Month: May 2012

Fume hoods exceed international standards

A NEW range of ductless fume hoods from Air Science USA, the Purair 5 range, exceed OSHA, ANSI and all relevant international standards says the company. Available in three widths – 610, 915, and 1220mm (24, 36, and 48 inches),…

Looking for this year’s top lab automation developments

EACH year, Jala, the journal of laboratory automation, seeks the top 10 technological breakthroughs in the field in order to recognise their contribution. The Jala Ten embraces laboratory automation and robotics as well as a broad range of related technologies,…

New Sciflexarrayer has higher throughput

THE NEWEST version of Scienion’s Sciflexarrayer liquid handling robot delivers higher throughput and increased versatility, says the company, boosting its usefulness in multiplexed diagnostics and cellular screening. The new Sciflexarrayer S1 non-contact dispenser exploits the same drop-on-demand technology as previous…

New wavelengths for plug-and-play lasers

THE OBIS range of compact laser modules from Coherent has been extended with the addition of devices with outputs at 514nm and 552nm. Both deliver laser output power of 20mW, and says the company offer an optimum combination of beam…

Invisibility cloak promises spectroscopy on a chip (video)

WHILE the general media are agitated by the far-fetched possibilities of Harry Potteresque camouflage from today’s announcement of a so-called invisibility cloak, here at the LabHomepage we’re much more excited about the prospects for massively-multiplexed spectroscopy on a single chip…

Multiple sample vials in 96-well microplate footprint

COMBINING the benefits of individual sample vials with the handling advantages of the standard 96-well microplate format, JG Finneran’s new Snap Seal Vials and Snap Top Caps may appeal to many laboratories. An adaptation of the company’s existing vials and…

A mass of mass spectrometers

WE’RE not quite sure what the collective noun is for mass spectrometers, but we’re pretty sure they could use one down at AB Sciex’s headquarters. Coming hard on the heels of recent announcements of new ‘workhorse’ instruments the 4500 and…

Specimen cleaning in electron microscopy

A VITAL step in sample preparation before analysis by electron microscopy is the cleaning stage, in which all contaminants must be removed from objects under study. One common problem encountered at this stage is that the cleaning process can damage…