Innovative IONICON PTR-ToF-MS technology deployed on NASA atmospheric research aircraft
February 22, 2013
The innovative instrument made by the Austrian high-tech company IONICON Analytik GmbH detects organic trace gases in the atmosphere in split-seconds of measurement time. Analysis with a new time-of-flight mass analyzer combines measurement speed, sensitivity and selectivity in an unprecedented manner. The instrument was deployed for the first time onboard the NASA P-3B research aircraft [...]
SPECTROLAB Determines Inclusions in Steel Spectroscopically
February 22, 2013
Kleve, Germany, — With the SPECTROLAB stationary metal analyzer and Single Spark Evaluation (SSE), SPECTRO Analytical Instruments now offers a real alternative to microscopic determination of inclusions in steel. Inclusions in steel greatly influence its mechanical properties. In free-cutting steel, for example, inclusions of manganese sulfide (MnS) are desired, as they ensure that filings break [...]
Mark McDonough to Assume CEO Role at CombiMatrix
February 22, 2013
IRVINE, Calif., -- CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX), a molecular diagnostics company performing DNA-based testing services for cancer and developmental disorders, today announced that Mark McDonough, currently the Company's Chief Commercial Officer, will become Chief Executive Officer following the retirement of CEO R. Judd Jessup, who has announced his retirement, effective March 15, 2013. McDonough, a resident [...]
February 22, 2013
Billerica, MA, – Seahorse Bioscience, the world leader in instruments and assay kits for measuring cell metabolism, announced a new milestone: the 500th journal reference including XF assay data. The paper, titled BCL-2 Inhibition Targets Oxidative Phosphorylation and Selectively Eradicates Quiescent Human Leukemia Stem Cells, will be published in the March 7, 2013 issue of [...]
February 22, 2013
CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced today that three scientists are presenting data at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) conference showing the Ion PI chip is on the same rapid performance trajectory demonstrated by the first three Ion PGM™ chips. Since the first Ion chip launched two years ago, [...]
Low temperature fluorescence spectroscopy
February 21, 2013
Edinburgh Instruments, Photonics Division, Livingston, UK,: Liquid nitrogen and liquid helium cryostats are available as part of the range of temperature-controlled accessories for the FLS980 and FLS920 series of photoluminescence spectrometers from Edinburgh Photonics. Fully field retrofittable, these cryostats allow fluorescence measurements and temperature maps to be made over the temperature ranges 77-300K and 4.2-325K [...]
February 21, 2013
Glencoe Software, The Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), and The Rockefeller University are pleased to announce their next enhancements to the JCB DataViewer, the world's first system for presentation, sharing and archiving published scientific image data. The JCB DataViewer archives data for authors and makes them available for query and re-use by other scientists. In [...]
SP Scientific Launches Easy Access Website
February 21, 2013
SP Scientific has announced the launch of a new information rich website dedicated to providing users with easy access to a vast array of useful information relating to their portfolio of freeze dryers, lyophilizers, evaporators, concentrators, glassware washers and thermal management equipment. Intuitively structured, the site (www.spscientific.com) provides effortless navigation and rapid access using 'hover [...]
Illumina Completes Acquisition of Verinata Health
February 21, 2013
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Verinata Health, Inc., a leading provider of non-invasive tests for the early identification of fetal chromosomal abnormalities. As of the close, Verinata Health became a wholly owned subsidiary of Illumina. "We look forward to working with the talented [...]
One rheometer, two EC motors, all possibilities: MCR 702 TwinDrive™
February 21, 2013
Anton Paar’s TwinDriveTM technology combines two powerful synchronous EC (Electrically Commutated) motor units in a modular setup: the upper EC motor in the rheometer is permanent; the lower EC motor can be extracted and integrated at will. Due to the EC motor's renowned dynamism and precision, users have several options of how to employ these [...]

