Chemical engineering researchers have developed a new catalyst that significantly increases yield in styrene manufacturing, while simultaneously reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

About half a year before the start of Analytica Vietnam, the trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics in Ho Chi Minh City is in greater demand than ever before, the organizers announce. By the end of October, about 60 % more exhibitors than in the same period of 2016 have registered for the spin-off of Analytica in Munich, which will take place from April 03 to 05, 2019, at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (Secc).

The UK-based specialists in DNA and RNA analysis, PCR Biosystems, have launched a range of Iso Fast Bst Polymerase reagents for rapid, robust and sensitive DNA and RNA amplification.

Researchers from Itmo University and St. Petersburg Academic University developed a new technology for marking authentic goods. Manufacturers will be able to label electronics, drugs, jewelry, and other products with invisible images that can only be seen with special equipment.

The laboratory vacuum pump Lab Vac by Piab uses compressed air provided by a standard compressed air system to generate a vacuum. The vacuum can be provided to 11 mmHg absolute, making it ideal for all common laboratory applications such as vacuum filtration, rotary evaporation, degassing, gel drying, etc.

Physicists from Itmo University have discovered an accessible method that makes it possible to use transparent materials for solar cells while preserving their efficiency. The new technology is based on the method of doping — the modification of properties of materials by way of adding impurities — but without the use of expensive special-purpose equipment.

Asynt has published a case study describing how the Frosyn Cooling Station has enabled John Bower’s Group at the University of Liverpool, UK, to reproducibly conduct low temperature enantioselective catalytic reactions, over an extended period of time.

A species of seed-feeding fly is critically damaging the seed production of multiple orchid species, a group of Japanese researchers revealed. If the damage caused by this fly is occurring long-term and across Japan, these already-endangered orchid species could become unable to reproduce using seeds, and their dwindling numbers will take a large hit.

Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the availability of a new testing workflow kit that is the only validated, certified system on the market that can identify Salmonella species in poultry and other high-risk areas, such as pork and eggs, as well as differentiate between servovars Entertidis and Typhimurium — and return the results by the next day.

Chinese pharmaceutical company Triastek specializes in 3D printed drugs. Now, its Investigational New Drug (IND) 505(b)(2) application for its first 3D-printed drug, T19, has been granted for use by the US Food and Drug Administration.