Eppendorf CryoCube® F570 ULT freezers now all-green Kumar Jeetendra | March 26, 2021 Eppendorf continues to follow the path of sustainability by re-designing the CryoCube F570 (all voltages). The well-known standard-sized ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezer is now completely equipped with future-proof green cooling liquids and green insulation foam as well as better performance. By combining longevity and quality with sustainability aspects, the CryoCube F570 is the well-accepted standard …
Concave Spherical Mirrors for Schlieren Imaging Kumar Jeetendra | March 23, 2021 Drawing upon its uniquely stable manufacturing environment – Optical Surfaces Ltd. routinely produces the highest quality concave spherical mirrors for Schlieren Imaging systems in a range of materials including fused silica, Zerodur and ClearCeram. Over the years – the company has produced concave spherical mirrors for Schlieren imaging applications looking at airflow turbulence, explosive shockwaves, …
Ultra-Absorptive Nanofiber Swabs developed by Researchers Kumar Jeetendra | March 21, 2021 Ultra-absorptive nanofiber swabs developed by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center could reduce the number of false-negative tests for covid-19 by improving sample collection and test sensitivity.1 Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests to discover SARS-CoV-2 RNA frequently need a long swab to collect a specimen from deep within a patient’s nasal cavity. …
Novel Ultrafast Automated Microscope and Intelligent Software for State-of-the-Art Diagnostics Kumar Jeetendra | March 18, 2021 EUROIMMUN, a PerkinElmer, Inc. company, announce the launch of the EUROPatternTM Microscope Live (EPML) compact immunofluorescence microscope, available with the fourth generation of the Company’s well-established EUROLabOfficeTM 4.0 (ELO 4.0) laboratory management program. The joint system of hardware and software allows for ultrafast automated immunofluorescence image acquisition, pattern recognition and titer estimation in addition to …
Upgrade Your Sample Management Workflow Kumar Jeetendra | March 18, 2021 Ziath has introduced an easy upgrade path for the many users of DataPaq 3 sample management software products to its powerful new DP5 suite of products. Principle advantages of upgrading to DP5 include the ability to work wirelessly using a graphical user interface that will run from your smart phone, tablet or laptop; access to …
Hyperspectral Sensor for High-Resolution Chlorophyll Fluorescence Measurements Kumar Jeetendra | March 17, 2021 The award-winning Hyperspec® Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF) imaging sensor from Analytik is ideal for remote sensing, particularly plant and crop photosynthesis and climatology applications where high-resolution chlorophyll fluorescence measurements are vital. The push-broom sensor collects hyperspectral image data with 1,600 spatial pixels per line at extremely high spectral resolution (0.1-0.2nm full width at half maximum) …
INTEGRA’s electronic pipettes empower reproducible examination in microbial analysis Kumar Jeetendra | March 17, 2021 Bacterial evolution studies involve analysis of large sample numbers, requiring compact, reproducible pipetting processes to effectively characterize the qualities of different strains. Dr Astrid Altamirano-Junqueira, who completed her doctoral studies into the growth of bacterial motility in the School of Biological Studies at Reading University, discussed how these digital pipettes aided her research:”My focus was …
Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs MoU with the National Forensic Sciences University to open ‘Center of Excellence’ in India Kumar Jeetendra | March 17, 2021 Gandhinagar, India, March 17, 2021 – Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, signed an MoU with the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) on March 15th, 2021. The collaboration is to establish the NFSU-Thermo Fisher Scientific Centre of Excellence for DNA forensics. The center will be at NFSU’s premises in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The …
Illumina’s NextSeq 550Dx platform and associated reagent kits received medical device registration in Russia Kumar Jeetendra | March 13, 2021 San Diego-based Illumina’s NextSeq 550Dx platform and associated reagent kits received medical device registration in Russia, as have reagents for the MiSeqDx which was approved previously as a medical device. Both of these in vitro diagnostic (IVD)-ready solutions are available to customers and third-party developers to create diagnostic solutions using the technology. These registrations will …
Mitigating the Effects of Pulsating Flow in Flow Measurement Kumar Jeetendra | March 11, 2021 Titan Enterprises has published a new technical article that discusses how variation in flow velocity can impact flow measurement accuracy and how to mitigate any undesirable effects. It is well known that flowmeters are sensitive to effects such as pulsating flow which can generate errors in flow measurement. Pulsating flows are common in systems using …
High Performing Hydrophilic Porous Plastic Discs & Annular Absorbers Kumar Jeetendra | March 11, 2021 Vyon® porous plastic discs and annular absorbers manufactured to extremely tight tolerances by Porvair Sciences offer cutting-edge filtration and separation of materials for healthcare, pharmaceutical and life science applications. Drawing upon a wealth of knowledge in the manufacture of industry-leading porous plastics, combined with advanced materials expertise, Porvair Sciences has established a reputation for delivering …
RAFT Polymerization in Flow Chemistry Reactors Kumar Jeetendra | March 10, 2021 Uniqsis reports researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Institute of Membrane Research (Geesthacht, Germany) are using a FlowLab Plus flow chemistry system with glass static mixer reactor blocks to synthesise well defined polymers. Synthesizing well defined polymers, with a narrow Molecular Weight distribution, has traditionally been achieved by using anionic polymerization methodologies. However, precise control of Molecular …
