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Pipette Tips Enhance Downstream Mass Spectrometry
December 11, 2012 11:59 am | by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThermo Fisher Scientific’s Mass Spectrometric Immunoassay pipette tips are a collection of immunoaffinity sample preparation products. Robust technology delivers a simplified way to enrich target proteins for downstream mass spectrometric analysis.
Chromatography Techniques: December 2012
December 7, 2012 4:38 pm | Digital Editions | CommentsChromatography Techniques' December 2012 cover story centers on automation and integration systems that are simplifying sample prep workflows. Other articles focus on MEMS-based instruments, analytical R&D in drug discovery and high-purity water in UHPLC, HPLC-ICP-MS in contamination studies.
MEMS-Based Systems Enable Novel Instruments
December 7, 2012 4:27 pm | by Roger Grace, President, Roger Grace Associates | Articles | CommentsMEMS–Based Systems Solutions (MBSS) are the integration of MEMS front ends, including sensors, actuators and or structures, with signal processing vis-à-vis ASIC, embedded software in the microprocessor-based ASIC, energy management/storage and network connectivity, either wired or wireless.
Analytical Instruments Drive Pharmaceutical R&D
December 7, 2012 4:11 pm | Articles | CommentsThe development and commercialization of new medical drugs is a complex and costly process, but increasing pressure is being placed on drug companies to accelerate the timeline from discovery of new drugs. The pharmaceutical industry continues to demand ever more advanced products aimed at improving health and the quality of modern-day life.
High-Purity Water Meets UHPLC Needs
December 7, 2012 4:06 pm | by Estelle Riche, Anastasia Khvataeva and Stephane Mabic, EMD Millipore, Billerica, Mass., and Jean-Michel Plankeele and Marijn Van Hulle, Waters Corp., Milford, Mass. | Articles | CommentsUltra High Performance Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) is an increasingly popular technique. By using a combination of sub-2 μm particles and instrumentation capable of withstanding high pressures and maintaining peak shape, UHPLC allows for higher sensitivity, resolution and speed than traditional HPLC.
HPLC-ICP-MS Tackles Apple Juice Toxicity
December 7, 2012 3:57 pm | by Mina Tanoshima, Tetsushi Sakai and Ed McCurdy, Agilent Technologies | Articles | CommentsThe presence of potentially toxic elements and compounds in foodstuffs is of intense public interest, and so food producers as well as regulators require rapid, reliable screening methods to accurately determine the levels of such contaminants in food and drink.
Multitude of Operations Improving Sample Prep
December 7, 2012 3:48 pm | by Tim Studt, Editorial Director | Articles | CommentsImproving time-intensive laboratory sample preparation techniques goes beyond just adding automation systems. Automating sample preparation processes has been the most popular procedure developed by equipment manufacturers, especially for liquid handling systems. Integrating or combining several steps into one is another technique currently being used.
Molecular Weight Determination of LMWH: SEC/MALS vs. SEC/UV-RI
November 30, 2012 12:19 pm | by Wyatt Technologies | White PapersLow-molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs) are obtained by fractionation or depolymerization of natural heparins. They are defined as having a mass-average molecular weight of less than 8000 and for which at least 60% of the total weight has a molecular mass less than 8000.
Mosquitoes as Involuntary Bioterrorists
November 30, 2012 12:12 pm | by Vanderbilt Univ. | News | CommentsFor many years, scientists thought that mosquitoes spread diseases with a relatively free ride because the insects didn’t have much in the way of natural defenses to fight off these microscopic stowaways. Recent research, however, has revealed that mosquitoes have surprisingly sophisticated immune systems.
LCMS Flies to Space on the Hunt for Amino Acids
November 30, 2012 12:00 pm | by NASA | News | CommentsThis miniaturized LCMS leverages technologies developed under previous research and development efforts to study the chirality, or "handedness," of amino acids on the icy moons of the outer planets, asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects.
Images of Polymer Blends Are Crucial Step for Aging Water Pipes
November 30, 2012 11:56 am | by NIST | News | CommentsUsing an enhanced form of "chemical microscopy", researchers have shown they can peer into the structure of blended polymers. The capability has important implications for the design of polymers, like the polyethylene blends used to repair aging waterlines.
Website Offers More Than 1 M Chromatography References
November 30, 2012 11:54 am | by Scien.net | News | CommentsThe aim of the Natural Sciences Bibliographic Web Portal is to provide comprehensive bibliographic information. The information contains a minimum of title, authors, publication year and source.
Global Proteomics Market Worth $17.2 B by 2017
November 30, 2012 11:52 am | by MarketsandMarkets | News | CommentsMarketsandMarkets has created a report that studies the global proteomics market, which is now forecasted to reach $17.2 billion by 2017. The key players in the market are Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Agilent Technologies, Life Technologies, Sigma-Aldrich, Danaher Corp., Roche, Bio-Rad and Luminex.
Swedish University Gets Tapped for Centers of Innovation Program
November 30, 2012 11:51 am | by Waters Corp. | News | CommentsWaters announced the selection of the MTM Research Center at Orebro Univ. for its Centers of Innovation Program for research in the field of persistent organic pollutants, now regulated under provisions of the Stockholm Convention.
Surprising LHC Data Suggests New Type of Matter
November 30, 2012 11:49 am | by MIT | News | CommentsCollisions between protons and lead ions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have produced surprising behavior in some of the particles created by the collisions. The new observation suggests the collisions may have produced a new type of matter known as color-glass condensate, according to MIT research.
