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Agilent Announces Establishment of Asia Glycomics Eduction Center
April 26th 2013Agilent Technologies (California, USA) has announced the establishment of the Asia Glycomics Education Center in South Korea, building on the recent collaboration with Chungham National University (Daejon, South Korea) through the university?s Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology (GRAST).
Agilent Announces Establishment of Asia Glycomics Eduction Center
April 26th 2013Agilent Technologies (California, USA) has announced the establishment of the Asia Glycomics Education Center in South Korea, building on the recent collaboration with Chungham National University (Daejon, South Korea) through the university?s Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology (GRAST).
First Institution in India Recognised by Waters Centers of Innovation Program
April 26th 2013Waters (Massachusetts, USA) has announced the selection of the St John's Research Institute (SJRI)(Bangalore, India) - known for its proteomics research ? for it?s Centers of Innovation program. St John's is the first research institution in India to join the programme.
Shimadzu Opens "Laboratory World" in Germany
April 19th 2013Shimadzu officially opened a new laboratory building called ?Laboratory World? at the company?s headquarters in Duisberg, Germany on the 15th of April,. The building was officially opened in a traditional Japanese ceremony by the President and CEO of Shimadzu, Akira Nakamoto; the Japanese Consul, Kiyoshi Koinuma; and Duisberg?s Lord Mayor, Soren Link.
Speeding Up evaporation of HPLC Solvents
April 19th 2013Porvair Sciences announces new versions of its MiniVap and UltraVap blowdown evaporators that use warm air or nitrogen to speed up the evaporation of common HPLC solvents such as dichloromethane, methanol and acetonitrile from sample vials, significantly improving throughput and removing this common laboratory bottleneck.
Shimadzu Opens "Laboratory World" in Germany
April 19th 2013Shimadzu officially opened a new laboratory building called ?Laboratory World? at the company?s headquarters in Duisberg, Germany on the 15th of April,. The building was officially opened in a traditional Japanese ceremony by the President and CEO of Shimadzu, Akira Nakamoto; the Japanese Consul, Kiyoshi Koinuma; and Duisberg?s Lord Mayor, Soren Link.
Analytical Chemistry and Oceanography
April 19th 2013Oceanographers have extremely challenging analysis problems to overcome. Can analytical chemists help? The Collaborative on Oceanographic Chemical Analysis workshop, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, connects scientists in these two fields to exchange ideas. And that is good, because the needs are great. Kevin Schug takes a look at where that collaboration might lead.
First Refractive Index Detector for UHPLC
April 19th 2013(Santa Barbara, CA) Wyatt Technology announces the immediate availability of the Optilab UT-rEX (UHPLC refractometer with EXtended range), the first RI detector specifically designed for use with UHPLC systems using columns packed with small beads.
Psychoactive drugs alter fish behaviour
April 18th 2013Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) was used to identify the concentrations of psychoactive drugs in water and fish from the River Fyris (Uppsala, Sweden) Scientists from Umeå University, Sweden, published the findings in Science earlier this year.1
Thermo Fisher partners with University of Birmingham
April 18th 2013Thermo Fisher Scientific (California, USA) has announced the formation of a Technology Alliance Partner agreement with the University of Birmingham (Birmingham, UK) to further research in high-resolution accurate mass and triple quadrupole liquid chromatography?mass spectrometry (LC?MS).
Eating aromatic rice reduces arsenic exposure
April 18th 2013Exposure to environmental arsenic (As) is a worldwide issue, especially in locations where rice is the main calorific content in the diet. Eating aromatic rice reduces environmental arsenic intake, according to results published in the journal of Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with inductively coupled plasma?mass spectrometry (HPLC?ICP?MS).
Metrohm and FOSS form strategic alliance
April 18th 2013Metrohm (Herisau, Switzerland) has announced the formation of a strategic alliance with FOSS (Hilleroed, Denmark). Metrohm will become the sole global distributor of FOSS NIR instruments for the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and environmental sectors.
Horizon Technology Donates Artefact to Chemical Heritage Foundation
April 12th 2013At the Pittcon Conference in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) Horizon Technology (New Hampshire, USA) donated an original SPE-DEX 4700 instrument to the Chemical Heritage Foundation. The donation was made to mark the company?s 20th anniversary.
First Institution in India Recognised by Waters Centers of Innovation Program
April 12th 2013Waters (Massachusetts, USA) has announced the selection of the St John?s Research Institute (SJRI)(Bangalore, India) ? known for its proteomics research ? for it?s Centers of Innovation program. St John?s is the first research institution in India to join the programme.
The LCGC Blog: What Can Analytical Chemists Do for Chemical Oceanographers, and Vice Versa?
April 9th 2013Oceanographers have extremely challenging analysis problems to overcome. Can analytical chemists help? The Collaborative on Oceanographic Chemical Analysis workshop, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, connects scientists in these two fields to exchange ideas. And that is good, because the needs are great. Kevin Schug takes a look at where that collaboration might lead.
