OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio-- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it will provide real-world training in radiation detection and measurement to nuclear safety professionals within the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The training, made possible through a partnership with the European Centre of Technological [...]

Munich, Germany,- ibidi GmbH, a supplier of solutions for analyzing living cells, extends its LifeAct™ product line for undisturbed visualization of Actin cytoskeleton organization and dynamics. ibidi’s new Actin marker, LifeAct™, binds to the structure protein without constraining its activity. For long-term actin visualization, ibidi is now offering a stable LifeAct expressing fibrosarcoma cell line [...]

TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, is delighted to announce the introduction of a new RAFT™ (Real Architecture for 3D Tissue™) System on Stand 2 at the Dechema 3D Cell Culture Conference on March 14th -16th in Zurich, Switzerland. The system generates consistent and reproducible 3D cell [...]

New User-Friendly Software Enhances Processing and Reporting HORIBA Scientific, a leading innovator in the manufacture of high performance scientific and analytical equipment, is announcing the launch of their new LabSpec 6 Raman software platform, at the Pittcon 2012 conference and exhibition. LabSpec is a complete Raman software application that guides researchers through system set up, [...]

Shanghai and Guangzhou, China, and Hilden, Germany,– QIAGEN N.V. today announced that it will expand access to its digene HPV Test across China through a co-marketing agreement with KingMed Diagnostics, China’s largest independent laboratory network. Through the agreement, KingMed Diagnostics will function as a centralized lab, allowing smaller hospitals and those in less-populated areas to [...]

WILMINGTON, MA,--Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, announced today it has sold its portable explosives trace detector, the Quantum Sniffer(TM) QS-H150, to three more airports in China. This marks the second recent order for aviation security in China. The sale was made through Implant Sciences' Beijing-based [...]

OBERKOCHEN, Germany — Carl Zeiss has launched the AURIGA® Laser, a new advanced system combining the specific advantages of the AURIGA® CrossBeam (FIB-SEM) workstation with the capabilities of a pulsed micro-focus laser for fast ablation of material. AURIGA® Laser is particularly useful for the examination of samples where the target structure is deeply buried under [...]

HORIBA Scientific and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., are pleased to announce that Bio-Rad’s KnowItAll® Informatics System software package will be offered for use with the HORIBA Scientific range of Raman spectrometers, via HORIBA’s LabSpec data acquisition and processing software. The HORIBA Edition of KnowItAll provides an integrated environment for complete spectral searching, analysis and data mining. [...]

Marlborough, Massachusetts – Block Engineering, the leader in Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) instrumentation, announced today the introduction of the LaserBench™ Spectrometer, a next generation benchtop QCL spectrometer for the laboratory (https://blockeng.com/products/laserbench.html). LaserBench is styled as a conventional spectrometer with a sample compartment designed to accommodate standard FTIR accessories. In this format, the QCL spectrometer expands [...]

LARGO, FL—AMETEK Test & Calibration Instruments has introduced the latest additions to its Lloyd Instrument line of advanced materials testing systems: the Lloyd Instruments LS5 and LS2.5. Both single-column machines feature the latest linear guide technology, pre-loaded ball screws and advanced software compensation systems, ensuring the highest level of precision displacement measurement. The LS5 is [...]