Analytical instrumentation

What’s the big diff? The beamline that Australia built in Japan

04 March, 2013

After more than 20 years of service, the Australian National Beamline Facility will be retired this month and its iconic instrument, an in-vacuum diffractometer dubbed ‘Big Diff’, will head back to Australian shores.


Thermo Scientific CarboPac PA10 Capillary Column

01 March, 2013 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher Scientific

The Thermo Scientific CarboPac PA10 (0.4 x 50 mm) Capillary Column is optimised for the high-sensitivity determination of amino, neutral and acidic monosaccharides found in carbohydrate moieties of mammalian glycoproteins.


Andor Revolution WD spinning disk confocal system for live cell imaging

01 March, 2013 | Supplied by: SciTech Pty Ltd

The Andor Revolution WD spinning disk confocal system offers spinning disk confocal to research fields using different sample types.


Shimadzu Tracera GC detector for trace analysis

28 February, 2013 | Supplied by: Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Oceania) Pty Ltd

Shimadzu has launched an innovation in universal and trace compound detection by gas chromatography, investigating the basics of plasma detection technology as a means for increasing sensitivity stability and the detectable concentration range.


MR Solutions 3 T benchtop MRI scanner

25 February, 2013 | Supplied by: MR Solutions

MR Solutions has released its 3 T, helium-free and cryogen-free MRI benchtop scanner. The scanner provides good soft tissue contrast and molecular imaging capability and, because of its design, it only takes up the space of a desk.


Nikon Perfect Focus System for live cell imaging

23 February, 2013 | Supplied by: Coherent Scientific Pty Ltd

The third generation of Nikon’s Perfect Focus System (PFS) has been released. The product combats the challenges of live cell imaging by eliminating focus-drift, which reduces the reliability of acquired data.


Thermo Scientific Dionex IonPac AS18-4µm column for analysis of inorganic anions in environmental matrices

22 February, 2013 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher Scientific

The Thermo Scientific Dionex IonPac AS18-4µm column is used for the fast analysis of inorganic anions in environmental matrices.


Rigaku BioSAXS-1000 AUTO biological SAXS system for the home lab

22 February, 2013 | Supplied by: AXT Pty Ltd

Rigaku has introduced the BioSAXS-1000 AUTO for experimental biological SAXS (small angle X-ray scattering) workflow in the home lab.


New imaging device is flexible, flat and transparent

22 February, 2013

An Austrian research team has developed an entirely new way of capturing images based on a flat, flexible, transparent and potentially disposable polymer sheet.


Nikon A1R MP+ multiphoton microscope

21 February, 2013 | Supplied by: Coherent Scientific Pty Ltd

The Nikon A1R MP+ multiphoton confocal microscope provides fast and sharp imaging deep within living organisms.


Michell Instruments Condumax II transportable hydrocarbon dewpoint analyser

20 February, 2013 | Supplied by: AMS Instrumentation & Calibration Pty Ltd

Michell Instruments has developed a transportable version of its hydrocarbon dewpoint analyser, the Condumax II. The latest version enables engineers to provide a fast response for investigations into the quality of natural gas wherever it is needed.


Headwall Photonics Hyperspec UV Starter Kit

20 February, 2013 | Supplied by: SciTech Pty Ltd

The Headwall Photonics Hyperspec UV Starter Kit provides everything needed to evaluate and categorise the spectral composition of materials and samples within the UV spectral region.


The science behind identifying King Richard III’s skeleton

14 February, 2013

On 4 February 2013, the University of Leicester announced it had discovered the remains of the last Plantagenet king, King Richard III, who died in 1485.There was strong circumstantial evidence that a skeleton found at the site of the Grey Friars church in Leicester was indeed that of King Richard III. However, before the identity of the skeleton could be confirmed, rigorous scientific investigations including DNA analysis, radiocarbon dating and skeletal examination were required.


Industrial Scientific Tango TX1 Single Gas Monitor

13 February, 2013 | Supplied by: Industrial Scientific Corporation

Industrial Scientific has introduced the Tango TX1 single gas monitor that detects carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide.


Carl Zeiss Axio Scan.Z1 Digital Slide Scanner

12 February, 2013 | Supplied by: ZEISS Group

Axio Scan.Z1 is an automated microscope system that allows researchers to digitalise fixed-tissue sections and cytologic specimens in brightfield and fluorescence.


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