SPECTRO Introduces SPECTROMAXx LMX09 ARC/SPARK OES Analyzer

July 15, 2021 SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has announced the newest version of its SPECTROMAXx ARC/SPARK OES analyzer with next-generation improvements for the ultra-reliable advanced analysis of incoming and outgoing materials at metal producing and fabricating plants. Perhaps the industry’s best-selling OES analyzers, SPECTROMAXx instruments are a critical element of supply chains worldwide.  The introduction of... Read more

Researchers Achieve Extraordinary Spatial Resolution for In-situ Atomic Resolution TEM Using New Luminary Micro Technique

Materials science researchers in Japan have achieved extraordinary in-situ Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) experiments using a new Luminary Micro laser technique. They succeeded in recording atomic-resolution in-situ movies of growing carbon nanotubes and onion-shaped carbon nano structures. The structures were formed by laser irradiation of samples made of carbon films and iron nanoparticles. This experiment... Read more

Thermo Scientific Phenom Pharos G2 Desktop FEG-SEM Accelerates Customer Research

High-resolution images of nanoparticles and beam-sensitive materials can now be obtained from a commercially available desktop SEM HILLSBORO, Ore., July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the Thermo Scientific Phenom Pharos G2 Desktop Field Emission Gun – Scanning Electron Microscope (FEG-SEM) designed to increase access to advanced... Read more

Next-generation Cartesian Geometry EDXRF Spectrometer Set to Transform XRF Technology

Applied Rigaku Technologies announces NEX CG II, an indirect excitation EDXRF analyzer for enhanced elemental analysis for industrial quality control to advanced research applications AUSTIN, Texas, July 6, 2021 – Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc., a division of Rigaku Corporation, introduces NEX CG II, a powerful second-generation benchtop energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometer. NEX CG II is... Read more

Pacific Biosciences and Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine Announce its First Research Collaboration for Whole Genome Sequencing

MENLO PARK, Calif., June 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB)(“Pacific Biosciences” or “PacBio”), a leading provider of high-quality, long-read sequencing platforms, and Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM), a mission-driven, non-profit seeking to save lives and improve outcomes for patients, clinicians and families, shared today that they are... Read more

Rigaku Names Toshiyuki Ikeda as CEO

Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2021 – Rigaku Corporation (“Rigaku”), Japan’s leading manufacturer of X-ray analysis, measurement and testing instruments, announced today that Toshiyuki Ikeda has succeeded Hikaru Shimura as President and CEO of Rigaku. Rigaku Holdings Corporation, the holding company created this year for the Rigaku Group companies, also named Mr. Ikeda as President and Group... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Oncomine Clinical Research Grant Program Call for Submissions to Support Research in Immuno-oncology

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Oncomine Clinical Research Grant Program Call for Submissions to Support Research in Immuno-oncology CARLSBAD, Calif., June 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced that submissions are now open for the Oncomine Clinical Research Grant program to support clinical research projects in oncology. This grant aims to provide funding for high-quality molecular... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Panel enables early identification of new and known variants from a variety of sample types CARLSBAD, Calif., June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today introduced the Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay to improve SARS-CoV-2 surveillance. The assay is designed to enable... Read more