News releases on Laboratorytalk categorised by date

Sunday 6 March
to Saturday 12 March 2005

'Breakthrough' products for solvent evaporation

Genevac says it will unveil a series of innovative products for biological and life science applications during its spring 2005 trade show/conference programme  Brochure Available 

News from Genevac (11 March 2005)

Lasers for sale or rent

Latest additions are single mode DFBs emitting at 4.7um and 5.3um, which are the wavelengths for CO and NO detection

News from Laser Components (UK) (11 March 2005)

MS for direct elemental analysis of solids

Glow discharge mass spectrometer achieves the elemental determination of more than 60 elements per sample, from matrix to ultra-trace, with a throughput of more than five samples per hour  Brochure Available 

News from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Elemental Analysis) (11 March 2005)

Biacore acquires protein chip technology

Provides a platform for kinetic screening which should appeal to customers who require the ability to simultaneously study the interactions of hundreds of proteins and peptides

News from Biacore (11 March 2005)

Density standards demonstrably accurate

These standards are supplied with a certificate of calibration demonstrating traceability to national standards and are widely used to verify the performance of density meters

News from Anton Paar (11 March 2005)

Filter plates for high performance bioassays

Available with glass fibre or phosphocellulose paper, the filter plates' automation compatibility increases throughput on a range of robots without sacrificing sensitivity, robustness or precision  Brochure Available 

News from Millipore (11 March 2005)

Technology tackles male infertility

 User Application Article  Breakthrough two-dimensional gel technology is leading researchers to the causes of male infertility and the development of effective male contraception

News from GE Healthcare (11 March 2005)

Capsule sinkers reduce dissolution errors

These machine-manufactured spiral sinkers offer the advantage of being completely reproducible from vessel to vessel, thus reducing dissolution errors  Brochure Available 

News from SMI-LabHut (11 March 2005)

Control of PerkinElmer LC and GC instruments

The PerkinElmer GC control software for EZChrom Elite provides complete software control for the PerkinElmer Autosystem, Autosystem XL, and Clarus GC instruments

News from Scientific Software (now part of Agilent) (11 March 2005)

Knauer wins female entrepreneur prize

The jury recognised that Alexandra Knauer had taken over the business in a crisis situation and was able to lead the company through this crisis successfully

News from Knauer (11 March 2005)

Learn the Transient Plane Source method

Hot Disk method for measuring thermophysical properties is subject of a workshop to be held at the Express/Holiday Inn, Milton Keynes on Tuesday 10 May 2005

News from Heath Scientific (10 March 2005)

Extending contract services for pharma industry

This new agreement covers contract services projects for Malvern's pharmaceutical customers in the Nordic region and across northern Europe

News from Malvern Instruments (10 March 2005)

Novel displays for pH and conductivity

New meters use an innovative man-machine interface with powerful communications and control functions to combine simplicity of operation with easy access to process and diagnostic information

News from Yokogawa UK (10 March 2005)

New input for chromatography data

Module significantly expands the capability of chromatography software, providing interactive spectral analysis, peak purity and compound identification that is based on spectral library search  Brochure Available 

News from DataApex (10 March 2005)

Integrating sphere tests night vision imagers

Provides uniform brightness at low light levels suitable for testing and calibrating electronic imaging devices used at low levels of luminance

News from Pro-Lite Technology (10 March 2005)

Precise and reproducible dosing

Ten-roller pump head eliminates pulsation effects that are incumbent with many conventional peristaltic pumping systems

News from Biotool (10 March 2005)

Breaking electron microscopy resolution barriers

This in-lens scanning electron microscope claims previously unobtainable resolutions of 0.4nm at 30kV and 1.6nm at 1kV

News from Hitachi High-Technologies (10 March 2005)

Universal tips for Biomek and Multimek systems

Narrow-length tips enable pipetting from the bottom of deep labware, for maximum retrieval of valuable samples  Brochure Available 

News from Beckman Coulter (10 March 2005)

Laser diode modules are fibre coupled

Multi-mode fibre coupled laser diode modules are now available to complement the existing free space range of laser diode modules

News from Laser Components (UK) (10 March 2005)

Software gives more control of HPLC

Development allows ESA's unique and powerful HPLC detectors, including its new Corona CAD charged aerosol detector, to be added to any of the HPLC systems supported and controlled by EZChrom Elite

News from Scientific Software (now part of Agilent) ( 9 March 2005)

Interchangeable thermistors offer higher accuracy

Manufactured using a new ultra-stable manufacturing process and Pb-free, so already meeting the RoHS and WEEE directives

News from ATC Semitec ( 9 March 2005)

Increase informatics capacity of automated systems

Instruments enable researchers to execute eight to 192 experiments simultaneously, creating enormous data sets for scientists in research and development laboratories  Brochure Available 

