SPECIFICALLY designed for supercontinuum generation when used with femtosecond Ti:Sapphire lasers, Newport’s SCG-02 wavelength extender is said to be ideal for a variety of spectroscopy and nonlinear microscopy applications. Laser input is split into two parallel beams – the fundamental…
Handheld spectrometer characterises light sources
A HANDHELD spectrometer particularly suited to the characterisation and measurement of the output of LEDs and other light sources is now available in the UK and Ireland from Analytik. The GL Optic Mini-Spectrometer includes dedicated software to automatically calculate important…
Diagnostic test helps select colorectal patients
EARLY diagnosis is an important tool in the treatment of many cancers, but is not by itself enough to identify the patients that will respond to a specific treatment. A new step towards personalised medicine for colorectal cancer patients is…
Photometer measures reflectance, transmittance, or fluorescence
A VERSATILE new microscope photometer from Craic Technologies can tackle sample analysis across scientific disciplines as diverse as geology and biology, thanks to its ability to measure reflectance, transmittance, or fluorescence photometric values from microscopic sample areas. The Craic MP-2…
Ultra-sensitive mass spec for VOC analysis
PROMISING the highest performance and lowest detection limits for the detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry, the PTR-QMS-500 series from Ionicon is a new generation of ultra-sensitive PTR-MS online mass spectrometers. Detection limits lower…
Online calculator generates HPLC methods
A NEW online tool to generate HPLC and UHPLC methods has been unveilied by Phenomenex. Kinetex Calculator produces a method based on the running conditions that are entered online, which should provide an optimised result for users. It also calculates…
Acoustic Biosensor has eight analysis channels
SAW Instruments has completed the North American launch of SamX, the latest in its range of acoustic biosensors to exploit surface acoustic wave (Saw) technology. SamX has eight analysis channels and an adaptable microfluidic layout to enhance studies of real-time…
Dedicated packaging for clinical tissue samples
TRANSFERRING paraffin-embedded tissue sample blocks between clinics and laboratories is a routine operation which can be made simpler and more eco-friendly using the HistoMailer, says BioCision. HistoMailer is a dedicated PET plastic mailing box with spaces for four biopsy cassettes.…
Glass centrifuge tubes suit aggressive samples
CENTRIFUGE tubes made of borosilicate glass are inert, reusable, and recyclable, and are well suited to laboratory samples containing solvents or aggressive chemicals, says Kimble Chase. The company, which claims to be the world’s largest manufacturer of laboratory glassware, makes…
Liquid handling needles made to order
HAMILTON has launched a new online tool to enable customers to design and specify specialist needles online. Called NeedleBuilder, it enables custom selection of needle properties including gauge (thickness), hub type, needle length, and type of point. Hamilton offers a…
Reference standards for stevia, a new natural sweetener
FOOD manufacturers are preparing to exploit a zero-calorie, low-carbohydrate sweetener that has recently gained regulatory approval in the European Union (EU). Steviol glycosides are manufactured from the leaves of Asteraceae, plants of the sunflower family, and are said to be…
Array tests for common anthelmintic analytes
ANTHELMINTICS are drugs that are effective against tapeworms, liver flukes, round worms, and other internal animal parasites – known as the helminthic infections. The use of anthelmintic drugs can improve animal health and so boost livestock production, but regulatory agencies…
Control O2 and CO2 in the microplate reader
FULLY regulated independent control of oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) within a microplate reader is the promise made by BMG Labtech’s Atmospheric Control Unit (ACU). Available for the Omega microplate reader range, the microprocessor-controlled ACU offers dual independent control…
Lasers output 4W at 514nm
COHERENT says the newest members of its Genesis family of solid-state lasers are the first to offer multi-Watt output at 514nm. This makes them useful in life science applications such as fluorescence studies, and in bioinstrumentation. They are also useful…
Calibrating pipettes at 100 laboratories
ACCURATE pipette performance is vital to any laboratory, and can only be assured through regular calibration. This is essential not only for Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements, but for any quality assurance structure. Mettler Toledo…
