News releases on Laboratorytalk categorised by date
Sunday 28 July
to Saturday 3 August 2002
Sixth Queen's Award
Award for Enterprise given for vacuum pump suitable for research and fabrication laboratory applications including high-energy physics, clean room systems, microscopy, and laser cavities
News from Edwards ( 2 August 2002)
Smart materials: the new frontier of technology
Technical Background Article Analysis reveals the advances made in the development of industrial applications for smart, active, or engineered materials, including their use in smart structures
News from Frost and Sullivan ( 2 August 2002)
Technical illustration for instrument maker
User Application Article Swiss company successfully uses existing 3D CAD data for technical documentation, and thus realises a considerable savings potential
News from Itedo Software ( 2 August 2002)
Series of Rockwell hardness testers
The rugged construction of the testers provides an affordable, dependable solution for hardness testing that can be performed in the harshest environments
News from Instron ( 2 August 2002)
High speed extensional viscosity
Extensional rheometer is designed to measure directly the extensional viscosity of viscoelastic materials in the molten state
News from Magna Projects and Instruments ( 2 August 2002)
Biotech exec joins the board
Microbix biosystems announces the addition of a biotechnology executive Patrick Walsh to its board of directors
News from Microbix Biosystems ( 2 August 2002)
New early phase drug development service
Biodistribution service aimed at diagnostic and therapeutic radio pharmaceuticals for the nuclear medicine market
News from Pharmaceutical Profiles ( 2 August 2002)
Workstation promotes efficiency
Individuals working on a product or project together need to easily communicate and share ideas, tools and work
News from Production Basics ( 2 August 2002)
Gigaword memory on portable waveform instrument
Exceptional memory length coupled with fast sampling makes it ideally suited to the capture and analysis of high-speed signals over long time periods
News from Yokogawa Europe - Test and Measurement ( 2 August 2002)
siRNA expression vector for gene silencing
Vector can be used to silence target genes by RNA interference, eliminating the need to synthesise RNA oligonucleotides for RNAi experiments and reducing costs
News from Ambion (Europe) ( 1 August 2002)
Reinforcing the brand
Series of custom-printed beakers and jugs can incorportae logos and product names, providing a product for reliable and easy measurement which significantly reinforces the brand Brochure Available
News from Barloworld Scientific ( 1 August 2002)
Generate data from a graph
Any number of statistical and analytical software packages will produce a graph from a set of data, but this does the reverse: generating data from a scan of a graph
News from Biosoft ( 1 August 2002)
Powtech preview: Freeman Technology
Patented powder flow rheometer which aids formulation of new materials on display at Powtech 2002, 8 - 10 October; Nurnberg, Germany
News from Freeman Technology ( 1 August 2002)
Venture capital funding in biotech
Venture capitalists are making hay while the sun shines on the biotech sector, according to this commentary by Frost and Sullivan research analyst Balaji K.
News from Frost and Sullivan ( 1 August 2002)
Enhanced microscope fluorescence capability
New range of inverted microscopes has a number of unique design features specifically for demanding bio-research applications in fluorescence Brochure Available
News from Olympus Life Science Europa ( 1 August 2002)
Knowledge system wins award
EZChrom Elite and CyberLab knowledge engineering system have been chosen as in Scientific Computing and Instrumentation's 2002 Readers' Choice award winners
News from Scientific Software (now part of Agilent) ( 1 August 2002)
New levels of comfort for microscope users
Rotating multi lens technique gathers more of the image, expanding the optical rays coming from the larger eyepieces to give a brighter, clearer, and a more usable field of view Brochure Available
News from Sartorius UK ( 1 August 2002)
Caddis flies point to cooler ice age
User Application Article Evidence that it was cooler in the late glacial period than it is today is being uncovered from the river Trent by researchers studying caddis flies by using a colour image capture system Brochure Available
News from Syncroscopy ( 1 August 2002)
Two awards in four months
Second international award for innovation for the development of an ultrasonic spectrometer
News from Ultrasonic Scientific ( 1 August 2002)
Capsule could revolutionise drug development
A UK company has developed a novel, innovative, remote-controlled drug delivery capsule which is set to revolutionise the way in which drugs are developed
News from Pharmaceutical Profiles (31 July 2002)
