The MRC-NIHR Phenome Centre will examine around one hundred thousand blood and urine samples every year. It will analyse phenomes – the biological results of people’s genes and environment – to help determine the causes of disease and indicate how treatments can be tailored for individual patients. The centre will enable scientists to better understand […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the opening of two new offices in Vietnam. Located in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the offices will be fully equipped and staffed to provide customers in Vietnam with sales, applications and support services. Each of these offices will have specific centers to deliver greater levels of […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today reported orders of $1.69 billion, down 8 percent compared with one year ago, and revenues of $1.73 billion for the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2013, flat with one year ago. Second-quarter GAAP net income was $166 million, or $0.48 per share. Last year’s second-quarter GAAP net income […]

In a world first, scientists from the Institute of Food Research (IFR) on the Norwich Research Park have been test-driving a prototype instrument that promises to revolutionise access to a potent laboratory analysis technique called NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance). The instrument was developed by Oxford Instruments, an award winning producer of scientific measuring equipment, who […]

Oxford Instruments, one of the world’s leading NMR specialists, has launched Pulsar™ – an affordable benchtop, cryogen-free NMR analyser that offers convenience without the special requirements associated with superconducting magnets. Pulsar’s small footprint is suitable for most labs and industrial production areas. Pulsar allows even the non-expert user to quickly and easily establish routine experiments. […]

STUTTGART, Germany –– At the international technology trade fair for wine, fruit, fruit juice and spirits, INTERVITIS INTERFRUCTA 2013, Bruker today announced the second release of its successful NMR WineScreenerTM. With this new release more than 110 parameters can be evaluated under push button automation, with targeted analysis of more than 50 quantification parameters, and […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Dr. Hashim M. Al-Hashimi at the University of Michigan has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award. The award supports his work in developing advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy methods to characterize the form of DNA known as Hoogsteen base pairs, a work that could dramatically alter […]

COSA Xentaur Corporation announces formation of a European subsidiary with the acquisition of Hygrocontrol GmbH as of April 1, 2013, a leading manufacturer of high end relative humidity and temperature measurement instruments. The new company, Hygrocontrol COSA Xentaur GmbH, is located in Hanau, Germany and will evolve into the center of European operations for COSA […]

Pacific Grove, California — JEOL Resonance (Akishima City, Tokyo) has developed a new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) super conducting magnet that operates on a minimum amount of liquid helium. The new NMR system will be announced at the 54th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC), the largest NMR conference in the US. JEOL’s new NMR […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the latest version of its data-acquisition software for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The new software, VnmrJ 4.0, provides users with a comprehensive, intuitive platform that generates enhanced data with increased speed and efficiency. “We are pleased to introduce the latest advance in NMR data-acquisition software, enabling NMR […]