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RFID-enabled pipettes provided enhanced tracking capabilities
September 12, 2013 Laboratory Product News Regularly-scheduled calibration is a key component of pipetting reliability. Mettler Toledohas embedded RFID tags in its Rainin air displacement pipettes, including the new E4 XLS electronic model, to help establish advanced calibration schedules through heightened pipette tracking capabilities for significant…
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User-friendly compact FT-NMR offers high-resolution
September 11, 2013 Laboratory Product News When preparing students for the workforce, it’s essential to ensure they can easily transition to higher field instruments they may encounter in their careers. Bruker’s Fourier 60 is a new peremanent-magnet based bench-top FT-NMR that is well-suited for chemistry education…
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Easy-to-use, single-wash ELISAs provide time savings
September 11, 2013 Laboratory Product News Single-wash ELISAs can offer researchers time savings over standard multi-step kits. Abcam has launched a range of single-wash colorimetric sandwich ELISAs, dubbed SimpleStep, which retain the familiar process and data outputs of traditional kits but are easier to use. Reduced…
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Toolkit designed for nucleosome and histone research
September 11, 2013 Laboratory Product News Histone proteins can be modified by a number of different histone acetyltransferases, methyltransferases, PARPs and other epigenetic enzymes. AMS Biotechnology’s new line of biotinylated histone peptides have been developed for enzyme kinetic studies as well as for screen small molecular…
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Benchtop centrifuge provides high throughput and reliability
September 11, 2013 Laboratory Product News Devices that provide reliability under demanding conditions are essential for many clinical sample preparation applications. Beckman Coulter Life Science’s latest air-cooled bench-top centrifuge, the Allegra X-5, provides performance, reliability and endurance under exacting circumstances. A small footprint allows the unit…
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Extended pressure SEM provides enhanced imaging
September 6, 2013 Laboratory Product News Resolution improvements of scanning electron microscopes mean images are clearer than ever before. JEOL’s JSM-IT300LV SEM has a magnification range of 5X to 300,000X, and a vacuum pressure range of 10 to 650 pA.In low-vacuum mode, this capability enhances imaging…
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UV crosslinker provides low-cost, fast DNA analysis
September 6, 2013 Laboratory Product News Advances in technology are continually improving scientists’ ability to identify and analyze trace amounts of DNA and RNA. Spectronics’ new high-quality, inexpensive Select XLE-Series UV crosslinker makes this analysis possible with far greater speed, sensitivity and accuracy than conventional methods.…
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Knife mills suitable for cryogenic grinding applications
September 5, 2013 Laboratory Product News Food labs need tools for size reduction that are rapid and reliable. Retsch Grindomix knife mills are provide fast and consistent homogenization of dry, moist, oily and fatty sample materials. The GM 300 is suitable for processing volumes up to…
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Bench-top spectrometer provides 80 MHz analysis
September 4, 2013 Laboratory Product News Bench-top instruments have historically been less powerful than their full-sized counterparts but technology advancements have enabled the development of compact, full-featured devices. Thermo Scientific’s new portable, lightweight spectrometer, the PicoSpin 80 NMR provides powerful bench-top analysis at 80 MHz. It…
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Temperature control devices suitable for respirometry applications
September 4, 2013 Laboratory Product News Respirometry applications can benefit from powerful, easy-to-use temperature control products. Polyscience has two new user-friendly devices that provide a broad range of temperature control. The Model 210 Heated Circulator is suitable for use with anaerobic respirometers, and controls temperature from…
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Supercritical fluid extractor has flow control improvements
September 3, 2013 Laboratory Product News Fast, efficient extraction of a variety of materials may be achieved using supercritical CO2. Supercritical Fluid Technologies new bench-top supercritical fluid extractor, the SFT-110, has a completely redesigned restrictor valve with an integrated micrometer that allows for very precise flow…
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Software feature enhancements improve spectral analysis
September 3, 2013 Laboratory Product News Chemists are always looking to derive more knowledge from their spectral data. Bio-Rad Laboratories’ KnowItAll Informatics System 2013 software provides a solution for spectral analysis, identification, search, data management and reporting. It supports multiple instrument vendor file formats and techniques,…
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Service provides dynamic blending of hazardous gases
August 29, 2013 Laboratory Product News Preparing mixtures of subliming solids is extremely difficult, and storing them stably is essentially impossible. Kin-Tek Laboratories dynamically blends trace concentration mixtures of phenol and other hazardous pollutants using Trace Source permeation tubes and the FlexStream computer-controlled perm tube system.…
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Compact linear stage offers precision nanopositioning
August 29, 2013 Laboratory Product News It’s important to use a nanopositioning stage that is suited to the application. Physik Instrumente has several versions of its new compact PI miCos LPS-45 linear translation stage, which positions samples along a precisely guided path with distances of up…
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TEM provides high-contrast, high-resolution imaging
August 28, 2013 Laboratory Product News Recent advances have enabled the improvement of images generated by transmission electron microscopes. JEOL USA’s new JEM-1400Plus 120-kV TEM features high-resolution/high-contrast imaging, outstanding S/TEM analytical performance, elemental mapping with the latest large-area SDD detectors, cryomicroscopy, 3D tomography and montaging. High-contrast…
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Cost-effective microspectrometer delivers high-end results
