As of January 1, 2014, Newport Electronics, Inc. has merged into Omega Engineering, Inc. NEWPORT has been a leader in high-precision test, measurement, process control and automation instrumentation for more than four decades. NEWPORT began manufacturing electronic instrumentation in 1965 and quickly earned a reputation for designing and building the world’s most accurate industrial instrumentation.

Recommended procedures for donning and doffing PPE for cleanrooms and containment labs

When Wayne State University’s team began Phase II of its Chemistry building renovation, it was stumped by a seemingly simple question. Use a single blade damper terminal or a Venturi air valve technology to control its laboratory ventilation and exhaust system?

INTEGRA Biosciences has received a Red Dot Design Award for its innovative VIAFLO ASSIST - a new laboratory device that, in combination with a VIAFLO II electronic handheld pipette, enables the pipette’s protocols to be performed automatically. With its origins dating back to 1955, the Red Dot Design Award ranks among the most renowned design competitions in the world.

In this technical note, INTEGRA presents accuracy and precision data for VIAFLO 96-channel pipetting heads, measured using Artel’s MVS.

Problem: In almost any laboratory or scientific research facility today, there are numerous devices, instruments or processes that require cryogenic fluids or gases supplied from cryogenic sources. The past quarter-century has seen cryogenic liquid cylinders expand from a rarity in laboratories with relatively few applications, to become the dominant mode of supplying high-purity gas and cryogenic fluids.

Regulatory methods such as USEPA 1664, Rev B, Standard Methods 5520 and ISO11349:2010 can be performed more reliably with the market-leading automated system from Horizon Technology

Users decide between dedicated and multipurpose systems

Whether to employ central washing stations or point-of-use washers located under a lab bench or in a corner is also something that has to be addressed with regards to laboratory glassware washers. The former provide an economy of scale and are popular with lab workers who, almost universally, hate to “wash the dishes.” The downside for central washing stations is that glassware tends to disappear over time, due to breakage and operator error.

"More laboratories are opting to generate their own gas, on-site," said John Speranza, Vice President of Global Sales at Proton OnSite.  "For Gas Chromatographers (GC) who are struggling to source inexpensive helium gas, hydrogen is the superior carrier gas alternative..."

Combinatorial chemistry can be traced back to the 1960's, but didn't gain popularity until 1990 when pharmaceutical companies started compounding large amounts of potential new drugs into libraries.  Now, combinatorial chemistry has moved into other disciplines such as materials science, biotechnology and even semiconductors

Almost every piece of equipment—from a computer to an oscilloscope and beyond—uses a power supply. Scientists expect power supplies to keep going and going. Luckily, most of them do. Those power plants inside devices, though, come in a wide assortment.