Shimadzu’s New Nexera Method Scouting System Maximizes Efficiency in HPLC/UHPLC Method Development
March 18, 2014
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) has introduced the Nexera Method Scouting System. Capable of automatically investigating up to 96 combinations of mobile phases, gradients and columns, it significantly improves HPLC method development productivity in both R&D and QA/QC environments. Shimadzu’s Nexera Method Scouting System is equipped with two pumps, each with a quaternary valve, which allows [...]
New Centrifuge Delivers High-Performance, High-Volume Batch Bioprocessing
March 18, 2014
NEW YORK -- A new high-performance centrifuge system, featuring a high-capacity carbon fiber rotor, accelerates bioprocessing with higher volumes to reduce cycle times. Designed to improve productivity and ensure sample safety and integrity, the new Thermo Scientific Sorvall RC BIOS 10 large capacity centrifuge system is ideal for a range of cell culture and bioprocessing [...]
Easily Connect Material Laboratories with ZEISS Primotech
March 18, 2014
Shanghai/China, Jena/Germany -- ZEISS introduces a new imaging system for material analysis at the Laser World of Photonics China 2014 trade show in Shanghai. ZEISS Primotech is used both in industrial quality control as well as in the education of geologists and mineralogists. In routine applications, customers can quickly and reproducibly analyze their products within [...]
March 18, 2014
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates---Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced a strategic business partnership with Naizak Global Engineering Systems, one of the leading engineering and IT solutions integrators in the Middle East. The partnership brings Thermo Fisher’s state-of-the-art laboratory data management solutions to the full range of science-based industries throughout Saudi [...]
March 18, 2014
Innsbruck — A team of researchers in Georgetown, Washington DC, and Rochester, New York, has developed the world’s first blood test capable of predicting Alzheimer’s disease. The first-of-its-kind study, recently published in Nature Medicine, used the AbsoluteIDQ® p180 test kit by BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG, a leading Austrian biotech company specialized in targeted metabolite quantification. [...]
March 18, 2014
Menlo Park, Calif. & St. Petersburg, Florida –– SRI International and Spyglass Technologies, Inc. have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement to commercialize SRI’s in situ membrane introduction mass spectrometry (MIMS) technology. Through the license, Spyglass, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based technology company, will apply SRI’s underwater MIMS technology to a broad range of commercial, research, [...]
MKS to Acquire Granville-Phillips Division of Brooks Automation
March 18, 2014
Andover, Mass.-- MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, today announced it has agreed to purchase the assets of Granville-Phillips, a division of Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS), for $87 million in cash. Granville-Phillips is a leading global provider of vacuum measurement and control instruments [...]
Simulations Plus Signs New Partnership Agreement in China
March 18, 2014
LANCASTER, Calif.-- Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), a leading provider of consulting services and software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today announced that it has signed a distributor agreement with the Research Institute for Liver Diseases (RILD) in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Mr. John DiBella, vice president for marketing and sales for Simulations Plus, [...]
Compact Solution for Parallel Blending & Formulation Experiments
March 18, 2014
Asynt has developed a new adaption of its Vortex overhead stirrer, called the Vortex Blend, specifically to cater for the requirement of scientists who need to test new formulations and blends in parallel. Many scientists in the oil, polymer, cosmetics and hygiene industries have established methods for blending and formulation development based upon mixing materials [...]
Adam Equipment Introduces Nimbus Balances for Precision Weighing
March 18, 2014
Danbury, Conn. -— Designed with scientists in mind, the Nimbus series of balances offers 15 models that deliver a full breadth of precision readabilities ranging from 0.1mg to 0.1g. Innovative design enables a compact footprint, so it occupies minimal space but retains the highest level of performance. The Nimbus base is formed from a single [...]

