Lab-on-a-chip drives search for new drugs
A tiny lab the size of a postage stamp could be the next big thing in the search for safer anti-clotting drugs to prevent heart attacks and strokes.The effectiveness of current anti-clotting medication...
View Article3D-view microscope
Vision Engineering has launched its latest product, the Deep Reality Viewer (DRV-Z1) microscope. The DRV-Z1 enables the user to view high definition 3D images under magnification without using a flat...
View ArticleUnderstanding how natural killer cells are educated
AMS Bio reports on a paper from the Malmberg Lab at Oslo University Hospital and the Norwegian Radium Hospital Institute for Cancer Research (Norway) that suggests a mechanism by which Natural Killer...
View ArticleNew automated viscometer for chemicals
RheoSense has announced that the new automatic VROC initium Model II Viscometer is now available for viscosity characterisation of any solvent-based solutioHigh throughput and timely measurements are...
View ArticleHow to overcome ELISA issues
ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) is a technique used to detect the presence of peptides, proteins, and other antibodies in the blood. ELISA assay is widely used to quantify biological...
View ArticlePore analysis capabilities extended
Particle Testing Authority (PTA), a division of Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, has stepped up its pore analysis capabilities. It has announced those efforts include capillary flow porometery...
View ArticleWashing or sterilising very small parts?
WPI has introduced a series of Micro Fine Mesh Baskets that are ideal for washing or sterilising very small parts. The series of baskets consists of many sizes – from 40 x 40 x 20 mm up to 180 x 130 x...
View ArticleFood profilers develop new approach
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology have developed a new methodology for the simultaneous analysis of odourants and tastants. It...
View ArticleFlexible packaging solutions to be showcased
At Pack Expo, Optima Packaging Group will be presenting highly flexible packaging solutions for food, beverages, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical, chemical and medical products. The company is...
View ArticleReal-time analysis of complex samples
Microsaic Systems, the developer of point of need mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, has developed proof of concept workflows to analyse in real-time complex samples from bioreactors, which could...
View ArticleDynamic light scattering measurement
Testa Analytical Solutions has published an applications study that explains why making Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) measurements in concentrated solutions is difficult.DLS is a widely used and...
View ArticleQuartz bottom microplates
The Black Krystal UV quartz-bottomed microplate range from Porvair Sciences exhibit high optical transmission in the 185- to 1100 nm wavelength range, making them ideal for laboratories tasked with...
View ArticleMicrofluidiser offers effective cell disruption
The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at QMUL is one of the UK's leading life science research departments, with a multi-disciplinary approach to teaching and research. QMUL research staff...
View ArticleThe physiology of survival
Bacteria do not simply perish in hunger phases fortuitously; rather, the surrounding cells have a say as well. A research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered that two...
View ArticleInverted microscope launched
ioLight, creator of the world’s first high-resolution portable microscope, has used its expertise to launch a new compact inverted microscope.With the pocket-size foldable microscope already a great...
View ArticleHigh-precision biosensors
Forté Bio has launched new high precision Streptavidin biosensors for GxP labs. They were developed and qualified for applications in downstream drug discovery and regulated environments that have...
View ArticleLaboratories of the future
Lab Innovations, the UK’s only trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry, will be a one-stop showcase of new products and various aspects involved in future-proofing the laboratory. Visitors to...
View ArticleNew vacuum extraction solution
Biotage has launched the Biotage VacMaster Disk, a vacuum extraction unit for performing manual, disk-based extractions of semi-volatile organic compounds and hexane-extractable materials (HEMs) from...
View ArticleFeeder-free medium for stem cell culture
AMS Bio has introduced StemFit Basic04, a next generation feeder-free medium for the maintenance of Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) and Embryonic Stem (ES) cells during the reprogramming, expansion and...
View ArticleNon-invasive analysis
Analytik has launched a range of benchtop Time-Domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (TD-NMR) systems.Applications that yield valuable data using TD-NMR include solid fat content and oil seed analysis in...
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