Technologies & Strategies That Enable R&D
Lose the shamrocks keep the green
March 19, 2009 7:28 am | Blogs | CommentsThe nice thing about St. Patrick’s Day this year was that it let us forget for a moment the disturbing possibility that in 2009 everyone seems to resent everyone else’s wealth.
XRF tool gauges film composition, thickness
March 18, 2009 10:38 am | Product Releases | CommentsSolar Metrology has expanded its SMX XRF tool portfolio for film composition and thickness measurement of CIGS and CdTe photovoltaic depositions with the addition of the FPV, full panel view, SMX model.
Shimadzu launches new particle analysis method
March 18, 2009 10:36 am | Product Releases | CommentsShimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces a particle size measurement principle called Induced Grating (IG), which allows users to measure nanoparticles with high sensitivity and reproducibility.
Testing facility ensures gas sampling accuracy
March 17, 2009 10:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsIn line with the company's policy to deliver market leading rental instrumentation that is
Fume hoods clean air with less energy
March 17, 2009 10:39 am | Product Releases | CommentsThermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today launched its new line of Thermo Scientific Hamilton Infinity™ Fume Hoods at PITTCON 2009.
Assay line reveals early stage toxicity
March 16, 2009 8:20 am | Product Releases | CommentsMillipore Corporation (Billerica, MA) and CXR Biosciences® (Dundee, UK) last week launched ToxReporter ™, a new panel of engineered cell lines and assays that can screen compounds for toxicity early in the drug discovery process.
Aerosol detector offers sensitivity, speed
March 16, 2009 8:18 am | Product Releases | CommentsESA Biosciences last week introduced the Corona ultra at Pittcon 2009. The new charged aerosol detector is now truly ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography compatible.
Turbopumps for vibration-sensitive applications
March 13, 2009 8:19 am | Product Releases | CommentsMarch 13, 2009 Pfeiffer Vacuum introduces the HiPace 300 Plus to its line of HiPace turbopumps. The HiPace 300 Plus with 260 liter per second of pumping is designed specifically for extreme low vibration applications.
LIMS 6.1 with zero footprint Web client
March 13, 2009 8:18 am | Product Releases | CommentsMarch 13, 2009 PerkinElmer, Inc. announces the release of LABWORKS LIMS v. 6.1. Building upon the LABWORKS 6.0 platform, LABWORKS 6.1 delivers a laboratory information management system (LIMS) with a zero footprint Web client.
LC-MS system with 10 times more sensitivity
March 13, 2009 8:17 am | Product Releases | CommentsMarch 13, 2009 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc announces the Thermo Scientific TSQ Vantage. This new LC-MS/MS system delivers up to 10 times more sensitivity than any other triple quadrupole instrument on the market, without a commensurate increase in noise.
Animal overpopulation is solved with a pill
March 13, 2009 7:59 am | Blogs | CommentsAnimal overpopulation is solved with a pill March 13, 2009 As warmer weather approaches, so will the increase of animals that haven't been prevalent during the winter months. But not too many people may be thrilled to see the V formation of geese come back to the northern region of the U.
Raman materials characterization software
March 12, 2009 8:20 am | Product Releases | CommentsOMNIC Specta software for Raman applications was developed to radically improve the quality and ease of gathering sample information contained in Raman spectral data.
Omnian: The New Standardless Analysis
March 12, 2009 8:17 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Omnian standardless analysis package in the SuperQ software suite is designed to be used with the Axios sequential x-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer.
Multimode GC Inlet offers sensitivity for high molecular weight components
March 12, 2009 8:16 am | Agilent Technologies Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsAgilent Technologies Inc. introduced the Multimode gas chromatograph (GC) inlet with split, splitless, and programmable temperature vaporization (PTV) capability, featuring much lower maintenance requirements.
Major breakthrough in increasing luminescence efficiency of carbon nanotubes
March 11, 2009 11:00 am | Product Releases | CommentsChemists have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical imaging and other areas.
