Massive requirement for new testing capacity: The coronavirus pandemic has shown that the ability to respond rapidly is crucial in combating such exceptional situations. With its mobile laboratory containers, Waldner has developed a solution for handling demand peaks.

The life science group Sartorius introduced the Arium Smart Station for dispensing pure and ultrapure water from Arium Comfort and Pro water systems and Arium Bagtanks.

Biochromato has published a report describing how their Ion Rocket sample preparation device, used in combination with Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS) and Kendrick Mass Defect (KMD) analysis, provides a valuable new tool for chain analysis of fluoroelastomers.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a global medical technology company, will build a € 165 million ($ 200 million) high-tech manufacturing facility in city of Zaragoza, Spain, for the production of drug delivery devices.

An international research led by the UGR shows that 90 % of store and supermarket receipts are made of thermal paper containing bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is a well‑known endocrine disruptor that alters hormonal balance in people exposed to it, and it leads to hormonal diseases such as genitourinary malformations, infertility, obesity and cancer in hormone‑dependent organs.

Pharma and biotech laboratories performing high-throughput screening, high-content screening and molecular cell biology can now benefit from a series of new automated incubators and storage solutions that offer a large capacity, fast access and wide temperature range, while helping eliminate contamination issues in high-throughput environments.

Density determination of liquid, gaseous, and paste-like samples is of great importance in many industries. Anton Paar has been dominating the development of density determination for decades.

Remarkable recent developments in high-throughput research techniques allow scientists to collect more data than ever before. However, this presents significant challenges in terms of data storage, management and analysis. Cloud-based informatics platforms offer a potential solution, bringing together all aspects of laboratory management into a flexible and scalable system, designed to support future technologies as they become available.

The robotics company Andrew Alliance and Sartorius announced the launch of the Pipette+ system, which is to provide both full traceability and improved repeatability in manual pipetting for life science laboratories.

A spin-off of Scotland's University of Strathclyde offers prospective research collaborators the opportunity to see what technology is already available and avoids double purchasing, while research funders can ensure their grants are being used prudently.