DEEPER penetration into biological samples, along with potential applications in nanotechnology and quantum entanglement, are promised by Chromacity’s new 520nm laser. This air-cooled ytterbium fibre-based laser combines high power with ultrashort pulse durations, it says. A frequency-doubled version of the…
This new popular science book from Octopus Books provides a rare chance to understand the science that makes the modern world tick (quite literally, in the case of the ubiquitous quartz watch). It covers everything from the way your smartphone…
A project to provide low-cost spaces for biolab start-ups has been launched in Shepherd’s Bush, London. The Open Cell scheme provides 20 studio laboratories in shipping containers, in which entrepreneurs can build, test, and demonstrate biotech-focused innovations. The project is…
A clinical grade stem cell culture for regenerative medicine, StemFit Basic03, has been launched by Amsbio. Provided ready to use from an animal-origin free, the StemFit Basic03 medium provides stable and reproducible culture condition for induced pluripotent stem and embryonic…
Novel insights into protein structure and protein-protein interactions may be obtained using its Q Exactive ultra-high mass range (UHMR) mass spectrometer, says Thermo Scientific. The instrument enables structural biologists and biopharmaceutical scientists to high perform quality native mass spectrometry and…
EIGHT universities in the UK are to benefit from a £20 million fund to upgrade nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The equipment includes two new 1.0GHz systems (the highest field currently commercially available) plus upgrades to systems with field strengths…
TAKING images of living cells always presents the possibility that the act of observation will change the thing being observed. Clusters of cells inside an organism scatter light, making images fuzzy and indistinct. The typical solution is to increase light…
JAPANESE Encephalitis is an incurable viral infection of the brain, spread by mosquito bites from birds and pigs to humans. It is most common in rural areas of south-east Asia and the western Pacific, and often produces no symptoms or…
THE UK’s main trade show for the laboratory sector returns on 31 October and 1 November 2018. Lab Innovations is held at the NEC, Birmingham, and includes an exhibition of products and services as well as lectures and seminars. It…
Horiba UK has introduced the Yumizen G range of instruments and reagents, its first move into the haemostasis sector. It says these systems are user-friendly, efficient, and secure, providing high quality and cost-effective haemostasis for any laboratory. The range includes:…
Resolve Optics has launched a motorised version of its Model 357 non-browning zoom lens for use with radiation-tolerant cameras. Offering remote control of lens functions over a 10x zoom range, and the capture of true high definition (HD) quality images,…
AS MEDICAL interest in cannabis increases, Fritsch says that the extraction of compounds of interest is often inefficient but that the process can be improved using its cutting mills. It recommends the Pulverisette 19 to finely mill cannabis plant material…
A NEW technique to combine two distinct microscope technologies can create sharper images of rapid processes inside a cell, say its inventors. Scientists at the US National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) developed the technique to apply High…
The Lightvision near-infrared camera from Shimadzu is designed to support breast cancer treatment through the visualisation of lymph vessels and blood vessels. The company’s first product in the near-infrared imaging market, Lightvision detects NIR fluorescence emitted from indocyanine green (ICG).…
A new heater to give precise temperature control of flow chemistry glass static mixer (GSM) chip reactors has been launched by Uniqsis. HotChip is said to be easy to use as a standalone unit, and can also be controlled with…
It’s a routine operation performed thousands of times each day in laboratories around the world, but it’s still possible to get microplate sealing wrong. A properly sealed microplate will protect its samples from contamination by dust, spores, or other atmospheric…
Research into the fluid dynamics of fine particulate materials at the department of chemical engineering at Imperial College London is set to benefit from a customised laboratory reactor system from Asynt. With a bespoke glass reactor vessel, ReactoMate Datum support…
Syngene says its new-look gel doc imagers and chemi blot imaging systems are suited to cost-conscious scientists who need versatility. The NuGenius gel doc has an internal processor and 5 megapixel CCD camera with zoom, able to capture images of…
Researchers in Barcelona report progress in the use of 3D organoid technology to create an analogue of human colon cancer in a mouse model. The study, from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), shows that the hormone (transforming growth…
STA Pharmaceutical and Regulus Therapeutics have entered into a collaboration agreement covering oligonucleotide synthesis for research and mid-scale non-GMP/cGMP manufacturing. STA becomes a strategic development and manufacturing partner for Regulus’s preclinical and clinical programmes of microRNA-targeting drugs. Regulus will provide…
GENERIC tips on multichannel pipettes can often resemble a mountain range rather than a straight line, according to Integra. The company says that the reason for this lies with the cone and tip fitting design, and also because of the…
A NOVEL evaporative methodology for mass spectroscopic (MS) analysis, replacing solid phase extraction (SPE) for preparing environmental samples, is described in a paper available from Genevac. In recent years high performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry – or HPLC/MS/MS…
AN EXPANDED catalogue of primary and progenitor cell types and media with a new range of human endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) has been announced by Amsbio. These human EPCs are derived from bone marrow and have properties similar to embryonic…
TRADITIONAL fibre couplers can be notoriously labour-intensive to align, says Siskiyou, adding that the superior adjustment orthogonality of its SMFCx series of opto-mechanical positioners allows for optimal fibre coupling efficiency with minimal effort. The SMFCx series enables the coupling of…
THE first Beckman Coulter DxH 500 haematology analyser in the UK has been installed at the University of Chester’s Institute of Medicine, for use in post graduate clinical research projects. Designed for low-volume workloads of up to 60 samples per…
Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat pain and reduce inflammation in humans and animals, which is implicated in the dramatic decline in scavenger species in some parts of the world. A traditional method of livestock carcass disposal…
A NEW sample purification system from Thermo Scientific automatically isolates target nucleic acids and proteins for research projects in high-throughput biopharma and biotechnology and laboratories. The KingFisher Presto is designed to be integrated into an automated laboratory workflow using a…
WHAT is claimed to be the first commercially available compound library of novel small molecules to target deubiquitylase (dub) enzymes has been launched by Ubiquigent. DUBtarget-001 has been developed with the University of Dundee, to support commercial and academic researchers…
A CROSSFLOW filter specifically designed for low-viscosity water-based protein solutions has low recirculation pump requirements and therefore exerts considerably lower shear stress on protein solutions. The Sartocon Slice 50 Eco from Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) has reduced flow channel geometry…
TWO new CE-IVD labelled fluorescence in situ hybridisation (Fish) probes have expanded Oxford Gene Technology lung cancer portfolio. The Cytocell Aquarius ROS1 Plus breakapart and RET breakapart probes are said to specifically and accurately detect rearrangements in the genome associated…