August 11, 2017 Chromatography Lab Top-10 Product Launch

New Ultrapure Methylene Chloride Enhances Trace Analysis Performance by GC and GC/MS

FAIR LAWN, N.J.–Researchers can now take advantage of enhancements to ultrapure methylene chloride solvents that deliver an interference-free baseline in chromatograms for better detection of trace levels of target analytes in identifying compounds of interest. This is particularly important for environmental testing of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as well as pesticides in food, water, and... Read more

August 10, 2017 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Swift Announces the Highest Throughput Single-Cell Methyl-Seq Library Preparation Method

Study published in Science magazine demonstrates how epigenetic markers can identify cell subtypes and regulatory elements that drive cellular diversity (ANN ARBOR, Mich. – August 10, 2017) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library prep solutions for next-generation sequencing (NGS), today announced the launch of a new single-cell methylation sequencing method based on its Accel-NGS® Adaptase™ technology,... Read more

August 8, 2017 Atomic Spectroscopy Product Launch

Rigaku introduces new simultaneous WDXRF system for high-throughput analysis

Rigaku Simultix 15 is the newest version of the popular multi-channel simultaneous wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometer system. August 8, 2017 – Tokyo, Japan. Rigaku Corporation today has introduced the newest version of their renowned multi-channel simultaneous wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometer system, the Simultix 15 high-throughput WDXRF spectrometer. For over 40 years, the... Read more

August 8, 2017 Informatics & Software Product Launch

Development of IoT Service Portal ExTOPE for Hitachi High-Tech Equipment

– Cloud-Based Sharing and Usage of Data from Equipment – Tokyo, Japan, August 8, 2017 – Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) has announced the development of ExTOPE as an integrated IoT service portal for the equipment it makes. This portal will collect, store and manage measurement data and equipment operation data produced by... Read more

August 8, 2017 Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Shimadzu Releases LC/MS/MS Sample Prep Kit for Quantitative Analysis of Monoclonal Antibodies

August 7 2017 Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) announces the release of the nSMOL (nano-surface and molecular orientation limited proteolysis) Antibody Bio-Analysis Kit. Applicable to a variety of pharmaceutical antibodies, this proprietary technique enables selective proteolysis of the Fab region of monoclonal antibodies to dramatically improve the productivity and robustness of LCMS mAB bioanalysis. The nSMOL... Read more

August 8, 2017 Lab Top-10 Microscopy Product Launch

Bruker Introduces Software Package for Layer Analysis with XTrace Micro-XRF on Electron Microscopes

ST. LOUIS, Missouri – August 7, 2017 – At the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2017 Meeting Bruker today presents XMethod, the world’s first software package for the analysis of composition and thickness of single or multiple layers, based on data obtained by sample excitation with the XTrace micro-focus X-ray source for scanning electron microscopes (SEM). The software enables... Read more

August 8, 2017 Microscopy Product Launch

Oxford Instruments enables Real-time Chemical Imaging by EDS

07 August 2017 Oxford Instruments, a global leader in microanalysis systems, has introduced a real-time navigation and imaging system for the SEM that helps users interactively explore their sample based on video-rate X-ray maps coloured by element rather than just the black and white electron image alone.  Unlike traditional static approaches to elemental analysis that... Read more

August 8, 2017 Lab Top-10 Microscopy Product Launch

Thermo Fisher Scientific Advances Cryo-EM Leadership to Drive Structural Biology Discoveries

New Thermo Scientific Krios G3i raises bar for performance, automation and time-to-results Breakthrough Thermo Scientific Glacios provides a cryo-EM entry path for a broader range of researchers ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Microscopy & Microanalysis 2017 — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has extended its leadership in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) with the introduction of... Read more

August 7, 2017 Lab Top-10 Microscopy Product Launch

Industry’s First Dedicated Cryo-DualBeam System Automates Preparation of Frozen, Biological Samples

New Thermo Scientific Aquilos FIB/SEM protects sample integrity and enhances productivity for cryo-electron tomography workflow ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Microscopy & Microanalysis 2017 – The new Thermo Scientific Aquilos is the first commercial cryo-DualBeam (focused ion beam/scanning electron microscope) system dedicated to the preparation of frozen, thin lamella samples from biological specimens for high-resolution tomographic imaging in a... Read more