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PerkinElmer has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2008. Revenue from continuing operations was $495.0 million, an increase of 3% versus the fourth quarter 2007.

FMS introduces the first and only "Total Solution" Sample Prep system available that combines three sample prep processes into one economical package. The Total-Rapid-Prep performs the extraction, sample clean-up and evaporation for six samples simultaneously in less than a few hours, producing the highest recoveries and best results for all analytes.

Many businesses have recently adopted the federal government guidelines for drug testing of employees. It is common for initial testing to be performed by test strips for fast screening. Positive results are then confirmed by GC-MS. The goal of this application is to show the anticipated chromatographic responses expected when similar conditions are applied to Zebron columns.

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Agilent Technologies has renamed Velocity11 as Agilent Automation Solutions. Agilent acquired Velocity11 in late 2007 and continues its focus on automating laboratory processes by introducing the Direct Drive Robot and VWorks Automation Control Software.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo Alto, California) and Healex Systems Ltd.(Wilmington, Delaware) announced that Agilent now fully supports Healex's ChemLaunch remote instrument access and control module for Agilent's ChemStation chromatography software.

A team of scientists from Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Abraxis, Inc. compared the a new triclosan test, called "magnetic particle enzyme immunoassay," to the more traditional method-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). They hope that this test, which detects triclosan at a concentration of 20 parts per trillion (ppt)-the equivalent of 1 ounce in 31 million tons, can expedite environmental monitoring of this widely used antibacterial agent in rivers, wells, and other bodies of water.

The Pittsburgh Conference announced a recent co-operative venture with the Professionals' Net Work in Advanced Instrumentation Society (PAI-NET).

A research group from the Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry (Brno, Czech Republic) and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Trebon, Czech Republic) combined solid-phase exraction (SPE) and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) using an SPE cartridge incorporated in an SFE cell to extract benzoic acid and cinnamic acid derivatives from microalgae and cyanobacteria samples.

Researchers from Germany, Belgium, the UK, and Australia conducted a study of urine from patients with and without coronary artery disease to look for proteome patterns indicative of the disease.

Agilent Technologies Inc., (Palo Alto, California) announced a low thermal mass (LTM) system for rapid heating and cooling of its 7890A gas chromatograph (GC), which will greatly increase productivity by significantly reducing analytical cycle times.

The current acetonitrile shortage is an important factor in pushing analysts in the pharmaceutical, food, environmental, and chemical industries toward considering the use of ultrahigh?pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) as a means to save solvent.

A study conducted by Universite de Montreal (Montreal, Canada) researchers on downstream and upstream water from the Montreal wastewater treatment plant has revealed the presence of chemotherapy products and certain hypertension and cholesterol medications.

The American Filtration and Separations Society will be holding its 22nd Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition on May 4-7, 2009, at the Sheraton Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Xanthans are high molecular weight polymers that have the ability to raise the viscosity of water dramatically. This is exploited in oil recovery processes, where xanthan acts as a water thickener.

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China) and the University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei, China) used a two- and three-phase hollow-fiber liquid-phase microextraction method to determine aromatic amines in environmental water samples.

In a study, presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, researchers unveiled findings that show distinct differences in protein detection between IVF and spontaneous pregnancies in the first half of gestation.

Researchers from Universita ?La Sapienza? (Rome, Italy) used a matrix solid-phase dispersion technique with hot water as the extracting solvent to extract seven quinolone antibacterial agents from egg samples.

Researchers from the Bio-Molecular Innovation Team of LGC (UK) used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Agilent?s DNA 1000 chip and model 2100 capillary electrophoresis (CE) system to analyze raspberry and strawberry DNA.

Many businesses have recently adopted the federal government guidelines for drug testing of employees created by NIDA (The National Institute on Drug Abuse) and SAMSHA (The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) as a result of federal legislation or drug related accidents and deteriorating work performance.

Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) has acquired Thar Instruments (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), a supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) manufacturer.

Researchers from Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) developed porous polymer capillary columns with varied flurous content for chromatography of tagged analytes.

There are a host of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in sea salt that originate from several sources such as the surrounding plants, algae, bacteria and environmental pollution. A team of scientists from the University of Aveiro, one region where sea salt is produced, reasoned that the combination of VOC from the different local sources could be sufficient to create a unique fingerprint of the salt.

Rapid Sample Preparation Technique for the Extraction of Dioxins and Furans from Animal Tissue and Animal Feed Using Pressurized Fluid Extraction Jennifer Peterson and Bruce Richter Multi-residue Pesticide Analysis in Foods Using Modified QuEChERS Extraction and Ion Trap GC–MSn Analysis David Steiniger, Jessie Bulter and Eric Phillips Quantification of Protein Phosphorylation Using Chip-based LC–MS Ning Tang, Christine Miller and Keith Waddell A New Perspective on the Challenges of Mass Spectrometry Gary Impey, Christie Hunter and Andre Schreiber News More on the acetonitrile shortage, olive oil to combat breast cancer, detecting carbohydrates and determining lactose in milk. Incognito Going Bio? With the increasing drive towards biopharmaceutical technology and the use of "larger molecules", Incognito asks if there is still space for the "small molecule" chromatographer. Market Trends and Analysis Market Profile: Laboratory Information Management Systems Glenn Cudiamat Tips and Tricks: GPC/SEC Do's and Don'ts in GPC/SEC Light Scattering Daniela Held Q&A Rapid Dynamic Light Scattering The Column spoke to Sigid Kuebler from Wyatt Technology about the newly launched DynaPro plate reader, which was developed to address the growing need for rapid, automated and reliable dynamic light-scattering (DLS) measurements.

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This column completes the multipart MS primer with a list of terms derived from common usage throughout various industries.

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