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

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

SCIEX Launches New X500B QTOF Mass Spectrometry System for Standardized Biotherapeutic Characterization

Newest X500 Mass Spec System is the first true benchtop, accurate mass system for simple, robust and rapid biologics characterization during drug development March 22, 2017 Darmstadt, Germany — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, featured the X500B Quadrupole Time-of-Flight (QTOF) System at the 7th World ADC Summit, which was recently held... Read more

SCIEX and the Children’s Medical Research Institute Announce Opening of ProCan to Advance Precision Medicine

SCIEX industrialised proteomics solutions, using microflow SWATH® Acquisition, will accelerate cancer research March 21, 2017 Framingham, MA U.S.A. and Sydney, Australia — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, has announced that Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) has opened ProCan™, the Australian Cancer Research Foundation International Centre for the Proteome of Human Cancer.... Read more

Agilent Technologies Enhances Exome Sequencing for Clinical Research

New Target Enrichment Product Delivers Deep Coverage of Disease Relevant Content SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 21, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a new target enrichment solution for next-generation DNA sequencing. Agilent SureSelect Clinical Research Exome V2 delivers more than 1,000 additional, disease relevant targets compared to the company’s earlier version of the... Read more

MEDIA ADVISORY: DC Water and Xylem to Unveil First Intelligent Wastewater Pumping System

WHAT:   DC Water, one of the nation’s leading water and waste water innovators, and Xylem, a cutting-edge technology company, will celebrate the first intelligent wastewater pumping system in North America.   In the wake of a renewed interest in federal investments in infrastructure, DC Water and Xylem are coming together to highlight the urgent... Read more

New Comprehensive Carrier Screening Research Assay Features Richest Pan-Ethnic Panel for Detection of Multiple Genetic Variations in Inherited Disease

CARLSBAD, Calif. & PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new high-throughput, microarray-based assay designed to detect more than 6,000 genomic variations associated with inherited disease now provides molecular genetics laboratories with a consolidated and automated, single pan-ethnic solution for expanded carrier status research. Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the CarrierScan™ Assay today at the 2017 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting... Read more

Phenomenex Expands Kinetex F5 (Pentafluorophenyl) HPLC and UHPLC Core-Shell Line to 5 µm for Preparative LC

Torrance, CA (March 21, 2017) – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, introduces a new 5 µm particle size to its family of Kinetex F5 pentafluorophenyl propyl (PFP) core-shell columns, extending the versatility of F5 to preparative LC and purification work. Kinetex F5 is... Read more

Magritek Introduces SpinsolveTM the Fastest Compact NMR Spectrometer

For chemistry teaching, research, and process control. Wellington, New Zealand, March 18, 2013 – Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, introduces the new SpinsolveTM compact NMR spectrometer. This benchtop instrument brings fast, high-resolution NMR spectroscopy to the chemistry bench and the chemistry classroom. The speed, resolution, and ease of use of... Read more