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Listing of all 35 news releases from Starna Scientific:

Accurate tracking of CRMs through bar codes

Certified reference materials (CRM) sets supplied by Starna Scientific now feature set identification labels and support documentation that contain unique serial number bar codes

News from Starna Scientific (11 February 2008)

Drug photostability testing complies with ICH Q1B

Starna's drug photostability testing kit features a PTFE capped screw cap cell to avoid sample contamination difficulties

News from Starna Scientific ( 2 November 2007)

Optical reference materials in pollution fight

User application article Standard MOT/08/19/1 specifies that instruments for measuring smoke emissions must be calibrated using glass neutral density filters with accurately known transmittance values

News from Starna Scientific ( 4 October 2007)

Qualification of UV systems course at Pittcon

Qualification of UV systems to meet new pharmaceutical standards is once again one of the short courses on specialised aspects of analytical chemistry in 2008's Pittsburgh Conference programme

News from Starna Scientific (13 September 2007)

Biofilm studies will benefit from new Starna cell

Porthole cells are typical of the specialised solutions developed by Starna Scientific using optical manufacturing expertise accumulated in over 40 years supplying the scientific community

News from Starna Scientific (31 August 2007)

Starna short path cells are 'small but perfect'

These cells are ideal for the measurement of low transmittance samples when dilution is not an option

News from Starna Scientific (19 June 2007)

Better qualification of plate readers

The new Starna liquid plate reader CRMs have a unique sealed cell design, which allows their use horizontally in the plate reader, or vertically in a reference spectrophotometer for certification

News from Starna Scientific (17 May 2007)

CRMs for NIR now available from Starna

Unique new certified reference materials for the near infra red (NIR) region of the spectrum provide 13 certified and traceable peak values using a newly developed material

News from Starna Scientific (16 April 2007)

Seeing double for certified reference materials

With the commissioning of a second reference spectrophotometer, the CRM calibration laboratory at Starna Scientific now has a resource that is usually only available to National Reference Laboratories

News from Starna Scientific ( 9 March 2007)

Validation for UV plate readers

A unique new fully traceable Ukas accredited calibration product from Starna allows users of plate readers to validate their measurements in the UV region

News from Starna Scientific (22 February 2007)

Are your standards the real thing?

Technical background article The International Laboratory Accreditation Convention (Ilac) says only suppliers complying with both ISO 17025 and ISO Guide 34 are recognised as accredited suppliers of Certified Reference Materials

News from Starna Scientific (22 December 2006)

Starna expert for Pittcon course

'Qualification of UV systems to meet new pharmaceutical standards' is once again one of the short courses on specialised aspects of analytical chemistry in next year's Pittsburgh Conference programme

News from Starna Scientific (13 December 2006)

Track stray light traceably in spectrophotometry

Stray light (stray radiant power ratio or SRPR) is an easily undetected source of error in UV-visible spectrophotometry, and when present causes depressed absorbance readings at high absorbance values

News from Starna Scientific ( 5 December 2006)

Deep UV optics with proven quality

Starna has introduced new quality assurance technology in its Hainault (UK) plant to prove the reflectivity of their far-UV (vacuum-UV) mirrors

News from Starna Scientific (13 November 2006)

Measure cell fluorescence without a microscope

With this device, standard (11x22mm) coverslips can be easily and reproducibly located in a fluorescence cuvette in a defined orientation 45deg to the excitation beam

News from Starna Scientific (12 October 2006)

Starna expert for Pittcon course

'Qualification of UV systems to meet new pharmaceutical standards' is once again one of the short courses on specialised aspects of analytical chemistry in next year's Pittsburgh Conference programme

News from Starna Scientific (15 September 2006)

Bogus cells prompt trade mark move

Following reports that inferior quality spectrophotometer cells bearing their name are being sold in India and elsewhere in Asia, Optiglass has taken steps to protect its reputation and customers

News from Starna Scientific ( 1 September 2006)

Accredited as reference material producer by Ukas

Optiglass, manufacturer of Starna brand optical products, is one of only five UK organisations to be accredited as a Reference Material Producer by Ukas, the UK Accreditation Service

News from Starna Scientific ( 3 August 2006)

European Pharmacopoeia recommends quality CRMs

Technical background article Latest version of the European Pharmacopoeia notes that: 'suitable certified reference materials may also be used' - John Hammond contends that only externally sourced CRMs are good enough