Analytical instrumentation

B&WTek NanoRam handheld Raman spectrometer

28 February, 2014 | Supplied by: SciTech Pty Ltd

B&WTek's NanoRam is a compact, lightweight, handheld Raman spectrometer and integrated computing system designed for rapid raw material identification and verification. The spectrometer enables the development of standardised and validated methods for purity and quality control applications.


A complex biochemical system in a droplet

21 February, 2014

In an effort to investigate the reactions taking place in a biological cell, scientists tried to replicate them in an artificial cell. Such experiments have so far worked with very simple reactions, but the team managed to establish a complex biochemical reaction in tiny droplets only a few micrometres in size.


Atomic structures and rotating anode sources

20 February, 2014 by Lauren Davis

A new facility at the University of Melbourne's School of Physics has become home to a rotating anode source. The machine was installed by a team led by Professor Christopher Chantler, who noted that outside synchrotrons (of which there is only one in Australia), rotating anodes are one of the most powerful laboratory sources of X-rays.


Rigaku nano3DX X-ray microscope

18 February, 2014 | Supplied by: AXT Pty Ltd

The nano3DX, from Rigaku, is a true X-ray microscope (XRM) with the ability to measure relatively large samples at high resolution. The product images the entire sample from multiple angles and can thus reconstruct a 3D image at 0.27 µm resolution.


Thermo Scientific GlycanPac AXR-1 column

10 February, 2014 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific announces the HPLC and UHPLC column, Thermo Scientific GlycanPac AXR-1 column, for glycan analysis. The column offers high-resolution separations based on charge, isomerism and size.


Laser to detect low levels of gases

04 February, 2014

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a laser with 25 times more light emission than other lasers operating at a similar wavelength.


New 3D imaging technology keeps long samples intact

03 February, 2014

Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) and its spin-off company, 4D-Nature, have developed a technique called helical optical projection tomography (hOPT), which improves biomedical diagnostic 3D imaging.


Removing distortion from atomic-scale images

31 January, 2014

Microscopy researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that eliminates the distortion encountered when capturing images at the atomic scale. Their method will be reported in the March issue of Ultramicroscopy.


Waters Acquity UPLC M-Class System

30 January, 2014 | Supplied by: Waters Australia Pty Ltd

The Waters Acquity UPLC M-Class System is a nano- to microscale UltraPerformance LC (UPLC) system rated for 15,000 psi operation. Coupled to Waters' mass spectrometers, the system delivers the sensitivity to quantify and identify vanishingly small concentrations of key molecules.


Power Parameters DT 9989 digital multimeter-oscilloscope

25 January, 2014 | Supplied by: Power Parameters Pty Ltd

The DT 9989 digital multimeter-oscilloscope combo from Power Parameters is a suitable measurement instrument for the industrial electrician dealing with power electronics including variable speed drives, UPS systems, induction heaters, phase and burst-fired power controllers.


Chemical imaging for cancerous tissue

15 January, 2014

Scientists have outlined a new method for analysing biological samples, such as searching for cancer, based on their chemical make-up. The process would transform medical examinations, with tests currently involving interpretation by a histology specialist and a waiting period of weeks to obtain a full result.


Restek Raptor SPP LC columns and guards

14 January, 2014 | Supplied by: Leco Australia Pty Ltd

Superficially porous particles (SPP or ‘core-shell’ particles) dramatically boost column efficiency and reduce analysis times. With Raptor LC columns, Restek chemists have combined the speed of SPP with the resolution of highly selective USLC technology.


Thermo Scientific Trace 1300 Series GC system

07 January, 2014 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher Scientific

Scientists using gas chromatography (GC) can enjoy a variety of options with the Thermo Scientific Trace 1300 Series GC system, designed to conserve helium, permit use of multiple detectors simultaneously, automate sampling gas workflows and perform flame photometric detection.


Malvern Viscotek light-scattering GPC/SEC detectors

01 January, 2014 | Supplied by: ATA Scientific Pty Ltd

Light-scattering GPC/SEC detectors are powerful tools for protein, polymer and macromolecular research commonly used to determine absolute molecular weight and protein aggregation. The addition of the Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 to Malvern's range of detectors is said to make the company the sole provider of every commercially available light-scattering technology for GPC/SEC.


Forming new compounds from sodium chloride challenges the rules of chemistry

20 December, 2013

Researchers have discovered that by compressing sodium chloride (rock salt) under certain high-pressure conditions, they can trigger a process which was found to form new compounds - despite chemistry textbooks saying this is impossible.


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