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    <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Proxeon and Varian enter OEM agreement</title>
      <description>Under the non-exclusive, worldwide agreement, the nano-LC system will be marketed and sold as the Varian 216-LC</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Proxeon</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/prx/prx105.html</link>
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      <title>Ion trap mass spec for sensitive detection</title>
      <description>Varian has announced its new 200-MS series of ion trap mass spectrometers for GC/MS (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry)</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Varian</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/vaa/vaa118.html</link>
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      <title>Read all about Hiden's mass spectrometers</title>
      <description>New catalogue from Hiden Analytical provides all the details on its mass spectrometers for catalysis and thermal analysis</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hiden Analytical</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/hid/hid124.html</link>
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      <title>Powerful isotope ratio capabilities for GC/MS</title>
      <description>Building on Thermo Fisher's leadership in isotope ratio mass spectrometry, the GC IsoLink makes isotope ratio monitoring GC/MS (irm-GC/MS) as easy to perform as GC/MS</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mass Spectrometry)</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tnm/tnm163.html</link>
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      <title>Catlab includes pulse chemisorption mode</title>
      <description>Hiden Catlab is further advanced by introduction of the new pulse chemisorption (PCS) mode for determination of adsorption isotherms, metal dispersion and surface acidity</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hiden Analytical</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/hid/hid123.html</link>
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      <title>Integration of Aria LX technology with QuickQuan </title>
      <description>The combination enables users to increase the throughput of compounds processed in high-throughput liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) assays by a factor of four</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mass Spectrometry)</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tnm/tnm162.html</link>
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      <title>Addressing pharmaceutical contamination in water</title>
      <description>The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that a variety of prescription and over-the-counter drugs have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mass Spectrometry)</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tnm/tnm161.html</link>
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      <title>Enhanced performance from Maldi mass spectrometer </title>
      <description>Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has updated its line of Axima Maldi Tof mass spectrometers (MS) with three new systems to meet the needs of researchers with varying applications and budgets</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Shimadzu Scientific Instruments</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/sad/sad192.html</link>
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      <title>Maldi mass spectrometer for tissue imaging</title>
      <description>Thermo Fisher Scientific announces the launch of a new, sensitive tissue-imaging platform, combining its Maldi LTQ XL mass spectrometer with ImageQuest software</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mass Spectrometry)</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tnm/tnm160.html</link>
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      <title>FTMS offers switchable LC and GC sources</title>
      <description>Varian's new 920-MS triple quadrupole Fourier transform mass spectrometer (TQ-FTMS) is available with both LC (liquid chromatography) and GC (gas chromatography) interfaces for ionisation</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Varian</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/vaa/vaa108.html</link>
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      <title>Environmental monitoring on mass spectrometry bus</title>
      <description>Thermo Fisher Scientific has completed a custom installation of its TSQ Quantum triple quadrupole mass spectrometer in a mobile laboratory operating on a bus</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mass Spectrometry)</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tnm/tnm158.html</link>
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      <title>Rapidly measure uptake and loss of moisture</title>
      <description>Designed to meet the needs of the small to mid-sized laboratories, the DVS Intrinsic vapour sorption moisture analyser combines ease of use with a low capital investment and maintenance burden</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Surface Measurement Systems</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/sur/sur103.html</link>
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      <title>Mass spectrometry in Human Proteotheque Initiative</title>
      <description>Thermo Scientific LTQ Orbitrap will play a major role in IRCM's systematic analysis of human protein interaction networks, which has significant implications in the prevention and treatment of disease</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mass Spectrometry)</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tnm/tnm156.html</link>
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      <title>Further diagnostic tools for electrical plasma</title>
      <description>Specifically developed for research in fundamental plasma physics, the Hiden Analytical range of plasma diagnostic tools is now extended with the addition of the new PSM plasma monitor</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hiden Analytical</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/hid/hid122.html</link>
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      <title>Enterprise award for spectroscopy firm</title>
