Multiple uses for the JPK NanoWizard AFM system in the Smart Interfaces in Environmental Nanotechnology Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the breadth of research applications where their NanoWizard® AFM system is being used in the Smart Interfaces in Environmental Nanotechnology Group under the leadership of Associate Professor, Rosa M Espinosa-Marzal. Dr Rosa M Espinosa-Marzal is an Associate [...]

Crystal Diagnostics Partners with Hardy Diagnostics to Market Novel Food Pathogen Detection System

Broomfield, CO / Santa Maria, CA - Crystal Diagnostics (CDx) announced that it has signed an agreement with Hardy Diagnostics to sell and distribute in North America the CDx Xpress System -- a rapid and sensitive pathogen detection platform. This agreement adds an equipment line to Hardy’s dominant position in food safety testing reagents and [...]

Implant Sciences Wins CATSA Order for 122 Explosives Trace Detectors

WILMINGTON, Mass., - Implant Sciences Corporation(OTCQB: IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) solutions forDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) applications, reported that the company has received a previously unannounced order from the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) for up to 122 of its industry-leading QS-B220 desktop explosives trace detectors. These systems are [...]

Agilent Technologies Extends Agreement with PerkinElmer on Bioanalyzer Chips

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced an extension to its longstanding agreement with PerkinElmer, which supplies chips for Agilent's popular 2100 Bioanalyzer system. Since its introduction in 1999, the 2100 Bioanalyzer system has become an integral part of molecular biology laboratories around the world. It is used in DNA sequencing, gene expression, [...]

Heriot-Watt’s Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences uses the Deben Microtest 2 kN tensile stage to characterise ceramics and engineering plastics.

Woolpit, United Kingdom, - Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for electron microscopy, reports on the use of a Microtest tensile stage in the Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. It is being used for stress analysis studies of ceramics and engineering plastics. [...]

New Research Device Enables Leak-Free Protein Gel Casting

CARLSBAD, Calif. - Researchers now have access to a device that enables reliable, leak-free custom development of protein gels for electrophoresis. Developed for simplicity and with an intuitive design, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s newly launched SureCast Gel Handcast System also helps to save time, money and precious samples. While precast gels for the separation of proteins [...]

Canon BioMedical expands assays to support genetic researchers

MELVILLE, N.Y. - Focusing on targets relevant to researchers, Canon BioMedical is excited to announce the addition of 72 new assays to the Novallele genotyping library. Included in this expansion are two novel assays, MELAS m.3243A>G Novallele Genotyping Assay and LHON m.11778G>A Novallele Genotyping Assay, that detect mutations in mitochondrial DNA. Providing scientists a fast [...]

Magritek reports on how undergraduate chemists at Samford University are using the Spinsolve benchtop NMR system in their research and education programs

San Diego, USA - Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, report on the use of their Spinsolve Benchtop NMR spectrometer in the Chemistry Department of Samford University located in Birmingham, Alabama. It is being applied in research in the areas of organic synthesis, reaction methodology and medicinal chemistry. Dr Paul Wiget [...]

New AutoSwap™ for DeCapper Streamlines Switch Between Tube Types

Franklin, Mass. – Hamilton Storage introduces the LabElite™ AutoSwap™, adding new functionality to the company’s LabElite automated tube DeCapper. The new AutoSwap (patent pending) enables fast and easy switching of labware-specific decapper adapters on the fly without manual intervention, allowing workflows to proceed with different types of tubes. The AutoSwap switches between any two sets [...]

New SPECTRO XEPOS Spectrometers Redefine ED-XRF With Exceptional New Levels of Elemental Analysis Performance

Kleve —— SPECTRO Analytical Instruments announced its new line of SPECTRO XEPOS spectrometers, representing a quantum leap inenergy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) technology and providing breakthrough advances in the multi-elemental analysis of major, minor, and trace element concentrations. New developments in excitation and detection introduced with the new SPECTRO XEPOS ED-XRF spectrometers deliver outstanding sensitivity [...]

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