Aiming of providing researchers with a trust-able source of lab equipment reviews and comparisons, the new Labcritics is taking up the immense challenge of reviewing, comparing and cataloging every commercially available product.
Researchers in Japan are reporting on a new damage-free technique of x-ray crystallographic studies, wherein instead of continuous bombardment with x-rays, the researchers record still diffraction patters at controlled rotation sequences with femtosecond pulses avoiding permanent radiation damage to the molecule. X-ray studies require scattering of bean by the atoms of the crystals to identify their […]
HP unveils The Machine, a processing architecture capable of processing 160 petabytes of data in 250 nanoseconds, along with it igniting hopes of many genetcist’s to be one day able to analyze whole genomes at the click of a button. Still in its concept stage and unimaginatively called The Machine, it is designed to cope […]
Shimadzu introduced last week the GCMS-TQ8040: the most accurate, cost-effective and easy to use triple quadrupole GCMS ever. The new device improves throughput and operability aspect of its predecessor, GCMS-TQ8030 while conserving the ppt (1 trillionth) level sensitivity. This equipment, designed primarily for the clinical, food safety and environmental applications features a pesticide database with […]
BioFire, the molecular biology affiliate of bioMerieux has launched the new FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel which recently received FDA clearance. FilmArray Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel is essentially the most comprehensive GI test in the market for diagnosing infectious diarrhea. Unlike current diagnostic practices that requires laborious laboratory tests following physical and faecal examination, the FilmArray GI Panel […]
Scientists at A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore developed the finger-prick human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) technique in which a single drop of finger-pricked blood is sufficient for reprogramming into hiPSCs. This technique is the first of its kind and has been filed for patent. Current methods applied to generate hiPSCs […]
A team of researchers from Purdue University and the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IIT-M) led by R. Graham Cooks and Thalappil Pradeep have developed a carbon nanotube coating to shrink mass spectrometers. The researchers discovered that a carbon nanotube-coated paper used to collect a sample was not only able to reduce the required […]
The genetic modification of mammalian cell lines just became easier with the introduction of new CRISPR/Cas9 full gene editing tool by AMSBIO. This tool can be used for modifying any mammalian cell by targeting any gene without using foreign genetic material. The new AMSBIO CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool carries out the process by utilizing the […]
Panasonic is taking some bold steps in making our laboratories more intelligent, by releasing a complete new line of smart incubators. Equipped with a full color touch screen based input, a first for a cell incubator, the CellIQ line provides ease of use and speed of operation that researchers could have only dreamt of until now. […]
Scientist F. Levent Degertekin of Georgia Tech has developed a microscopic single-chip volumetric imaging system capable of capturing real-time 3D images in the arteries. This 1.5 mm donut shaped silicon chip with a 430 μm center hole for a guide wire is an integration of the CMUT (Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers)-on-CMOS technology which allows for […]
Labcritics is proud to announce its first major step towards becoming a decision support system for researchers. A place where researchers/decision makers can quickly decide on a product, find a trust-able distributor and initiate first contact. INCOMPLETE INFO What started as a blog a year ago, we soon realized that the currently available sources of […]