Boosting Compact Ultrasound IQ: GE Healthcare’s New Vivid™ iq Combines Power and Portability

Rome – 27 August 2016 – In the lead up to the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Rome Italy, GE Healthcare today announced the global commercial launch[1] of its new generation of high-end portable compact cardiovascular ultrasound, the Vivid™ iq. A smaller sized compact weighing just 4.5 kg, the Vivid™ iq matches exceptional image... Read more

CELLView™ Product Launch: New Product Provides Innovation in Live Cell Imaging By Greiner Bio-One

Greiner Bio-One and EMBL have collaborated to develop the CELLview™ slide which is the newest innovation in the biotechnology sector for applications in the field of microscopy. This product is a significant improvement for those performing microscopic applications and cell imaging, enhancing the efficiency, clarity, and speed at which each assay can be performed. Groundbreaking... Read more

New ASTM D8045 – New method for acid number determination in crude oil

Metrohm is pleased to announce that the ASTM has published method D8045 for the determination of Acid Number (AN) in crude oil and petroleum products. The new method describes thermometric titration and was developed by Metrohm together with industry leaders using the 859 Titrotherm titrator. Method D8045 demonstrates the superiority of thermometric titration for complex... Read more

Applied quality control in the chemical industry – new web pages answer your questions

We are making the chemical engineer’s life a bit more comfortable: A new section on the Metrohm website takes a comprehensive look at the methods and applications used in the quality control of the industrial manufacturing of basic chemicals, solvents, colorants, and their intermediates. Whether you are looking for a specific parameter and suitable methods... Read more

Molecular Devices’ SpectraMax M5e Multi-Mode Microplate Reader Launched to International Space Station via NanoRacks, LLC

NanoRacks, LLC is installing a new, reconfigured Molecular Devices’ SpectraMax M5e multi-mode microplate reader on the International Space Station to perform experiments in microgravity. SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — JULY 19, 2016 Molecular Devices, LLC, a leader in protein and cell biology technologies, today announced the launch of the SpectraMax M5e Multi-Mode Microplate Reader to the International Space... Read more

The new generation of ESR devices

The new generation of fully automatically controlled VACUETTE® erythrocyte sedimentation rate devices saves one of the most important resources of all: time. Depending on the settings, the 1-hour Westergren value can be read off after as little as 15 or 30 minutes, while the 2-hour Westergren value can be available after just 60 minutes.The devices... Read more

New: The MACSPlex Exosome Kit, human from Miltenyi Biotec

AUTOMATED CHARACTERIZATION OF TINY VESICLES BERGISCH GLADBACH, June 21, 2016 – Miltenyi Biotec has extended its portfolio with the MACSPlex Exosome Kit, human. The fast and efficient process enables the characterization of 37 exosome surface markers in a single experiment. Studies indicate that the physiological significance of exosomes is not to be ignored. The molecular... Read more

GE Healthcare launches next generation Biacore(TM) molecular interaction analysis platform

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK – 13 June 2016 – GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business today launched the first of a next generation of BiacoreTM systems harnessing Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) technology. Biacore 8K marks the start of a new generation of Biacore systems maintaining the high data quality expected from Biacore at high throughput. New... Read more