Keeping tabs on your Lims
Lims supplier introducestracking software using web technology to log, track and expedite the efficient resolution of software modifications as they arise
News from Quality Systems International (UK) (31 July 2002)
Glass free moisture analyser
Special model is available with metal panels, eliminating the hazard of broken glass in the production area, and features a glass free ceramic heating element Brochure Available
News from Sartorius UK (31 July 2002)
Fast and accurate film permeation analysis
Molecules of oxygen, diffusing through the film, are carried by nitrogen to a precision sensor that directly measures oxygen content for display without complex extrapolation
News from Systech Instruments (31 July 2002)
Current sensor is rated up to 75A N
Novel design of current sensor based on a precision linear Hall-effect integrated circuit coupled with a magnetic circuit optimised to maximise device sensitivity
News from Allegro MicroSystems Europe (30 July 2002)
HPLC pump system with rear wash-wipe
Isocratic, low-pressure gradient, high-pressure gradient, and semi-preparative pumps feature new performance and reliability features including active rear-seal wash system
News from Dionex (UK) (30 July 2002)
Making small torque
Instrument provides torsion testing for materials and parts that must withstand constant twisting and wrenching, such as fasteners, wire, electronic assemblies, medical devices and biomaterials
News from Instron (30 July 2002)
A jewel of a strain gauge
Silicon strain gauge on sapphire carrier bonded to a titanium diaphragm sounds almost good enough to wear but actually makes a durable and stable transducer Brochure Available
News from Omega Engineering (30 July 2002)
New dimension to drug development
New service for evaluating inhalation uses novel radiolabelling techniques and the latest three dimensional imaging technology
News from Pharmaceutical Profiles (30 July 2002)
Rapid analytical method for QC of polyesters
User Application Article Providing simultaneous measurement of molecular weight, intrinsic viscosity, and hydrodynamic radius in only 12 minutes, this technique minimises the exposure of operators to solvent Brochure Available
News from Viscotek Europe (30 July 2002)
All you need to know about fieldbus technology
Book provides information for all phases of the system from engineering to device and strategy configuration, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, operation, and maintenance
News from American Technical Publishers (29 July 2002)
Lab power supply really motors
High-current single-output bench power supply can be used as a test source for the new generation of automotive electrical parts, which will use 42V (18-cell) instead of 14V (6-cell) batteries
News from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) (29 July 2002)
QA monitoring in pharma
Single channel flow injection analyser for quality assurance monitoring of pharmaceutical products is ideal for laboratories which want a dedicated system for a single product
News from Burkard Scientific (29 July 2002)
Furnace aids tissue engineering research
User Application Article Special thermal processing techniques used to make phosphate glass fibres for the regeneration of highly oriented human tissues at University College London
News from Lenton Thermal Designs (29 July 2002)
Foot switch for hands-free image capture
The simplest ideas are sometimes the best: hands can be kept busy manipulating microscope controls, and an image captured using a foot switch
News from Pixera UK (29 July 2002)
Accelerating a relationship
RTS Life Science and Bigneat forge links to collaborate on future new projects including a cell culturing system Brochure Available
News from RTS Life Science (29 July 2002)
Colony counter detects coliforms in water
New device is so effective it can detect and count thermotolerant coliforms and E coli in water in just under ten hours: half the time it would take with any other plate based method Brochure Available
News from Synbiosis (29 July 2002)
Differential viscometers for polyolefin analysis
Four-capillary differential viscometers for high temperature GPC/SEC applications such as the determination of branching in polyolefins Brochure Available
News from Viscotek Europe (29 July 2002)
Alarmingly bright signals
Modular signal tower system has high IP 65 protection rating and long-life LED with 180 degree visibility and no-tool bulb changes
News from Werma Signaltechnik (29 July 2002)
Expanding prepared media production
Completed expansion of state of the art clean room and cold room areas to accommodate increasing production levels of prepared culture media for environmental monitoring
News from Biotrace International (29 July 2002)
Total number of news releases published during the week: 39
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