Bioscience Technology Online - Instrumentation

Graphene exhibits bizarre new behavior well suited to electronic devices

Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 14:42:19 GMT

(University of California - Berkeley) Graphene, a sheet of pure carbon, has been touted as a possible replacement for silicon-based semiconductors because of its useful electronic properties. Now, UC Berkeley physicists have shown that graphene has another unique and amazing property that...

Solar Photovoltaic Cell Testing

Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 10:16:55 GMT

CRAIC Technologies announces the 20/20 Solar microspectrophotometer. The 20/20 Solar instrument is designed to measure the thickness of thin films as well as the optical efficiencies and clarity of photovoltaic cells.

Automated Liquid Handling Platform Compatible with 19 Interchangeable Pipetting Heads

Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 10:00:25 GMT

The new Thermo Scientific Versette automated liquid handler is compatible with 19 interchangeable, RFID-tagged pipetting heads and provides pipetting versatility for a broad range of applications that require single- to 384-channel automated pipetting.

Empa grows 'sea urchin'-shaped structures

Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 02:42:27 GMT

(Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)) Empa researchers have succeeded in growing sea-urchin shaped nanostructures from minute balls of polystyrene beads using a simple electrochemical process. The spines of the sea urchin consist of zinc oxide nanowires....

Top Trends in Life Science: Increased Accuracy and Throughput for in vivo Imaging

Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010 15:01:31 GMT

One great challenge is achieving greater accuracy and throughput for in vivo imaging of small animals. Researchers want to study the same mice repeatedly over time to understand how cellular processes change.

Neutral pH Precast Mini-gels

Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010 10:41:37 GMT

Biophoretics introduces the new SERVAGel with neutral pH technology. SERVAGel neutral pH precast mini-gels are a bis-acrylamide gel for vertical protein electrophoresis. These are a true neutral gel: neutral pH (7.4), free from SDS, and compatible with most common running buffers.

Multiplexing Instrument Performs 50 Tests on a Single Sample

Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010 10:34:41 GMT

Luminex announced the global launch of MAGPIX, an analytical instrument that is capable of performing up to 50 tests on a single sample and providing nearly 5,000 data points in under an hour. The instrument was designed to meet the needs of laboratories, academic researchers and scientists, who to date have not been able to take advantage of the power of multiplexing because of resource and space limitations.

EMCCD Camera

Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010 10:31:40 GMT

QImaging offers the Rolera EM-C2 EMCCD microscopy camera. Engineered for high-sensitivity and high-speed performance in low-light imaging applications, the Rolera EM-C2 camera aids researchers in applications such as spinning-disc confocal imaging, Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, ratiometric ion imaging and Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP).

Multiple Detection Gel Permeation Chromatography

Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010 10:28:38 GMT

Malvern Instruments offers new applications for its Viscotek TDAmax multiple detection gel permeation chromatography (GPC) system together with instruments from the Zetasizer particle characterization family. Applications for the Viscotek TDAmax Triple Detector Array (TDA) GPC system from Malvern Instruments have been extended through the inclusion of a new viscometer in the setup.

Multifunctional nanoparticle enables new type of biological imaging

Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010 11:41:53 GMT

(University of Washington) By combining a nanoparticle's magnetic and thermal properties, researchers have created a new technique that virtually eliminates the background noise from non-radioactive medical imaging.

New perspectives on local calcium signaling

Monday, 26 Jul 2010 13:41:56 GMT

(Rockefeller University Press) The latest Perspectives in General Physiology series introduces the newest technologies in the field of calcium signaling, which plays a central role in many cellular processes. The Perspectives appear in the August issue of the Journal of General Physiology.

Automation Solutions for High Volume Clinical Laboratories

Monday, 26 Jul 2010 10:26:19 GMT

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics adds new automation capabilities for clinical laboratories: Connectivity of the Dimension Vista 1500 Intelligent Lab System to ADVIA Automation Solutions combines the benefits of an integrated chemistry and immunoassay system with the productivity and expanded capacity of high-volume automation.

Content Management Solution for FDA-regulated Manufacturers

Monday, 26 Jul 2010 10:16:41 GMT

By providing a secure and scalable document repository, with the controls to support 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, BlueCielo’s Meridian Enterprise empowers FDA-regulated manufacturing organizations to control the risk associated with capital and operational project change.

64-Bit Windows 7 Imaging Software

Friday, 23 Jul 2010 10:50:36 GMT

CRAIC Technologies released the 64-bit version of its ImageUV imaging software package. This software is designed to collect, analyze and process images from CRAIC microscopes and microspectrophotometers running 64-bit versions of Windows 7.

Benchtop NMR Analyzer

Friday, 23 Jul 2010 10:45:11 GMT

Oxford Instruments' MQC analyzer is well suited to both product development and quality assurance applications. Since NMR acquires a signal from the whole sample and not just from the surface, it provides better accuracy and precision than alternative secondary techniques.

