The board of the Association of Laboratory Managers (ALMA) has decided to give the prestigious 2009-award to Jan Børge Jakobsen, Director of Analytical Sciences, MDX R&D.

Torrey Pines Scientific announces its new, compact EchoTherm™ Digital Hot Plates and Digital Stirring Hot Plates that use minimum bench space.

Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced a new application note to demonstrate the unique capabilities of the Thermo Scientific TSQ Quantum GC triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. The company’s novel solution delivers accurate quantitation results quickly and provides confirmation of positive results in fast multi-residue pesticide determination. The new application note entitled “Fast Multi-Residue Pesticide Analysis Using Triple Quadrupole GC-MS/MS” is available to download via the applications focus section at www.thermo.com/gcfoodsafety

Radleys has chosen the forthcoming ACHEMA 2009 exhibition to launch a new generation of laboratory synthesis systems designed to enable chemists and process development engineers to get more for less.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has combined the Thermo Scientific Antaris family of FT-NIR analyzers and SIEMENS SIPAT™ software platform to provide a comprehensive solution for advanced process understanding and continuous control and improvement in drug development and manufacture.

Hamilton Company, world leader in fluid measurement, introduces the DeCapper – an automated instrument for the opening and closing of screw-capped tubes. The programmable DeCapper opens a row of 12 tubes simultaneously, increasing productivity over one-at-a-time methods and providing more flexibility than systems that decap 96 tubes at once.

Mr. Guido Sacconi, MEP, and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) today (31 March 2009) launched a “Trade Union Priority List for REACH Authorisation” to contribute to the practical implementation of REACH, proposing to include it in the Candidate List for REACH authorisation.

“No two filters are alike – but always just as the customer needs them!” – this is the motto under which Coperion GmbH will be presenting its extended range of filters for pneumatic and materials handling systems on its exhibition stand F2-G4 in Hall 4 at Achema in Frankfurt/Main from 11th to 15th May 2009.

Harvard Apparatus has introduced the Pump 11 Plus Syringe Pump featuring a smoother flow and updated features to create a high performance syringe pump with a basic syringe pump price!

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies will be showing a number of new additions to its extensive range of measuring and calibration instruments, products and systems for the process industries on Booth M46 in Hall 10.2 at Achema, which takes place in Frankfurt from 11th to 15th May.

This is the first benchtop system that delivers high cell yield from a small footprint.

The DynaPro NanoStar from Wyatt Technology is a brand new, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) instrument that is used for the analysis of protein solutions, promiscuous inhibitors, buffers or other products in solution.

Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced the Agilent 1200 Series HPLC-Chip II, the second generation of its pioneering high-performance nano liquid chromatography/electrospray system for mass spectrometry. This new chip platform is designed to provide greater than two times the life of the original HPLC-Chip.

Bayer MaterialScience has begun work on the construction of a new facility for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in Chempark Leverkusen. The new plant will have a capacity of 200 tons/year, making it the largest of its kind in the world. The company is to invest around EUR 22 million in the planning, development and construction of the plant, which will create 20 new jobs.

The Fujifilm products QuickGene-Mini80, QuickGene-810 and DNA whole blood kit have now CE IVD mark.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has developed a unique solution to provide fast and efficient impurity analysis of solid metals, including steels, platinum group metals, gold and other conductive materials.

It is almost exactly 40 years since drug tests were first conducted at the Olympic Games. Now they are an unfortunate but essential facet of the Games. Scientific advances, and advances in mass spectrometry in particular, have enabled the authorities to keep pace with attempts by drug cheats to avoid detection. The latest developments in the use of mass spectrometry for sports drug testing are highlighted in a special issue* of the European Journal of Mass Spectrometry.

Poland has become the third country to formally support the ESS Scandinavia proposal to build the European Spallation Source research centre in Lund in southern Sweden. The Government of Poland and the Government of Sweden have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to attract the ESS to Lund.

Waters Corporation today unveiled several new mass spectrometry innovations at the 56th American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, including the Waters® XevoTM TQ MS System, an advanced tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer that allows scientists with varying levels of mass spectrometry (MS) expertise to quickly produce the highest quality data with confidence.

On behalf of the DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) World Producers Association, Arkema, one of DMSO world leader, has collated the physical-chemical, toxicological and ecotoxicological data available on this substance, and submitted a SIDS* to OECD experts committee as part of the voluntary program of the ICCA (International Council of Chemical Associations) on chemical substances produced in large quantities (High Production Volume).

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. today announced the launch of its new Thermo Scientific iCE 3000 Series of Atomic Absorption (AA) spectrometers. Comprising the new iCE 3300, iCE 3400 and iCE 3500, the innovative iCE 3000 Series has been designed to facilitate prolonged and trouble-free operation - even with the most difficult samples - and offers unparalleled functionality.

Mrs. Astri Rogstad of GE Healthcare won the “Grand Pittcon Prize” sponsored by Waters of Norway at this year’s Norwegian Symposium in Chromatography.

Ionic liquids mean little to most people who are not involved in the field of higher chemistry. These new “designer solvents” have amazing properties with revolutionary applications in the development of clean technology for manufacturing processes, providing answers to tackle one of the primary sources of pollution.