Australia is Newest Country to Deploy Battelle, Sellex Liquid Bottle Scanning Technology at Airports

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No more pouring expensive liquor or pricy perfume down the drain in frustration while traveling through world airports and taking advantage of duty-free shops. Australian air travelers are joining other world airports using a new technology that will allow them to start bringing some liquids through security screenings and onto airplanes, knowing [...]

Novel Molecular Assay for MRSA Active Surveillance Detects Newly Discovered Strains of Drug-Resistant Superbug

Baltimore, MD – BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, announced today the availability of the CE-marked BD MAX MRSA XTassay in Europe for use on the BD MAX™ System. The assay uses eXTended detection technology to accurately identify a broad range of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [...]

Axiom Analytical, Inc. has announced its FPT-850EL “Extended Length” Near-Infrared Transmission Probe

TUSTIN, Calif. – Axiom Analytical, Inc. has announced its FPT-850EL “Extended Length” Near-Infrared Transmission Probe. The new probe is available in lengths to 1.2 meters with a diameter of 27 mm. It features sufficiently high optical transmission for remote sensing using a standard process Near-IR analyzer. In common with the Company’s existing FPT-850N Near-IR and [...]

Life Technologies Corporation and The Jackson Laboratory Sign TAL Effector Technology Sublicense for Generation and Distribution of Novel Mouse Disease Models

CARLSBAD, Calif. –– Life Technologies Corporation and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) announced today an agreement enabling JAX to use Life’s Transcription Activator-Like Effector technology (TALs) to generate and market novel mouse disease models. Jackson Laboratory will also establish a program to maintain and distribute TAL-modified mice developed by researchers in pharma and academic labs. Life [...]

Heating & Chilling Laboratory Equipment

CARLSBAD, CA - Torrey Pines Scientific, Inc. announces its NEW EchoTherm™ Digital Stirring Hot Plate for use in chemical, pharmaceutical, environmental, biochemical, and other laboratories where simple, reproducible, and accurate sample preparation and experimentation are a must. With the easy to use EchoTherm™ Model HS30, all functions are set through the front panel membrane keypad [...]

New model capable of measuring high-concentration sulfur content in shale oil, with doubled measurement range

HORIBA, Ltd. has released a new portable sulfur analyzer, the SLFA-60. Sulfur analyzers are used to measure sulfur compounds present in heavy oil, gasoline, diesel oil etc. as impurities that convert to toxic gases. Shale oil, a promising alternative to crude oil, can contain high concentrations of impurities, including sulfur. Sulfur analyzers thus serve in [...]

Establishment of the Center of Trade in Central and South America in Uruguay

Shimadzu Corporation (head office: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, President: Akira Nakamoto) established a wholly owned subsidiary Shimadzu Latin America S.A. (SLA) in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Uruguay hereinafter) in order to strengthen the company's sales and distribution of analytical and measuring instruments and medical systems and also provide better support for customers and distributors in [...]

Saelig Announces Lab-grade Precision Portable Spectrometer for 200 – 1050nm Light

Fairport, NY, USA: Saelig Company, Inc. (www.saelig.com) has introduced the GL SPECTIS 5.0 Touch – a state-of-the-art portable instrument for obtaining light measurement data ranging from NIR to UV with laboratory accuracy. Each GL SPECTIS 5.0 Touch Spectrometer is individually calibrated to deliver precise, accurate, and quick results, making it ideal for measurements of light [...]

Nikon Instruments Inc. Introduces Two New Laser Units Requiring No Alignment

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Nikon Instruments, Inc. today announced a breakthrough in microscope laser technology, with the introduction of its LU-NA and LU-NB laser units. Both of the products are solid state laser systems, requiring no calibration or alignment, and are flexible enough to bridge multiple imaging applications. The systems will debut at the 43rd Society [...]

Bioo Scientific Joins Perkin Elmer’s INspiring INnovation Tour with AflaPure Aflatoxin Immunoaffinity Columns

Austin, TX -- The 2013 INspiring INnovation Tour is a nationwide series of multi-track events sponsored by Perkin Elmer dedicated to sharing scientific knowledge. These events provide an opportunity for researchers to share their ideas and experiences with others in their industries. Last year over 1100 scientists and researchers participated in these events. Bioo Scientific, [...]

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