August 21, 2017 Atomic Spectroscopy Lab Top-10

Bruker Announces Novel D8 VENTURE BIOTOOLS™ for Advanced Structural Biology Research by X-Ray Crystallography

HYDERABAD, India, Aug. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — At the 24th Congress & General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), Bruker today announces the new, high-performance D8 VENTURE BIOTOOLS™ for laboratory macromolecular crystallography. The D8 VENTURE BIOTOOLS feature major advances in source, detector and sample handling technology: The new ImS DIAMOND™ is the world’s brightest microfocus X-ray source.... Read more

August 18, 2017 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Helix Teams Up with Illumina Accelerator to Drive Innovation and DNA-Powered Products for Consumers

Calling innovative startups building consumer applications to deliver DNA insights powered by Helix’s Exome+ and next generation sequencing August 17, 2017 05:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Helix, a personal genomics company, today announced a collaboration with Illumina Accelerator, the world’s first business accelerator focused solely on creating an innovation ecosystem for the... Read more

August 11, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

New Real-Time PCR Systems Connect Researchers in the Cloud

Accelerate international collaboration and commission a global monitoring framework with a secure computing platform hosted by AWS CARLSBAD, Calif.–New real-time PCR systems that fully integrate with cloud computing technology mark a new era in data sharing and global research collaboration. The Applied Biosystems QuantStudio 3 and QuantStudio 5 Real-Time PCR systems, designed to enable multi-institutional... Read more

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 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics Announces Enhancements to the Access 2 Immunoassay System

Built upon a 20 year legacy of reliable and efficient performance, the Access 2 delivers new features that advance end-user experience and productivity. BREA, Calif., Aug. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is pleased to announce worldwide availability of the Access 2 immunoassay system with enhanced features. Built upon a 20-year legacy of reliable and efficient performance, the Access... Read more

August 10, 2017 Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

Thermo Fisher Scientific Prices Offering of Senior Notes

WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) announced that it has priced an offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of the following notes: $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.200% senior notes due 2027, at an issue price of 99.263% of their principal amount and $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.100% senior... Read more

August 9, 2017 Lab Top-10 Microscopy

LabSolutions Analytical Data System Updated with Stronger Data Integrity for Spectrophotometers

Pharmaceutical quality must be tested properly using pre-specified procedures, and the analytical data and test results obtained must be managed appropriately in accordance with good manufacturing practices (GMP), as specified in the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance on Standards for Manufacturing Control and Quality Control for Drugs and Quasi-drugs. Furthermore, the United... Read more

August 8, 2017 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships Molecular Spectroscopy

Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture Selects Bruker NMR FoodScreener® for Authentication and Identification of Hungarian Wines

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture has selected Bruker’s collaboration partner Diagnosticum to implement a new program to authenticate and identify Hungarian wines. Diagnosticum and Bruker will form the Hungarian Wine Consortium and develop a Hungarian wine model based on Bruker’s NMR FoodScreener technology for rapid and comprehensive wine-profiling.... Read more