Laboratory Equipment and Lab Product News

PETROLAB INTRODUCES GRABNER® MINISCAN IRXpert MULTI-FUEL ANALYZER FOR GASOLINE, DIESEL AND BIODIESEL TESTING

Petrolab Company

08/05/2013

Intelligent Portable Multi-Fuel Analyzer Achieves Unmatched AccuracyBROKEN ARROW, OK – The MINISCAN IRXpert analyzer from AMETEK Grabner® Instruments is the first completely portable multi-fuel analyzer for gasoline, diesel and biodiesel blends that incorporates the advantages of mid-IR and near-IR spectroscopy to achieve unmatched accuracy of fuel properties.Based on Grabner’s long-standing expertise in fuel analysis, the MINISCAN IRXpert is an...

Thermo Fisher Scientific launches intuitive online tool for automation platform configuration

Thermo Fisher Scientific

07/05/2013

Thermo Scientific iAutomate software reduces time needed for optimal system set-up design and provides accurate estimates Burlington,ON, (May 07, 2013) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today launched its new online automation system configuration tool, the Thermo Scientific iAutomate. As a self-serve, free-to-use tool, iAutomateTM is designed to reduce the time associated with configuring and trialing an...

Randox licenses sPLA2 CVD risk test from Aterovax

Randox Laboratories

01/05/2013

Randox Laboratories Ltd., a privately owned UK diagnostic company with an extensive portfolio of diagnostic markers for Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Aterovax SA, a privately owned French diagnostic company focused on the development and commercialisation of novel cardiovascular diagnostics have announced a strategic partnership to commercialise Aterovax’s patented biomarker secreted Phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) for the assessment of cardiovascular risk. Terms of the...

Alpha launches new website dedicated to Calprotectin

Alpha Laboratories

01/05/2013

Calprotectin.co.uk is a new website that is dedicated to raising awareness amongst Clinicians and Laboratories about the value of testing for Calprotectin.Faecal Calprotectin is a new biomarker which is helping to save money for the NHS by preventing unnecessary procedures on patients by screening out those with IBS who do not therefore require endoscopies.The symptoms of functional disorders such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and organic inflammatory intestinal...

EQX Scientific launch high purity solvents

EQX Scientific

30/04/2013

EQX Scientific a division of Equinox Chemicals would like to announce the launch of its own brand of high purity solvents to the laboratory marketplace. EQX Scientific will brand solvents are comparable to other name brands such as Fisher Optima grade. The new brand of solvents will be focused on providing a high quality, consistent product at premium prices. The product offering will consist of Vertex grade solvents as well as HPLC and ACS grade...

Elemental Analyser Assists Monitoring of the Carbon Cycle

Exeter Analytical

29/04/2013

Exeter Analytical reports that a growing number of laboratories are using its Model 440 CHN elemental analyser to accurately determine percentage organic and inorganic carbon levels at different parts of the carbon cycle.The carbon cycle is the biochemical process by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedoshere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere of the Earth. Along with the nitrogen cycle and the water cycle, the carbon cycle comprises a sequence of events...

Automated Combinatorial Flow Chemistry

Uniqsis Ltd

29/04/2013

The FlowSyn Auto-LF loop filling module from Uniqsis is a powerful and highly efficient module that allows chemists to automatically perform in sequence combinatorial flow chemistry experiments. Each experiment can be run under different conditions and utilise a different set of reagents or monomers.Incorporating a separate liquid handler and fraction collector, FlowSyn Auto-LF enables sample loop filling in preparation for the next experiment to take place before the...

Safe Heating of Larger Scale Reactions

Asynt

29/04/2013

Asynt - a leading provider of heating block technology to organisations worldwide has announced new versions of its DrySyn Maxi and DrySyn Super Maxi for labs tasked with larger scale reactions (2000 - 5000ml).Constructed in solid anodised aluminium - both the DrySyn Maxi and DrySyn Super Maxi deliver outstanding thermal and magnetic transfer efficiency and the durability suitable for use in any laboratory environment. Design improvements in the latest generation of these...

Ultra Compact 0.50ml Storage Tube

Micronic

25/04/2013

The Octygen 0.50ml screw cap tube available from Micronic sets a new standard for low temperature sample storage.In low temperature storage facilities the cost of freezer space is an important cost of operation both in terms of the number of freezers required and electricity costs. The ultra-compact design of the Octygen tubes at just 25.6mm tall to deliver 475µl working volume uses only 60% of the space that competitive 0.50ml 96-well format screw cap tubes...

Combined Flow Sensor / Totaliser for Corrosive Fluids

Titan Enterprises Ltd.

24/04/2013

Titan Enterprises has launched the Metra-Flow OG2 - a new combined flow sensor and battery-powered six-digit flow totaliser for monitoring the delivery of corrosive and/or highly viscous fluids.With a polycarbonate front cover, wetted parts moulded in polyphenylsulfone (PPS), PEEK, and silicon and spindles in 316 stainless or ceramic the durably constructed Metra-Flow OG2 is designed to give high performance with a low cost of ownership. It offers a standard flow range...