News from Mettler Toledo ( 9 March 2005)

Candidate for product name of the year

She may be attractive and she may be able to shake your tubes, but this little darling would never set foot in one of those nightclub type places

News from IKA ( 9 March 2005)

Expansion means more jobs

Two new appointments will help boost the company's sales and technical resources

News from Hach Lange ( 9 March 2005)

Sourcing supplies for older chromatographs

Combination packs of vials, caps and seals solve all problems of incompatibility by matching the requirements of a particular autosampler

News from Chromacol ( 9 March 2005)

Using magnets to pump fluids

Magnetically driving the piston means there are no mechanical seals and no flexing plastic parts that will inevitably break down

News from Inductive Pump ( 9 March 2005)

Distributing slides in Israel

"This co-operation represents an important milestone in the marketing and sales of our disposable perfusion cell culture biochips"

News from Ibidi ( 9 March 2005)

Near-IR linear arrays shipping

Advanced technology InGaAs linear arrays detect light in the shortwave IR spectral range and support three waveband ranges

News from Sensors Unlimited ( 9 March 2005)

TPH in soil measured in minutes

Portable infrared (IR) analyser quickly determines total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) levels at remediation sites or around underground storage tanks in less than 10-15 minutes, including extraction  Brochure Available 

News from Wilks Enterprise ( 9 March 2005)

Easy on-site measurement of nitrous oxide

Specific vapour analyser provides on-site real-time measurements of nitrous oxide in the 0-100 parts per million (ppm) concentration range with resolution of less than 1ppm  Brochure Available 

News from Wilks Enterprise ( 9 March 2005)

Phase shifters for interferometry and spectroscopy

High-speed phase shifters are compact and extremely responsive systems offering angstrom level resolution with piston movement up to 2um with sub-msec response and settling dynamics  Brochure Available 

News from PI (Physik Instrumente) ( 9 March 2005)

Miltenyi gets Agilent endorsement

Certification validates the companies' ability to provide high-quality microarray processing and data analysis services using Agilent microarrays

News from Agilent Technologies Europe ( 9 March 2005)

Is UV better than distillation?

 Technical Background Article  Comparison of water purification technologies considers the performances of a single and double distillation system, and a system that combines reverse osmosis, electrodeionisation and a germicidal UV  Brochure Available 

News from Millipore ( 9 March 2005)

Supporting tomorrow's scientists today

35th anniversary is marked with the award of two bursaries to help support the early careers of young scientists  Brochure Available 

News from Anachem ( 9 March 2005)

Time to hit the bottle

Continuous bottletop burette range has new dispensing technology that helps provide safer, faster, more reliable manual titration  Brochure Available 

News from Anachem ( 9 March 2005)

Protein purification directly from cell lysates

Prepacked columns are designed to meet the growing need for pure proteins to use in functional and structural genomics and proteomics research

News from GE Healthcare ( 8 March 2005)

Picking up the pace for cell-based assays

16-channel dispenser of this reader enables flash luminescence reading times of less than 60 seconds for 384-well plates and less than three minutes in the 1536-well format

News from CyBio ( 8 March 2005)

Address multiple liquid handling processes

Pipetting system has been designed to meet the current low volume liquid transfer requirements of the drug discovery market for applications with test compounds in DMSO

News from CyBio ( 8 March 2005)

Pyrometer measures small target spots

Designed for use with capillary extrusion rheometers, for detecting and measuring increases in temperature on the outside of extruding profiles due to frictional heating  Brochure Available 

News from Celsum Technologies ( 8 March 2005)

Lablogic user group programme announced

LabLogic Systems has released the programme for its 2005 International RadioChromatography/Lims user group (UK, 27-28 April)  Brochure Available 

News from Lablogic Systems ( 8 March 2005)

Lab reactor exploits crossflow system

Stainless steel, high-pressure stirred cell is suitable for nanofiltration (NF) separations and for reverse osmosis (RO) using aqueous and non-aqueous solvents

News from Membrane Extraction Technology ( 8 March 2005)

Laser ablation for ICP-MS solid-sampling

Readily couples with all matrixes, resulting in long, steady signals and a uniform response throughout the periodic table - all while minimising fractionation

News from New Wave Research ( 8 March 2005)

Integrate chemical workflows from the bench

Informatics platform has been expanded to seamlessly provide department-wide knowledge generation and dissemination through the entire development process  Brochure Available 

News from Mettler Toledo ( 8 March 2005)

First simultaneous multimode ion source for MS

Technology is expected to increase speed, accuracy and productivity of high-throughput screening in drug discovery and other research applications

News from Agilent Technologies Europe ( 8 March 2005)

Stereo cameras analyse particle size and shape

Use of two digital cameras as an adaptive measuring unit improves and optimises particle analysis by digital image processing