August 28, 2013 Laboratory Product News Coupling a microscope to a spectrometer is not always optically efficient or easy to accomplish. Horiba Scientific’s cost-effective MicOS combines a microscope head directly coupled a three gratings spectrometer and a research-grade camera. Controlled by the firm’s LabSpec software, the…
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DNA / RNA amplification system is simple to operate
August 27, 2013 Laboratory Product News The Genie II is a powerful, open platform isothermal DNA / RNA amplification system. Highly flexible, it can be applied to many chemistries requiring temperature control up to 100°C along with highly-sensitive fluorescence or luminescence optical detection. Does not require…
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Deep well plate genuinely provides 2 ml capacity
August 27, 2013 Laboratory Product News Most 2 ml deep well plates really only provide 1.80 to 1.90 ml of liquid capacity per well. Porvair Science’s now has a 96-well round deep well plate that actually delivers 2 ml of liquid capacity in automation-compatible SLAS/ANSI footprint.…
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Durable microscope line includes basic to advanced models
August 27, 2013 Laboratory Product News Optical performance, durability and feature-set are three considerations when buying a new microscope. Denville Scientific’s new line of microscopes includes those with feature-sets ranging from basic to advanced, as well as epi-fluorescence and stereo-zoom models. Features such as trinocular cameras…
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TQMS combines high-sensitivity, ultra-fast data acquisition
August 26, 2013 Laboratory Product News The benefits of using triple quadrupole mass spectrometers have been well-documented. Shimadzu’s LCMS-8050, a new addition to its Ultra-Fast Spectrometer Series, offers ultra-fast data acquisition and incorporates new technology to provide high-sensitivity, greater efficiency and to suppress crosstalk. It performs…
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Modular dispensing valve system decreases downtime
August 26, 2013 Laboratory Product News Having the ability to swap-out part components can reduce maintenance costs and downtime. That’s the concept behind Nordson’s Pico Xmod Valve system. The piezo actuator, valve seat, fluid body, cartridge ball/stem assembly and heater set are fully exchangeable and easy…
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Pipette increases throughput for high-volume experiments
August 23, 2013 Laboratory Product News Current modern biotechnology applications are making use of molecular biology methods an exponentially increasing the number of high-throughput experiments being conducted in labs worldwide. Rainin Instruments’ Liquidator 96 is a bench-scale, 96-channel manual pipetting solution that provides accuracy without forcing…
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Mid-scale qPCR probes can help lower costs
August 23, 2013 Laboratory Product News When genotyping via PCR, it is often quite useful to be able to perform a few reactions using a small subset of probes in order to test and optimize LNA probe design. Integrated DNA Technologies’ new PrimeTime Mini LNA enables…
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Imaging system includes new live cell capabilities
August 22, 2013 Laboratory Product News Technology that improves the understanding of normal and aberrant cell behaviour is helpful for scientists researching such areas as cancer, stem cells and infectious disease, among others. PerkinElmer’s Operetta High Content Imaging System now includes live cell capabilities, which provides…
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Electronic temperature controllers are precise and easy-to-use
August 22, 2013 Laboratory Product News Accurate and precise temperature control is crucial for many applications. Oven Industries’ 5R7-570(A) RoHS-compliant open board electronic temperature controllers provide precise control to thermoelectric modules. They provide seamless transition between heating and cooling, eliminating dead spots. Pulse modulation controls the…
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Full-range lentivirus portfolio available for in-vitro applications
August 21, 2013 Laboratory Product News Sophisticated in-vitro applications require sophisticated instruments. Under its lentivirus portfolio, Sirion Biotech provides Lentiboost, a non-toxic transduction enhancer, as well as premade lentivirus vectors and services for custom applications. That allows for all possible modifications and applications ranging from complex…
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Digital benchtop spectrometer suitable for large samples
August 21, 2013 Laboratory Product News Benchtop instruments increasingly have the ability to process large samples. Ortec’s Alpha Mega is a fully integrated, benchtop, digital alpha spectrometer for environmental laboratories and counting room applications requiring large sample size analysis capabilities. It can accommodate filter samples up…
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Safety shield protects against hotplate splashes, spills
August 21, 2013 Laboratory Product News Using protective equipment is essential to prevent injuries and exposure to harsh chemicals. Asynt’s Lab Safety Shield fits around popular brands of stirrer hotplates to provide protection from draught, splashes, aerosols and spills. Ideal for use where fumehood space is…
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Electronic nose includes chemical, sensory characterization module
August 21, 2013 Laboratory Product News Electronic sensing technology has improved markedly in recent years. Heracles, from Alpha Mos, is a both an electronic nose and fast gas chromatography instrument for industrial applications. Now it is bundled with the AroChemBase module for chemical and sensory characterization.…
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Pump system delivers two independent flow rates
August 19, 2013 Laboratory Product News Using equipment that allows for flexibility in process design can help improve productivity. KD Scientific’s Legato 110 Dual Rate Syringe (DRS) pump system provides the ability to start two pumps simultaneously for delivery of two independent flow rates. It comes…
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Reader quickly scans 2D storage tube codes
August 19, 2013 Laboratory Product News Streamlining storage applications can improve productivity. Micronic’s Tracxer Code Reader TS201 scans and decodes 2D data-matrix codes of single 24-, 48- and 96-well format sample storage tubes. The keyboard wedge high-end decoding engine ensures high data integrity, making it suitable…
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