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Quant Technologies

Quant Technologies is a leader in the development and manufacture of Aerosol-based HPLC detectors.

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Teledyne Tekmar

Teledyne Tekmar is the leader in analytical instrumentation for the laboratory. Our world-renowned volatile organic compound (VOC) products include systems for gas chromatography sample introduction, high-throughput purge-and-trap sample concentration, static and dynamic headspace analysis, and sample automation.

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Polymer Char

Polymer Char, the world's leading polyolefin characterization company, is devoted to the development of state-of-the-art instrumentation for structural characterization of polyolefins.

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Methanol and acetonitrile are the two most popular organic solvents to use in the mobile phase for reversed-phase liquid chromatography (LC) separations. Tetrahydrofuran is also used to a lesser extent. Why are these solvents the most popular ones? Are there alternative solvents that should be tried? This month's "LC Troubleshooting" examines these and some other aspects of solvent selection for LC.

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Safety: Parker Balston gas generators completely eliminate the safety hazards involved with handling high-pressure gas cylinders. Enjoy hassle-free automation with no tanks to charge and no downtime.

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OI Analytical

OI Analytical designs, manufactures, markets, and supports analytical instruments used for sample preparation, detection, and measurement of chemical compounds and elements.

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GERSTEL, Inc.

GERSTEL develops and produces automated sample preparation and sample introduction accessories for GC, GC–MS, LC, and LC–MS. GERSTEL technology enhances productivity and significantly improves detection limits for GC–MS and LC–MS analysis.

Electronic lab notebook

Agilent Technologies has announced that Merck-Serono has selected the company?s OpenLAB ELN to enhance scientific collaboration globally throughout R&D for finding new small molecules and biopharmaceuticals.

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The mechanism that allows sea snails to inject their victims with paralysing venom has been uncovered by proteomic analysis of the creature?s highly specialized biology.

On November 16th, the ITT Corporation (White Plains, New York) acquired O.I. Corporation for a reported $29 million. The acquisition will enhance ITT?s analytical instrumentation business, which was started earlier this year.

Wyatt Technology?s instruments are to be used by the Biological Macromolecules Joint Research Unit of the Université de Provence and Université de la Méditerranée in Marseille, France, to eliminate bacteriophage infections in dairy production.

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Solar power

Researchers at NASA?s Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville, Alabama, USA, are using their Solar Thermal Test Facility to expose a unique mass spectrometer to the extreme conditions that it will face on a mission to Mercury.

Student science

MIT has integrated the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyser into its biological engineering department?s undergraduate laboratory course.

Agilent OpenLAB software helps you shorten the time from analysis to final insight by bringing applications, instruments, and data together under a single, vendor-independent lab environment.

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GC System Maintenance

What are the basic elements of preventative maintenance for a GC system?

The University of Sydney and Agilent Technologies have formally opened their state-of-the-art Oxidative Stress Bioanalytical Facility (OSBF) in the Medical Foundation Building.