Photoionisation lamps are compact long life devices that produce ultra violet light which can ionise many volatile organic molecules. They are primarily used in fixed or portable environmental hazard detectors and can provide ionising energies ranging from 4.9 to 11.8 electron volts (eV).

Data-mining, viewing and comparison of data across the organisation are just a few of the issues surrounding the archival of analytical data to facilitate knowledge management. Here, Kevin Smith examines the issues in depth and introduces a new solution.

There is no denying that Australia has all the right preparations in place to develop its biotechnology sector. The country has the capacity to be a significant participant in the global biotechnology community. Mazlyn Mena reports.

Lately, success stories have originated from anti-tumour protein research and human embryonic stem cells research.

GWT Global Weighing Technologies Limited announces the release of a complete range of new system controllers, the new X5-Series.

Carotenoids, writes Dr Lyndsey Greig, which were first isolated from ­ and named after ­ carrots, are a class of compounds including beta-carotene, lutein, lycopene and zeaxanthin.

Conventional cooking pastas are produced by adding water to durum wheat semolina, shaping the dough by extrusion or by lamination and drying. This pasta type is prepared by boiling to provide an aal dente' texture.

Removing excess moisture in food processing and storage improves productivity, hygiene and prevents clogging of powders so reducing the rate of perish.

The range of TTT-products from the flour-miller Skåne-Möllan AB are now available as flour, grits, cutted kernels, whole kernels and flakes.

Supercritical herbal extracts are gaining more and more importance in food flavour applications.

Acid observations of the daffier side of the mobile communications business. We take no prisoners.

The development of, and the need for, faster drug discovery techniques in a highly competitive pharmaceutical industry has resulted in ever increasing numbers of pre-clinical biological samples to be analysed. By Dr Denise Wailwroth.

Today, the modern life science laboratory is equipped with more sophisticated instrumentation, increasingly automated to enable higher sample throughput. However, no matter what analytical techniques are being used, accuracy of results is largely dependent on the quality of sample preparation; and the correct choice remains fundamental to successful analyses. Dr Barbara Gledhill reports.

In addition to laboratory disposable products, Treff develops and manufactures customised injection-moulded components and assemblies as OEM-partner for many leading diagnostic equipment manufacturers. Manufacture is carried out by entirely automated processes and the company is ISO9001:2000 certified.

In recent years, the molecular biology aboom' has generated much development and diversity in gel documentation technology. Dr Paul N Goulding reports.

Outsourcing research and development is nothing new to pharmaceutical companies. However, the range of services being offered by contract research organisations continues to grow and the differences between client and customer are becoming even more blurred. Sean Ottewell outlines recent developments in this burgeoning sector.

Pipettes from Hamilton SoftGrip feature 50per cent less actuation force, less user fatigue, less discomfort and therefore increased user satisfaction.

Andrew Gay, of Huntingdon Life Sciences, explains how the company operates within development research.

A quick walk around any electronics shop will show you that bigger is no longer better. Mobile phones are shrinking alarmingly, and advances in computing power has seen palmtop computers go from glorified battery-powered filofaxes to sophisticated devices capable of guiding you to the nearest bar selling obscure spirits. Stuart Nathan reports.

The battery of different pieces of high-tech equipment found in modern laboratories measure a dizzying array of parameters. Every factor is probed in an attempt to help researchers understand what, exactly, they have got in their sample tube. Zeta potential is one of the more obscure measurements, but it is assuming increasing importance. Stuart Nathan reports.