Smiths Detection, part of global technology business Smiths Group, has won a contract to supply Heathrow Airport with 17 HI-SCAN 10080 XCT scanners, a revolutionary type of X-ray inspection system that checks hold baggage for explosives. The high-speed scanners, which offer X-ray technology and high-resolution 3D computer tomography, will be used in this instance to [...]

Sunnyvale, CA -- Freeslate, Inc., the leading provider of high throughput research solutions for biopharmaceutical development, and The Center for Intelligent Research in Crystal Engineering (CIRCE), a leading Contract Research Organization (CRO) focused on predictive crystallization, announced a partnership aimed at addressing challenging solid state problems. Freeslate has delivered high throughput laboratory automation products for [...]

NEW ORLEANS -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, will showcase new products designed to help customers in applied markets accelerate innovation and maximize productivity during the 2015 Pittsburgh Conference and Exhibition, being held March 8 - 12 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. “We [...]

Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. today introduced the new Rigaku NEX QC Quant EZ series of low-cost, high-resolution benchtop Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) elemental analyzers at the 2015 Pittsburgh Conference (Pittcon) in New Orleans, Louisiana. On exhibit at Booth #3727, the versatile NEX QC QuantEZ series of EDXRF spectrometers delivers elemental measurements across a diverse [...]

Laboratories performing food and environmental testing, clinical research, forensic toxicology, pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical measurements and other applied analyses can now benefit from the performance of high-resolution accurate-mass (HRAM) Orbitrap mass spectrometry using a new instrument designed for cost-per-sample-sensitive workflows. The new Thermo Scientific Q Exactive Focus LC-MS/MS, exhibited for the first time at Pittcon 2015 (booth 2523) [...]

WILMINGTON, Mass.-- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) and drugs trace detection solutions for homeland security applications, announced today that it has received notification that the bid protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the Company's recent 1,170 unit ETD award under Solicitation HSTS04-14-R-CT2050 has been [...]

New York -– Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced the industry’s first laboratory information management system (LIMS) and ERP as-a-service solution in collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific. Powered by Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMSTM, a leading laboratory informatics solution for industries worldwide, Capgemini’s new LIMS/ERP as-a-service solution [...]

Pittcon, New Orleans -- JEOL is proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the enormously popular AccuTOF-DART® ambient ionization mass spectrometer by introducing the new AccuTOF-DART®4G at Pittcon 2015, with new performance capabilities including enhanced resolution, speed, and accuracy in a rugged, flexible, versatile design. The AccuTOF-DART 4G couples the facile operation [...]

A new ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) system has been designed for enhanced levels of performance, productivity and usability for laboratories performing life science research and other demanding analyses. The new Thermo Scientific Vanquish UHPLC, exhibited for the first time at Pittcon 2015 (booth 2523) at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, features [...]

Peabody, MA -- The JEOL AccuTOF-GCx will be exhibited for the first time in the U.S. at Pittcon 2015 in New Orleans, booth #1523. The AccuTOF-GCx, the fourth generation of JEOL’s successful gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometer systems, is designed for optimum throughput, operation, and uptime. It offers improved resolution, accuracy, and sensitivity, while retaining the [...]