Boost for world-leading microscopy project

Friday, 23 Jul 2010 10:43:55 GMT

(Cardiff University) A Cardiff University researcher has secured a highly sought-after leadership award which could propel her research onto the world stage.Dr. Paola Borri, Cardiff School of Biosciences, is a physicist working in the area of biophotonics at the interface between life and...

Flat-Top and Extended Travel Stages

Friday, 23 Jul 2010 09:59:15 GMT

ASI offers an assortment of stages with flat tops and extended range-of-travel for robotic loading. The MS-2500 stage provides 100 mm of Y-axis travel and 250 mm of X-axis travel, and works well on existing inverted microscopes.

Gut movements in caterpillars inspire soft-body robot design

Thursday, 22 Jul 2010 15:42:30 GMT

(Virginia Tech) A Virginia Tech engineer and Tufts biologists have shown that a caterpillar's gut slides forward in advance of the surrounding tissues -- "unlike any form of legged locomotion previously reported and represents a new feature in our emerging understanding of crawling.

'Science' article has implications for all rapidly developing fields

Thursday, 22 Jul 2010 14:42:25 GMT

(Washington University in St. Louis) A comprehensive study by an intellectual property law expert published in the journal Science may guide global climate change and other scientific policy-makers in developing rules for research data release.

Unique means of animal locomotion reported for first time

Thursday, 22 Jul 2010 12:42:34 GMT

(Tufts University) Biologists studying caterpillars have reported a unique "two-body" system of locomotion that has not previously been reported in any animal. The gut of the crawling caterpillar moves forward independently and in advance of the surrounding body wall and legs, not with...

Imaging Software Suite

Thursday, 22 Jul 2010 10:43:51 GMT

Phenom-World announces the launch of a new software product, the Phenom Pro Suite. The Phenom Pro Suite applications expand the functionality of the Phenom by automating collection of images, visualizing samples in 3D, measuring surface roughness, and automating fiber analysis.

Radio astronomers develop new technique for studying dark energy

Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010 13:43:14 GMT

(National Radio Astronomy Observatory) A new but technically challenging observational "shortcut" will help make large-scale cosmic maps that can yield clues to to the nature of the mysterious "dark energy" that pervades the universe.

UT researchers discover water on the moon is widespread, similar to Earth's

Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010 13:43:09 GMT

(University of Tennessee at Knoxville) Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are once again turning what scientists thought they knew about the moon on its head. Last year, they discovered evidence of water on the outside of the moon and now they believe they have found...

Low Light Level Detection

Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010 13:15:59 GMT

PerkinElmer recently launched a solutions platform for demanding Low Light Level Detection applications, called "L3D." PerkinElmer's suite of L3D applications solutions contribute to human and environmental health in a range of applications including, confocal microscopy, fluorescence and luminescence, molecular/PET imaging, nucleic acid amplification, particle sizing, and research and scientific instrumentation.

Magnetic Beads Incorporate Ferro Fluid

Tuesday, 20 Jul 2010 10:44:29 GMT

AMSBIO has announced a new range of MagSi magnetic beads that incorporate a novel ferro fluid to combine the advantages of small beads and large surface with the magnetic performance and strength of larger beads.

AFM-Raman Systems

Tuesday, 20 Jul 2010 10:04:57 GMT

Veeco Instruments released the IRIS models for Innova and BioScope Catalyst Atomic Force Microscopes (AFMs) to provide integration and accessibility for combined atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy research. The new systems allow researchers to generate advanced AFM data simply and routinely.

Computer program predicts MRSA's next move

Monday, 19 Jul 2010 16:41:35 GMT

(Duke University Medical Center) Researchers at Duke University Medical Center are using computers to identify how one strain of dangerous bacteria might mutate in the same way a champion chess player tries to anticipate an opponent's strategies. The predictive software could...

Glass Vial Storage Microplates

Monday, 19 Jul 2010 11:02:40 GMT

Porvair Sciences has announced a new introduction to its range of storage microplates. For scenarios where chemical resistance and thermal stability is vital, the new Glass Vial Storage Plate offers 96 high quality glass vials in a 45mm high storage block—ideal for UHPLC and combinatorial chemistry applications.

Thermal Imager

Monday, 19 Jul 2010 10:58:46 GMT

The OSXL-101 from Omega Engineering is a compact infrared thermal imaging sensor utilizing a thermopile array detector. The OSXL-101 sensor measures realtime temperature and a thermal image up to 300°C (572°F).

Droplet Starter System

Monday, 19 Jul 2010 10:56:19 GMT

Dolomite has introduced the modular Syringe-based Droplet Starter System, which enables users to produce more than 10,000 monodispersed droplets per second, ranging from Ø 20 to 250µm. Operating over a wide flow range, from 0.1µl/min to 10ml/min, this chemically resistant system is ideal for initial concept work and experimentation towards the development of high throughput droplet systems.