Honeywell announced the establishment of a new chemicals business on Monday that aims to strengthen product partnerships with researchers. The new unit, Honeywell Research Chemicals, will operate under the company’s Fine Chemicals business and help provide a supply of reagents and solvents for the analytical testing, drug discovery, and applied materials sectors. “Our customers are [Read More...]
Back in February of this year, FDA announced that it would begin testing foods for glyphosate residues. By way of background, glyphosate is the active ingredient in popular garden weed killers and is reported to be the most-used agricultural chemical in the world. Some environmental groups have called for a ban on the use of this substance in agriculture. The International [Read More...]
Researchers from Freiburg have developed a sensor platform that quantifies antibiotics in human blood within minutes A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg has developed a system inspired by biology that can detect several different antibiotics in human blood or other fluids at the same time. This biosensor system could be used for [Read More...]
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) announces the opening of the Shimadzu Laboratory for Advanced Applied and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). The new 2,000-square-foot laboratory and office suite is a hub for research across the entire UWM campus, as well as a classroom for teaching the theory and practice of mass spectrometry. The [Read More...]
ANN ARBOR, MI, JULY 4, 2016 -- Endress+Hauser is expanding its manufacturing facility for Raman analyzers. Wholly-owned subsidiary Kaiser Optical Systems is investing $8.6 million US dollars to develop the Ann Arbor, Mich. location, which will more than double in size. "The new facility will be the core of our future Raman-spectroscopic analyzer manufacturing," said Tim [Read More...]
With a price tag of $1 million, many schools can't afford the latest spectrometry equipment to help students conduct experiments, like determining the composition of a polymer or detecting the presence of cocaine in a hair sample. But that may soon change, thanks to the first virtual mass spectrometry system—an interactive, Web-based educational device developed [Read More...]
Having access to safe and nutritious food is essential. Meat, fish, dairy products, eggs, shellfish, etc., contain significant microbial flora and this can affect our health. Therefore, it is important to identify the microorganisms to maintain food safety but the microbial flora can also affect, if not controlled, the quality of food and its shelf [Read More...]
Emerald Scientific recently announced results for their latest round of the semi-annual Inter-Laboratory Comparison and Proficiency Test (ILC/PT), and the outcomes may bode well for one of the most vital quality and safety aspects of the cannabis industry. According to Cynthia Ludwig, director of technical services at theAmerican Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS), there are no [Read More...]
The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) and Americans for Safe Access (ASA)announced yesterday a collaboration to develop a cannabis-specific laboratory accreditation program based upon the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 and ASA’ s Patient Focused Certification (PFC) Program. Accreditationunder this program will offer the highest level of recognition and provide the most value to the [Read More...]
Study finds that GC-MS changes or destroys sample compounds DEGRADING EXPERIENCE LC-MS peaks from analyses of a small-molecule sample maintained at room temperature (bottom) and heated for five minutes at 250 °C (top) differ considerably. If you’ve used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to analyze unknown compounds from cells and biological tissue, a new [Read More...]
