INTEGRA ‘s newly-expanded Viaflo II electronic pipette range includes models designed to fill the gap between the existing 0.5-12.5ul and 5-125ul ranges. Available for single-, 8-, 12- and 16-channel Viaflo II pipettes, the new models deliver optimised precision pipetting in…
Month: January 2015
Nanoscale mass spectrometry boosts painting conservation
THE STUDY of cross-sections of heritage paintings has benefitted from a ‘breakthrough’ in atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based nanoscale mass spectrometry, reports Anasys Instruments. Researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and the Getty Conservation Institute developed a variation…
Lims proves popular for contract labs
AUTOSCRIBE reports that its Matrix Gemini Lims (laboratory information management system) is attracting increased interest from the contract laboratory sector. John Boother, the company’s managing director, told LabHomepage: “Matrix Gemini provides the versatility that appeals to contract laboratories, for laboratory…
Fume hoods reduce energy costs
FLOW SCIENCES says that reducing the airflow face velocity in its Saf T Flow chemical fume hoods can reduce energy costs by up to 60%. Laboratory fume hoods normally run with a face velocity of 0.5m/sec or 100fpm (feet per…
F5 pentafluorophenyl columns promise to outperform rivals
PHENOMENEX says it has redefined the industry standard by developing its new core-shell F5 pentafluorophenyl chromotography columns. The robust pentafluorophenyl propyl (PFP) core-shell phase overcomes reproducibility and performance limitations of existing PFP and F5 products, which testing shows produced sporadic…