      <description>D3 Technologies, a subsidiary of Renishaw, was honoured with a spin-out recognition award at the recent University of Strathclyde Enterprise Awards</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Renishaw</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/ren/ren132.html</link>
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      <title>Mass spec enhances productivity for routine labs</title>
      <description>The Varian 300-MS is designed for use in high-throughput, routine laboratories and is available as a triple-quadrupole MS or a single-quadrupole MS that can later be upgraded to a triple-quadrupole</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Varian</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/vaa/vaa100.html</link>
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      <title>Mass spectrometer monitors fast evolved-gas events</title>
      <description>Hiden HPR-20 TGA benchtop mass spectrometer features a state-of-the-art integrated interface and analysis system for real-time unequivocal detection of multiple gaseous species to 500amu</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hiden Analytical</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/hid/hid121.html</link>
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      <title>Sims-on-a-flange to fit existing vacuum chambers</title>
      <description>Sims (secondary ion mass spectrometry) is a high sensitivity technique for the determination of surface composition, contaminant analysis, and depth profiling in the surface layers of a sample</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hiden Analytical</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/hid/hid120.html</link>
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      <title>Pushing the limits of infectious disease research</title>
      <description>University of California, Davis, and the Waters have dedicated the new Waters Facility for Advanced and Integrated Mass Spectrometry within Dr Julie Leary's laboratory for mass spectrometry (MS)</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Waters</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/wte/wte177.html</link>
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      <title>Faims validated for safety in drug development</title>
      <description>Thermo Fisher Scientific's Faims-based LC/MS analytical method is validated by A+M Labor fuer Analytik to ensure human safety in drug development; an animated video on CD is available on request</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mass Spectrometry)</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tnm/tnm153.html</link>
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      <title>Medivir chooses Synapt HDMS to aid decision-making</title>
      <description>Swedish biotech firm has chosen the Waters Synapt HDMS to hasten its protease inhibitor research and help patients with herpes, hepatitis C, HIV, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and high blood pressure</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Waters</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/wte/wte175.html</link>
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      <title>Residual gas analysers cope with all eventualities</title>
      <description>Hiden Analytical residual gas analysers feature three systems optimised to accommodate applications from basic HV vacuum diagnostics through to precision gas analysis and fast-event UHV/XHV studies</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hiden Analytical</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/hid/hid119.html</link>
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      <title>Sports doping tests at the 2008 Beijing Olympics</title>
      <description>China Doping Control Center (CDCC) has selected Thermo Scientific instruments and software for its sports testing programme at the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mass Spectrometry)</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tnm/tnm151.html</link>
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      <title>Expanded services for mass spectrometry systems</title>
      <description>Applied Biosystems Global Services provides a instrument maintenance plans and services to help customers develop customised, application-specific solutions across basic biomedical research</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Applied Biosystems</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/apa/apa243.html</link>
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      <title>Detection of banned substances in imported seafood</title>
      <description>Thermo Fisher Scientific developed three food testing methods in response to recent concerns over contamination of imported seafood, each available for download</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mass Spectrometry)</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tnm/tnm150.html</link>
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      <title>Reduction of matrix effects in LC-MS/MS </title>
      <description>Poster shows how Thermo TurboFlow technology with TSQ Quantum triple quadrupole mass spectrometers can reduce matrix effects in liquid chromatography / tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mass Spectrometry)</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/tnm/tnm149.html</link>
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      <title>Body composition analysis unit offers fat benefits</title>
      <description>A new body composition analysis system has been introduced by Harvard Apparatus </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Harvard Apparatus</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/hrv/hrv210.html</link>
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      <title>World's favourite spectroradiometer, now improved</title>
      <description>For nearly 15 years, says Glen Spectra, the PR-650 SpectraScan has been the most widely used spectroradiometer in the world, the workhorse of the industry - now the PR-655 takes up the mantle</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Glen Spectra</category>
      <link>http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/gle/gle115.html</link>
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