Evidence stacks up for poisonous books containing toxic dyes

21-Aug-2024 - If you come across brightly colored, cloth-bound books from the Victorian era, you might want to handle them gently, or even steer clear altogether. Some of their attractive hues come from dyes that could pose a health risk to readers, collectors or librarians. The latest research on these ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Cambridge Facility Wins The Queens Award for Enterprise in 2009

23-Apr-2009 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced that its Cambridge facility has been awarded a Queens Award for Enterprise 2009 in the Outstanding Innovation category for the iCAP 6000 Series ICP-OES instrument. This award, the most prestigious for UK industry, recognizes the iCAP 6000 as one of the ...

Laser Ablation Specialist Wins European Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry 2009

Agilent Technologies Donates Plasma Prize

08-Dec-2008 - The winner of the fourth European Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry is Dr. Annemie Bogaerts, professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, as announced by the independent award panel. The “Plasma Prize,” donated by Agilent Technologies Inc., is awarded every two years to ...

SGS Minerals Services opens new lab in Chennai, India

22-May-2007 - SGS Minerals Services announced the opening of a new facility in Chennai, India to serve the growing needs of the mineral exploration industry. The Chennai geochemical laboratory is equipped with ICP-MS, ICP-OES and AAS for the analysis of major, minor and trace elements and a multi-pour fire ...

Varian, Inc. Debuts High Productivity AA Spectrometer

09-Jan-2004 - Varian, Inc. announced its new line of atomic absorption (AA) spectrometers. The AA280 series comprises two innovative and easy-to-use systems: the Fast Sequential (FS) model and the Zeeman model. The AA280 Fast Sequential (FS) system combines Varian, Inc.'s patented FS design with eight- lamp ...

Varian, Inc.'s Optical Spectroscopy and Chromatography Product Lines Help Pharma Customers Achieve Compliance With U.S. FDA 21 C

AA, ICP and UV-Vis Instrument Users Ensured Electronic Signature of Secure Electronic Records

19-Jun-2002 - PALO ALTO, Calif., Jun 18, 2002 Varian, Inc. recently introduced its ICP Expert 21 CFR 11 software, which assists users of its Vista-PRO ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy) instruments to achieve compliance with the important U.S. FDA 21 CFR 11 regulation. With this ...

Agilent Technologies extends boundaries of environmental metals analysis

22-May-2002 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a system that extends the traditional analytical range for metals in environmental samples in a production laboratory, eliminating the need for other techniques such as graphite furnace atomic absorption and inductively coupled plasma optical emission ...

Varian: World's Fastest ICP-OES Delivers Unmatched Productivity and Detection Capabilities

06-Mar-2001 - Offering unmatched laboratory productivity and measurement performance, Varian Inc.'s (Nasdaq: VARI) Vista-PRO is the world's fastest ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer) two to three times faster than competing ICP systems. The top-of-the-line Vista-PRO ...