Nicolas Barthelemy and Carlos Paya Join Fluidigm Board of Directors

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 27, 2017 – Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced that Nicolas Barthelemy and Dr. Carlos Paya have been appointed to its Board of Directors. Barthelemy brings over 25 years of health care industry experience to the Fluidigm Board, having served in multiple senior executive roles in the biopharmaceutical, life science tools,... Read more

Handheld XRF Analyzer Now Includes WiFi Support and Coatings Mode

Quality control personnel and managers in the metal finishing, metal fabrication, automotive and aerospace industries who require accurate measurements of coatings can now turn to the newest software update to the Thermo Scientific Niton XL5 handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer, the smallest and lightest handheld XRF alloy analyzer available today. The software release includes WiFi... Read more

New Analysis Kit Enables Efficient Measurement of 1 mm or Smaller Contaminants with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers

March 27, 2017 Shimadzu Corporation has released the Small Spot Analysis Kit for analysis of small contaminants, with a less than 1 mm diameter, or for analyzing the plating thickness of small areas, using the EDX-7000 or EDX-8000 energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. The kit includes a collimator plate compatible with small spot analysis, which... Read more

Bruker Introduces Novel NMR Solutions at ENC 2017

ASILOMAR, Calif., March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — At the 58th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (www.enc-conference.org), Bruker announced new software and hardware addressing the need for enhanced workflow solutions for NMR spectroscopy research and analysis. These solutions will benefit researchers in many disciplines of NMR, while providing productivity enhancements for pharmaceutical users. Rainer Kuemmerle, Ph.D., NMR Product... Read more

Bruker Introduces the AVANCE™ NEO NMR Research Platform at ENC 2017

ASILOMAR, Calif., March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — At the 58th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (www.enc-conference.org), Bruker announces the launch of the AVANCE NEO platform, Bruker’s next-generation NMR electronics console in the AVANCE series.  The all new AVANCE NEO surpasses the already very advanced AVANCE III HD by offering even faster control, improved dynamic range and enhanced... Read more

New Analysis Kit Enables Efficient Measurement of 1 mm or Smaller Contaminants with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers

Contaminant analysis has become increasingly important for manufacturing and quality control departments in a wide variety of industries, such as foods, electrical/electronics, and raw materials. In the field of contaminant analysis, EDX spectrometers are mainly used to analyze metals, due to their performance for analyzing inorganic elements. Shimadzu EDX spectrometers are used in a wide... Read more