Dionex InGuard inline sample pretreatment cartridges
21 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Dionex Pty Ltd
Dionex has released the InGuard line of multiuse inline sample preparation cartridges for ion chromatography. These cartridges are packed with a range of resins that can automatically remove matrix interferences such as anions, cations including transition metals and hydrophobic contaminants including lipids.
Varian Pursuit UPS 1.9 and 2.4 µm columns
21 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Varian Australia Pty Ltd
Varian has added to its family of Pursuit LC (liquid chromatography) columns for pharmaceutical applications. New materials address needs from drug discovery to bioanalysis, saving time on analysis and method development. The Pursuit range now covers a much broader array of bioapplications, from cutting-edge, ultra-high-pressure and fast-gradient UHPLC to more traditional analytical and preparative HPLC techniques.
FOSS XDS MasterLab NIR System
20 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Foss Pacific Pty Ltd
The FOSS XDS MasterLab NIR System provides NIR analysis for rapid non-destructive measurements of solid dosage forms and solids in vials.
Nikon N-SIM and N-Storm super-resolution microscopes
20 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Coherent Scientific Pty Ltd
Nikon Corporation has released two super-resolution microscopes, the N-SIM and N-Storm. The microscopes have been designed to realise resolution higher than ever before achieved by conventional optical microscopes. The N-SIM was developed with technology licensed from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the N-Storm was developed with technology licensed from Harvard University.
Shimadzu GC-2010 Plus capillary gas chromatograph
20 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Oceania) Pty Ltd
The GC-2010 Plus capillary gas chromatograph, with advanced flow technology, sensitive detectors and fast heating and cooling, is claimed to improve separation performance and reduce analysis time for trace analysis and ensure data quality for a wide range of applications.
Foss Kjeltec 8000 series Kjeldahl analyser
20 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Foss Pacific Pty Ltd
Advances in technology are making Kjeldahl analysis safer and more efficient as users at the Viking Malt laboratory in Halmstad, Sweden, have discovered.
Pall 5 mL prepacked PRC columns
20 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Pall (Australia) Pty Ltd
Pall Corporation has launched 5 mL PRC prepacked chromatography columns to deliver faster and more consistent protein purification processing. The PRC prepacked columns for ion exchange and mixed-mode chromatography lower processing costs and save laboratory time by reducing inconsistencies associated with manually packed columns.
Axio Imager 2 microscope
20 January, 2010 | Supplied by: ZEISS Group
The Axio Imager 2 has 10 stand versions and is suitable for advanced routine to high-end research in the life and materials sciences.
Glass Expansion U-Series glass concentric nebuliser
20 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Glass Expansion Pty Ltd
The U-Series glass concentric nebuliser features a sample channel that is uniform from the entry point to the tip, reducing blockages and washout time, and increasing sample throughput.
Ahura Scientific TruScreen liquid explosive screening
20 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Warsash Scientific Pty Ltd
Ahura Scientific’s TruScreen, suitable for the commercial aviation industry and designed to complement existing security measures, rapidly and accurately screens for potential liquid explosives, quickly distinguishing between benign substances and threat-listed materials, such as explosives and precursors.
Agilent Chromatography columns and consumables
16 December, 2009 | Supplied by: Pacific Laboratory Products
Pacific Laboratory Products has announced it is the reseller for Agilent Chromatography ISO9001-rated consumables and columns.
Dionex UltiMate 3000 RSLCnano proteomics research liquid chromatograph
04 December, 2009 | Supplied by: Dionex Pty Ltd
Dionex has expanded its family of Rapid Separation LC (RSLC) systems with the UltiMate 3000 RSLCnano system. The RSLCnano system is suitable for ultra-fast and ultra-high-resolution separations of proteins and peptides for proteomics research.
Researchers turn mobile phones into fluorescent microscopes
02 December, 2009
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are proving that a camera phone can capture far more than photos of people or pets at play. They have now developed a mobile phone microscope, or CellScope, that not only takes colour images of malaria parasites, but of tuberculosis bacteria labelled with fluorescent markers.
Advances in flash purification
02 December, 2009 | Supplied by: Grace Discovery Sciences
For decades, liquid chromatography has been the primary tool used to purify synthesised compounds in drug discovery. A target compound’s successful progression from hit to lead status depends not only on its structure-based biological activity, but also on compound purity.
Stunning images captured through light microscopes
01 December, 2009
More than 2000 light microscope images and movies were entered in the 2009 Olympus Bioscapes competition. The stunning winners and honourable mentions included the University of Melbourne's Dr Jeremy Packett-Heaps, whose movie titled 'Sexual Attraction in Spyrogyra' was awarded third place.