Electrophoresis made easier
THE RANGE of electrophoresis products from Cleaver Scientific has been bossted with the addition of the MultiSub Midi 96, which allows direct loading from 96-well plates. Samples can be loaded from the plates using a standard eight-channel pipette, eliminating smple…
Optimised grinding of temperature-sensitive samples
THE COMMINUTION of difficult samples, like temperature-sensitive powder coatings and plastics, or materials with intrinsic moisture such as tea or herb leaves, can present a problem for some sample preparation mills. Fritsch says that its Pulverisette 14 variable high speed…
Automatic potency analysis from colony counter
SYNBIOSIS says its ProtoCol 3 colony counting and zone measurement system is the first to automatically generate antibiotic and vaccine potency analysis from count and zone data. ProtoCol 3 can read plates of 30-150mm, detecting colonies as small as 43…
Higher throughput for better H1N1 screening
THE LABORATORIES at Labor Krone and Imoltec (Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences), Germany, have taken delivery of a Thermo Scientific KingFisher Flex magnetic particle processor to enhance research into H1N1 screening. After the 2009 ‘swine flu’ pandemic (Influenza A H1N1),…
Enhanced lyophilisation with this condenser
GENEVAC promises a new benchmark for enhanced evaporation and lyophilisation with its new SuperCool 75 condenser, when used in conjunction with the HT-12 high throughput evaporator. Preparing dried powder samples from HPLC purification fractions is a routine laboratory task, and…
More choices in cell culture roller bottles
ADDRESSING the growing global market in bioproduction, Thermo Fisher Scientific has expanded its portfolio of Nunc roller bottles with a wider choice of materials and surface treatments.These bottles are designed for adherent cell culture in the production of vaccines and…
Free library of texture analysis notes
THE PREDICTION of food behaviour and texture is of great interest to the food industry, and can play a vital role in the success of a product. Those involved in this tricky type of analysis might be well advised to…
Better value in Flash purification
PROMISING the widest range of features and cost-savings of any entry-level flash purification system on the market, the new Isolera Prime from Biotage is aimed at chemists needing an automated purification platform to increase productivity. This upgradeable new system can…
Laboratory power supply at lower cost
A LOWER-cost version of Aim-TTi’s QPX1200 series laboratory power supply, the QPX1200S, has a maximum power of 1200W and features PowerFlex regulation, enabling it to offer voltage and current combinations between 60V/20A and 20V/50A. The new model is cheaper by…
Diagnostic controls for gonorrhea and chlamydia assays
A NEW range of controls designed for the highly sensitive nucleic acid assays used in the detection of chlamydia and gonorrhea is now available from SeraCare. Accurun 341 controls are designed to monitor and validate the performance of molecular diagnostic…
Mosaic now talks to Matrical
TITIAN Software has upgraded its Mosaic sample management software so that this can integrate with Matrical Biosciences automated stores, meaning that Mosaic is now capable of interfacing with industry-standard compound stores. Mosaic comprises five modules – inventory tracking, ordering, workflow…
Leica provides IHC and ISH at Imperial
THE LABORATORIES at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK, perform up to 120,000 immunohistochemistry (IHC) tests each year, giving it one of the largest workloads in IHC and in situ hybridisation (ISH) in the country. In order to modernise IHC…
Accurate pH in variable temperatures
UNLIKE standard pH electrodes, Sensorex says its research grade pHase pH electrodes are specially designed for fast, accurate and stable pH measurements even with large temperature changes. This makes them suitable for quality control and R+D use in applications including…
Measuring breath acetone for diabetes diagnosis
DETECTING small quantities of acetone and other ketones in human breath is an important diagnostic tool for diabetes, but the standard technique for doing this involves the complication and expense of a mass spectrometer. Now Oxford Medical Diagnostocs (OMD) says…
‘Mouse-ear’ rotifer wins Olympus imaging prize
THE 2011 Olympus BioScapes digital imaging competition has been won by an image of a rotifer, a microscopic aquatic creature, bearing a comic resemblance to a cartoon mouse. Taken by Charles Krebs using high-speed flash to freeze the motion of…