The Pittsburgh Conference Launches a New Web Site for Pittcon 2007
July 27th 2006The Pittsburgh Conference announces the launch of a totally re-designed web site for Pittcon 2007 (www.pittcon.org) with improved navigation enabling direct access to key information about the Conference and Expo and an overall improved appearance and design.
Millipore Completes Acquisition of Serologicals
July 17th 2006Millipore Corporation (Billerica, Massachusetts) recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of Serologicals following approval by Serologicals' shareholders last week. The acquisition will transform Millipore into a life science industry company with combined annual revenues of approximately $1.4 billion, based on 2006 full year projections.
Gas Chromatography Helps Researchers Explore Pollution of Fish
July 16th 2006Researchers are using a method called gas chromatography, a process by which they will extract fish tissue and identify organic based compounds and pollutants in the tissue, especially flame retardants, of which traces have been found in the breast milk of women.
Spectroscopy Shows Rosemary Helps Meat Retain Flavor
July 4th 2006Electron spin resonance spectroscopy has recently been used by Brazilian and Danish researchers to provide evidence that rosemary could stop flavour loss associated with high-pressure processing of minced meat. The technique was used to quantify lipid oxidation in the minced chicken meat before and after 10 hours of storage.
Gas Chromatography Helps Repel Insects
July 4th 2006The BBC reports that British scientists have used gas chromatography to isolated natural chemicals that make some people smell unpleasant to mosquitoes. This discovery could potentially decrease the role of blood-sucking insects as disease carriers.
Colloidal Crystals Enter Trial Separation
July 4th 2006Royal Society of Chemistry reports that a research team from the University of Arizona, Tuscan has showed that the separation ability of colloidal crystal was superior to that of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The researchers are testing its potential for separating more complex mixtures of peptides and proteins.
Infrared spectroscopy helps Kenyan farmers
July 3rd 2006Infrared spectrometers have been installed in a Kenyan national laboratory to save Kenyan farmers time and money to. Under new European good agricultural practice and environmental standards, fruit and vegetable exporters are required to carry out frequent soil analysis to determine whether their farming activities are degrading or helping in conserving the soil.