July 7, 2017 M&A, Partnerships Microscopy Molecular Spectroscopy PR/Corporate

Agilent Technologies Acquires Raman Spectroscopy Innovator, Cobalt Light Systems

Cobalt’s portfolio of solutions accelerates entry into high-growth Raman spectroscopy market and expands Agilent’s value proposition for pharmaceutical and biopharma customers SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 7, 2017– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced it has acquired Oxfordshire, U.K.-based Cobalt Light Systems (“Cobalt”), a provider of highly differentiated Raman spectroscopic instruments for the pharmaceutical industry, applied... Read more

July 7, 2017 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships Microscopy Molecular Spectroscopy

Agilent Technologies Acquires Raman Spectroscopy Innovator, Cobalt Light Systems

Cobalt’s portfolio of solutions accelerates entry into high-growth Raman spectroscopy market and expands Agilent’s value proposition for pharmaceutical and biopharma customers SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 7, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has acquired Oxfordshire, U.K.-based Cobalt Light Systems (“Cobalt”), a provider of highly differentiated Raman spectroscopic instruments for the pharmaceutical industry,... Read more

June 29, 2017 Molecular Spectroscopy

Smiths Detection’s IONSCAN 600 Explosives Trace Detection System Receives Certification

29 Jun 2017  Print this page Edgewood, Md. – Smiths Detection’s IONSCAN 600 has passed certification testing for the explosives trace detection system by Transportation Security Administration (TSA).  Certification testing is the first of three phases in TSA’s overall qualification process and is necessary in order to be placed on TSA’s Qualified Products List (QPL) for explosives... Read more

June 26, 2017 Lab Top-10 Molecular Spectroscopy

Bruker Announces Novel NMR Phenomics Research Capabilities

BRISBANE, Australia, June 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — At the Metabolomics Society Meeting 2017, Bruker announces a new solution for the quantification of metabolites in urine using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Urine metabolic analysis is particularly valuable and information-rich, because the metabolic pathways of a wide range of nutrients, drugs and environmental contaminants can be identified in urine,... Read more

June 19, 2017 Molecular Spectroscopy

20 Years at the Forefront of Raman Imaging

From 1997 to 2017: First Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope (SNOM) (left) and WITec’s current alpha300 Raman microscope family (right). The Raman imaging company WITec celebrates its 20th Anniversary. It was founded in 1997 as a 3-person spin-off from the Physics Department of the University of Ulm and has grown into a company of 60 employees... Read more

June 16, 2017 Molecular Spectroscopy PR/Corporate

Rigaku Analytical Devices to present feature enhancements to handheld Raman analyzer at IAFC Hazmat Response Teams Conference

New capabilities of Rigaku Progeny ResQ 1064nm handheld Raman will streamline user’s incident response Wilmington, MA, – June 16, 2017 – Rigaku Corporation is pleased to announce that Rigaku Analytical Devices, a leading provider of innovative handheld spectrometers, will be demonstrating feature enhancements of its Rigaku Progeny ResQ handheld 1064nm Raman analyzer, this week at... Read more

June 15, 2017 Molecular Spectroscopy Product Launch

Oxford Instruments launches the MQC+ benchtop NMR analyser for easier, faster, more accurate quality assurance

Oxford Instruments launches the MQC+ benchtop NMR analyser for easier, faster, more accurate quality assurance 15 June 2017 Oxford Instruments has launched the MQC+ benchtop NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) analyser for the measurement of oil, water, fluorine and solid fat in a variety of samples in a wide range of industries. The MQC+ replaces wet... Read more

June 1, 2017 Molecular Spectroscopy Product Launch

Rigaku announces 6th Generation MiniFlex benchtop XRD system

The 6th generation Rigaku MiniFlex X-ray diffraction system is designed for enhanced performance and flexibility June 1, 2017 – Tokyo, Japan. X-ray scientific, analytical and industrial instrumentation manufacturer Rigaku Corporation has announced the new 6th generation Rigaku MiniFlex benchtop X-ray diffraction (XRD) instrument. The new MiniFlex X-ray diffractometer is a multipurpose analytical instrument that can... Read more

May 31, 2017 Chromatography Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships Molecular Spectroscopy

Waters and Wyatt Collaborate to Advance Polymer Analysis and Biopharmaceutical Characterization Studies

Coupling of technologies delivers valuable information 5x faster than conventional size exclusion chromatography (SEC) MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 31, 2017– Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced that it entered into a Co-Marketing agreement with Wyatt Technology to advance the analysis of synthetic polymers and biotherapeutic proteins. By pairing Waters® ACQUITY® UPLC® and Waters® ACQUITY® Advanced Polymer Chromatography® (APC™)... Read more