Soybean Protein Signaling Yields Food, Biofuel Clues
January 14, 2013 1:40 pm | by EMSL | News | CommentsUnderstanding what happens to a soybean root hair system infected by symbiotic, nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria could go a long way toward using this symbiosis to redesign plants and improve crop yields, benefitting both food and biofuel production.
Fluctuating Environment May Have Driven Human Evolution
January 14, 2013 1:39 pm | by Penn State Univ. | News | CommentsA series of rapid environmental changes in East Africa roughly 2 million years ago may be responsible for driving human evolution. The researchers- including Gail Ashley, professor of earth and planetary sciences, Rutgers Univ.- examined lake sediments from Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania.
LCMS-Based Proteomics IDs Fungal Organism Function
January 14, 2013 1:36 pm | by PNNL | News | CommentsTwo unique chemical probes designed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are helping scientists find how a pathogenic organism responsible for a severe lung infection thrives in human serum. These probes use multiplexed activity-based protein profiling (ABPP).
HPLC Columns Improve Herbicide Separations
December 11, 2012 2:03 pm | by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThermo Fisher Scientific’s Acclaim Trinity Q1 HPLC columns are designed to facilitate high-resolution and high-throughput trace analysis of the herbicides diquat and paraquat in plants by LCMS.
2012-2013 Chromatography Columns, Supplies Catalog
December 11, 2012 2:00 pm | by Waters Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsWaters Corp. has published its 2012-2013 Waters Quality Parts, Chromatography Columns and Supplies Catalog.
Columns Designed Specifically for High-Speed Separations
December 11, 2012 1:56 pm | by Kinesis Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsKinesis’ TELOS Columns for HPLC and UHPLC are designed specifically for analytical and high-speed analytical separations.
HPLC Column Designed for Metabolomics Apps
December 11, 2012 1:50 pm | by Hichrom Ltd. | Product Releases | CommentsCogent Diamond-Hydride columns by MicroSolv Technology Corp. are designed to be used for metabolomics applications.
Analyzer Boasts Powerful, High-Resolution SDD
December 11, 2012 1:44 pm | by Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsApplied Rigaku Technologies’ low-cost, high-resolution benchtop Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) elemental analyzer, the NEX QC+, delivers rapid quantitative determination of sodium to uranium in solids, liquids, powders and alloys.
Integrated Titration, IC System Streamlines Workflow
December 11, 2012 1:25 pm | by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThermo Fisher Scientific and METTLER TOLEDO have collaborated to provide a combined Titration/Ion Chromatography (IC) system designed to provide a fast, accurate and integrated solution for fully automated water analysis for laboratories testing the quality of drinking, surface or ground water.
Thermal Desorption Catalog Highlights Entire Portfolio
December 11, 2012 1:18 pm | by Markes International | Product Releases | CommentsMarkes International’s catalog features the company’s extensive range of accessories, spares and consumables for thermal desorption.
Applications Notebook Showcases MALDI TOF-TOF
December 11, 2012 12:51 pm | by JEOL USA, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsAn Applications Notebook from JEOL features more than 20 application notes describing the analysis of synthetic polymers, small organic molecules, complex drug mixtures, peptides and proteins using the company’s SpiralTOF MALDI TOF-TOF mass spectrometer.
Strips Facilitate Rapid Food, Quality Analysis
December 11, 2012 12:33 pm | by IonSense, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsIonSense’s OpenSpot Quick Strips for its DART OS Transmission Module enables the rapid and reproducible analysis of samples, and provides quality control of both raw materials and finished products.
Spectrometer Offers Extended Wavelength Range
December 11, 2012 12:29 pm | by HORIBA Scientific | Product Releases | CommentsThe LabRAM HR Evolution from HORIBA Scientific offers a fully automated, extended wavelength range capability. It has an enhanced achromatic optical design with a high focal length.
Multipurpose Instrument Can Acquire Various Spectra
December 11, 2012 12:19 pm | by CRAIC Technologies, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsCRAIC Technologies has added Raman microspectroscopy capabilities to its 20/20 Perfect Vision microspectrophotometer. Users of the microspectrophotometer now have the ability to acquire Raman spectra, with lasers from the blue to the near infrared, in addition to UV/Vis-NIR absorbance, reflectance, fluorescence and emission microspectra.
Evaporative Light-Scattering Detectors Offer Higher Sensitivity
December 11, 2012 12:12 pm | by Agilent Technologies, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsAgilent Technologies’ 1290 Infinity Evaporative Light-Scattering Detector and 1260 Infinity Evaporative Light-Scattering Detector provide up to 9x higher sensitivity, better efficiency and greater reproducibility than other ELSDs.


