When to upgrade your mass spectrometer (MS) varies from user to user but there are a few main indicators that are common to many situations, the experts say.

With increasing numbers of samples, new technologies are more important than ever.

Liquid handling technology always improving.

Increased productivity the biggest reason to purchase

New challenges are what make working at this lab fun

Precision, range, and stability are main considerations

Need for new abilities drives upgrades and new purchases

There are many different signs that it’s time to upgrade your fume hood, but vendors say safety is the number one reason.

A laboratory that got its start in food twenty years ago continues to expand

One of the oldest and most common forms of absorption-based analysis, ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometry continues to evolve.

Now is a good time to purchase an analytical balance if you’re in the market. Thanks to software algorithms that translate electrical signals to weight and improved user interfaces, analytical balances are now much faster in terms of measuring than they used to be. They are also much more accurate because of the efficiency of the algorithmic evaluation that turns data points into weight data and higher data acquisition speed.

The Cleveland Fire Department's mobile lab begins and ends with equipment.

Evaporators and evaporation systems are a key part of the sample prep process in many laboratories and industries. In particular, rotary evaporators have been crucial in materials, forensics, life science, environmental, and chemical industries for decades.