News from Retsch ( 8 March 2005)

Brix and CO2 without sample preparation

Device measures the degBrix and CO2 content of non-alcoholic beverages directly out of the bottle or can

News from Anton Paar ( 8 March 2005)

Affordable thermal imaging for the lab

Researchers investigating thermal phenomena in a wide range of industries now have an affordable tool to help them.  Brochure Available 

News from Flir Systems ( 8 March 2005)

Creating a stir in the laboratory

Can be used to simultaneously stir and heat a wide variety of vessel types and sizes and can also be configured to perform more complex procedures including distillation, digestion, and extraction

News from Radleys ( 8 March 2005)

Spectrophotometer promises accuracy and stability

Portable instrument is fully equipped with hardware and software features to cover a wide range of applications, where 45/0 geometry is either recommended or stipulated by norms

News from Konica Minolta Sensing Europe ( 7 March 2005)

Biosafety cabinet now NSF and UL listed

Certified as fully compliant to the requirements of the US Standard NSF49 for Class II (laminar flow) biosafety cabinetry

News from Esco Micro ( 7 March 2005)

Buy hose and lube online

E-commerce facility enables customers to purchase hoses and lubricants for the Verderflex range of pumps on-line at their convenience

News from Verder ( 7 March 2005)

Measure thermal conductivity and diffusivity fast

Instrument utilises a flat sensor with a continuous double-spiral of electrically-conducting nickel metal etched out of thin foil and clad between two layers of Kapton

News from Heath Scientific ( 7 March 2005)

Counting the calories?

Micro reaction calorimeter offers titration, isothermal and differential scanning calorimetry all in one instrument

News from Thermal Hazard Technology ( 7 March 2005)

More sensitivity to sulphur and phosphorous

Flame photometric detector promises fivefold improvement in ability to detect sulphur and a tenfold improvement in phosphorous detection, for petrochemical, environmental, and security applications

News from Agilent Technologies Europe ( 7 March 2005)

Antibodies by the book

Catalogue features range of affinity purified polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies including fluorochrome and enzyme conjugates, low endotoxin/azide free preparations, immunoglobulins and collagens.

News from Cambridge BioScience ( 7 March 2005)

Monitoring food and liquid consumption

System can be configured to monitor only food, only water, or both and can be expanded to accommodate up to 64 weigh stations

News from Harvard Apparatus ( 7 March 2005)

Using microwaves to induce combustion

System decomposes all kinds of combustible solids such as wood, paper, coal, food, polymers, organic compounds and even solid waste faster than any traditional method

News from Anton Paar ( 7 March 2005)

Fume cupboards for budget applications

Manufactured from epoxy coated steel with reinforced glass side panels and a folding front screen, the cabinet is complete with an adjustable speed fan, built in electrical socket and internal light

News from Monmouth Scientific ( 7 March 2005)

Chicago office will drive US sales

NextGen Sciences establishes new US office and appoints Cliff Turner as president of its US operations

News from Nextgen Sciences ( 7 March 2005)

Entirely new type of ion chromatography

Users will encounter a new type of chromatography, it is claimed: no more injection peak, no more carbonate peak, and a baseline whose stability is better than anything seen up to now  Brochure Available 

News from Metrohm UK ( 7 March 2005)

Showcasing clinical trials technology

Globally scalable web-based clinical trial management system will be deployed for the day-to-day tracking and reporting of regulatory and clinical information  Brochure Available 

News from ClinPhone ( 7 March 2005)

Colloid stability analyser is first of its kind

Can analyse emulsions and suspensions, providing a valuable tool for R and D and QA/QC in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, cosmetics, personal care and other industries

News from Ultrasonic Scientific ( 7 March 2005)

Business process management software for the lab

A complete way to automate many laboratory workflows to manage information, collaboration and automate other laboratory processes

News from Scientific Software (now part of Agilent) ( 7 March 2005)

CRMs for GMOs, sulphur, and aflatoxins

New brand of certified reference materials for GMOs in maize, sulphur in diesel, and aflatoxins in milk powder make their US debut at Pittcon 2005

News from LGC ( 7 March 2005)

Rebookings up, new exhibitors commit

Organiser says exhibitors show trust in International Biotech and Lab Automation Europe event, with many already signed up for the 2005 event

News from IIR Exhibitions ( 7 March 2005)

Biopure water for endoscope re-processors

The microbial quality of endoscope rinse-water can be assured using this system, designed to produce up to 30 litre/min of treated water to feed several automated endoscope reprocessor units

News from Elga Process Water ( 7 March 2005)

Cytocell Technologies completes management buy-out

Management team takes control of biotech diagnostic screening company in buy-out from former parent Cytomyx Holdings

News from Cytocell ( 7 March 2005)

Total number of news releases published during the week: 67

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