SPECTRO Delivers 10000th SPECTROMAXx Device

10,000th SPECTROMAXx Device Delivered Kleve, Germany— Several months ago, SPECTRO Analytical Instruments delivered the 10,000th SPECTROMAXx metal analyzer to Geely Automobile, a Chinese automotive and motorcycle manufacturer based in Hangzhou. As part of its automotive and motorcycle production, Geely has raw materials, components and parts tested to determine whether they meet its quality requirements as [...]

The New Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer DMA/SDTA 1+: Precise Measurement Technology for Highest Performance

METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to announce the launch of their new Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer, which delivers outstanding accuracy. Performing measurements is quick and uncomplicated when using the new DMA/SDTA 1+, which enables better sample preparation, an applied force of up to 40 N and a maximum oscillation frequency value of 1000 Hz. Schwerzenbach, Switzerland METTLER [...]

UC3M spinoff develops new ultra-fast 3D microscope

A new microscope that can capture 3D images of live organisms in real time: this is the QIs-scope, an innovation from a spinoff of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), 4D Nature. The microscope can be used in biomedical research or to improve clinical diagnosis procedures. This new-generation microscope can make three-dimensional images of small [...]

Horizon Discovery announces launch of Genome-Wide CRISPRi and CRISPRa Screening Services

Location: Cambridge First-to-market screening services broaden range of possible study types to address critical gaps in target ID and validation CRISPRi screening is better suited to study essential genes and genes amplified in the genome CRISPRa screening enables the study of gene activation-linked responses on a genome-wide level Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or [...]

Release of EVOLUTE® HYDRO SPE Plates with Integral Hydrolysis Capability

Uppsala, Sweden – Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical, medicinal and peptide chemistry, is pleased to announce the launch of EVOLUTE® HYDRO, solid phase extraction plates with an integral Hydrolysis capability that enable chemists to perform sample hydrolysis within the extraction plate; saving time and reducing sample transfer [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Laboratory Freezers Earn U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR Rating

WALTHAM, Mass. – Laboratories can now rely on Thermo Fisher Scientific’s expanded line of cold-storage products to help them meet their goals for both productivity and sustainability. The company recently earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR certification for its Thermo Scientific TSX Series ultra-low temperature freezers, which is designed to reduce energy consumption [...]

Bruker Launches the timsTOF™ Pro Mass Spectrometer to Enable the Revolutionary PASEF Method for Next-Generation Proteomics

Unique Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry (TIMS) Adds New Dimension for Robust, Faster Proteome Analysis with Higher Sensitivity DUBLIN -- HUPO2017 -- At the 16th Annual World Congress of the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO), Bruker introduces the timsTOF Pro system for PASEF mass spectrometry, using proprietary trapped ion mobility spectrometry (TIMS) technology for higher-speed, higher-sensitivity and robust shotgun proteomics with outstanding single-shot peptide and protein identification [...]

Evosep Introduces A Novel Separation Solution Designed for Clinical Omics at HUPO 2017

Making clinical proteomics 100x more robust and 10x faster   DUBLIN – HUPO 2017 – Evosep aims to improve quality of life and patient care by radically innovating protein based clinical diagnostics. We will make sample preparation and separation for mass spectrometry analysis 100 times more robust and 10 times faster to enable truly large cohort studies [...]

REVOLUTION METALS LTD ACQUIRES GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENT TO MAP GEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS AT MT REMARKABLE

Revolution Metals Ltd has acquired the latest IP64 rated XRF scanner from Olympus. The new "VANTA" handheld XRF scanner can simultaneously log samples in the field while also logging the location wirelessly via GPS. Rapid acquisition of data from field geochemical surveys will assist the company in identifying accurate locations for follow up drilling. The [...]

Cayman Contributes Tandem Spectra Data to Cloud-Based Mass Spectral Library

Ann Arbor, MI -- Cayman Chemical is collaborating with ThermoFisher and HighChem to provide accurate and high quality tandem spectra to the mzCloud™ library of mass data. mzCloud™ is a web-based mass spectral database comprised of a curated collection of high- and low-resolution MSn spectra acquired from small molecules under a number of experimental conditions. [...]

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