica transmission gratings and industrial grade spectrometer modules, today announced the new FREEDOM HR VIS-NIR spectrometer platform for integrators of analytical and process control instruments. FREEDOM mini Raman offers the perfect balance between compact size and high performance in your instrument design due to […]

Gentbrugge, Belgium — Trinean, the leading provider of microfluidic spectrophotometry platforms, today announced that its DropSense96TM droplet reader has been chosen by UK Biobank for automated quantification of 500,000 purified DNA samples in its Genotyping project. UK Biobank’s Genotyping project is one of the largest genetic studies, designed to better understand the complex interaction of […]

PITTSBURGH -— ChemImage Sensor Systems announces that it received a contract from the U. S. Army to develop the Chemical Fingerprint Identification System (CFIS), a specialized Raman microscope system for the identification of exogenous materials collocated with latent fingerprints. This ability to identify specific drug or explosive particles with a specific person through the collocated […]

Oxford Instruments has launched a new Cryofree® optical cryostat – the Optistat™Dry – specifically designed for low temperature spectroscopy applications. Its unique design makes it the most versatile and flexible cryostat on the market. The OptistatDry allows optical spectroscopists to cool their samples to less than 3 Kelvin without the need for liquid cryogens. Low […]

Livingston, UK — Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is pleased to announce the appointment of James Murray-Brown as Financial Controller. James joins Edinburgh Instruments from Cummins Diesel and GlaxoSmithKline. Mark Vosloo, CEO of Edinburgh Instruments comments “We are pleased to have James join our team. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will hold EI […]