Environmental
New Drugs Target Malaria's 'Achilles Heel'
February 14, 2013 12:24 pm | News | CommentsResearchers have discovered how a new class of antimalarial drugs, spiroindolones, kills the malaria parasite, showing that the drugs block a pump at the parasite surface, causing it to fill with salt.
Biodiversity Can Protect Against Disease
February 14, 2013 10:35 am | News | CommentsThe richer the assortment of amphibian species living in a pond, the more protection that community of frogs, toads and salamanders has against a parasitic infection that can cause severe deformities, including the growth of extra legs, according to a new study.
'Green Revolution' center sees future in GM seeds
February 13, 2013 8:42 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe research center largely responsible for launching the "green revolution" of the 1960s is now planning to develop more genetically-modified seeds to help farmers in the developing world grow more grain in the face of changing climate conditions and increased demand. Donations of $25 million...
New, Disease Resistant Wheat Developed
February 12, 2013 11:50 am | News | CommentsWheat breeders have developed a higher-yielding soft white winter wheat, known as Kaseberg, that is also resistant to the disease stripe rust.
Biofuels: Greener than Ever
June 1, 2010 10:05 am | by James Netterwald, PhD | Articles | CommentsPlant-based and algae-based biofuels are becoming more profitable than ever, leading to more green backs for opportunists of the green age.
Balances
August 26, 2009 12:43 pm | Product Releases | CommentsMETTLER TOLEDO introduces a new balance range, NewClassic, to replace the company's current Classic portfolio. A metal housing offers reliable protection and is resistant to chemicals.
Disposable Bioreactor System
August 26, 2009 12:43 pm | Product Releases | CommentsCellexus announced availability of the 50 litre format of the CellMaker Regular, a single use, disposable bioreactor system providing increased ODs and improved yields of soluble protein when compared with flask grown cultures.
Cell Culture Incubator with H2O2 Sterilization
July 21, 2009 12:08 pm | Product Releases | CommentsSANYO Biomedical and Environmental Solutions (SANYO), a division of SANYO North America Corporation, offers the Sterisonic GxP, MCO-19AIC(UVH) Cell Culture Incubator
Insect Growth Chamber
July 21, 2009 12:07 pm | Product Releases | CommentsCARON introduces a newly designed 25 cu. ft. Insect Growth Chamber (Model 6025). The Insect Growth Chamber is another product new to CARON's 25 cu. ft. family of products containing many earth-friendly and customer-friendly features.
High Definition Mass Spectrometer
June 15, 2009 8:43 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Waters SYNAPT G2 System features new QuanTof and enhanced High Definition MS technologies intended to accelerate scientists toward their research goals.
Prepacked Chromatography Columns
May 28, 2009 8:25 am | Product Releases | CommentsGE Healthcare offers next generation HiPrep 16/10 columns. The new column hardware has been redesigned to give the same high performance, reproducibility, and ease-of-use, while using significantly less plastic.
PCR for Molecular Diagnostics
March 18, 2009 12:08 pm | Product Releases | CommentsEvogen announced the launch of its first molecular diagnostics and detection instrument providing innovative ultra-rapid PCR amplification and analysis.
Environmental Simulation Chambers
February 18, 2009 6:28 am | Product Releases | CommentsEasy access to test samples to ensure convenient loading and unloading is a feature that is normally not available in large environmental test chambers. BINDER has solved this problem by rotating the chamber 90°. BINDER's MKF, with a volume of 720 L, has an inner chamber that is 120 cm wide and only 60 cm deep.
Controlled Environments
January 22, 2009 9:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsNuAire's LabGard NU-425, NU-437 and NU-440 Class II, Type A2 biological safety cabinets offer personnel, product, and environmental protection.
Biosafety Cabinets (14403)
January 22, 2009 9:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsPurifier Logic Class II Biosafety Cabinets provide personnel, product, and environmental protection and are suitable for work with agents requiring Biosafety level 1, 2, or 3 containment.
Biosafety Cabinets (14363)
January 22, 2009 9:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsPurifier Logic Class II Biosafety Cabinets provide personnel, product, and environmental protection and are suitable for work with agents requiring Biosafety level 1, 2, or 3 containment.
In Situ AFM And SPM
August 21, 2008 12:34 pm | Product Releases | CommentsAtomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning probe microscopy (SPM) solutions provide in situ imaging capabilities for an expanding set of life science applications. The MAC Mode III offers a simple, gentle method for AFM scanning in fluid.
Purify DNA From Any Sample
July 30, 2008 12:36 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThis line of nucleic acid isolation products is optimized for troublesome samples, and utilizes a technology that removes enzymatic inhibitors from any sample, including soil, stool, water, environmental and plant samples. Highly pure DNA or RNA can be isolated with spin columns or capture columns.
Rapid Automated Microwave Extraction System
May 19, 2008 12:23 pm | Product Releases | CommentsRapid extraction of solid and semi-solid samples can be automated with the ExplorerQ microwave extraction system, which shortens extraction times to minutes and can process up to 48 samples at a time.
Microarray Dye
March 19, 2008 9:12 am | Product Releases | CommentsAmersham HyPer5 fluorescent dye, for gene expression and aCGH applications, is an optimized microarray dye that performs consistently irrespective of environmental conditions and number of scans. The dyes are photo and ozone stable.
Automated Assay Ready Cell Culture System
February 26, 2008 5:25 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Cell Growth and Discovery (CGD) WorkCell, an enclosed, environmentally controlled system for
Manual GPC Sample Clean-up
January 16, 2008 10:19 am | Product Releases | CommentsThis system is designed for manual post-extraction clean-up of interfering substances from environmental samples and animal tissue by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) prior to analysis by GC, GC/MS, HPLC or LC/MS.
Web-based Environmental Monitor
November 27, 2007 6:13 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe iSE environmental monitor provides Web-based remote surveillance of environmental conditions in critical HVAC applications such as laboratories and clean rooms, as well as in critical refrigeration and cold chain applications.
CO2 Incubators For Hypoxic and Hyperoxic Studies
November 27, 2007 6:13 am | Product Releases | CommentsInnova CO 2 incubators are offered with three oxygen control options. Oxygen concentrations from 0.1 - 19% can be sustained to mimic in-vivo environmental conditions for applications ranging from stem cell research to oncology and in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
Blowdown Evaporator
November 27, 2007 6:13 am | Product Releases | CommentsGreenHouse Blowdown Evaporator provides safe and productive removal of solvents from samples in tubes, vials and microplates. Environmentally-friendly design maintains all of the evaporating solvent in an enclosed system, allowing subsequent trapping and collection via glass condenser.
