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- Technology
Shimadzu Corporation has released the GCMS-QP2050 quadrupole gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. This product is more durable and provides stable, highly reliable measurement data. The time required for maintenance of the component (ion source) that ionizes complicated samples has been reduced by up to 95 % in comparison to the conventional models.
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- Technology
On February 2, students from the graduate school at Hokkaido University visited Shimadzu Tokyo Innovation Plaza (Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture), a Shimadzu research and development center. Eight doctoral students specializing in agriculture and life sciences toured the Shimadzu laboratory and exchanged opinions with Shimadzu employees.
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- Technology
- People
Today’s topic is “Using Science to Analyze the Aroma and Taste of Craft Beer” from our website, “Stories of Excellence” which introduces various stories about Shimadzu’s efforts with customers and partners.
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- Technology
Shimadzu is pursuing collaboration with research institutions throughout the world, aiming to solve the societal challenges. Here, we describe initiatives related to metabolomics in China by the Shimadzu Group.
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- Technology
- History
The GS Yuasa battery brand is famous for being widely used in automobiles and motorcycles. The GS actually comes from the initials of Genzo Shimadzu (Jr.), the son of the founder of Shimadzu Corporation and its first president.
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- Technology
Shimadzu Corporation released the Brevis GC-2050 gas chromatograph. This instrument provides both productivity improvements and space savings while maintaining a high level of basic functionality and expandability of optional products. While inheriting the basic functionality of the Nexis GC-2030, our top of the line model released in 2017, this model is approximately 35 % narrower.
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- Technology
- Sustainability
“Towards a Sustainable Future” summarizes these corporate initiatives and concepts in a 30-second video. This video can be viewed on the digital signage in the concourse at JR Kyoto Station.
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The Current Issue:Featuring Forensics/Toxicology
This issue features a special section on “Forensics/Toxicology", an area where science and technology are particularly important and needed. We introduce researchers working on the front lines and highlight applications that make full use of innovative technologies. The first interview is with Dr. Jose Luiz Costa, Professor of Toxicology and Head of Campinas Poison Control Center, University of Campinas. In the second one, we talk with Dr. Michelle Peace, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition, we highlight three applications on Forensics/Toxicology field from different angles using our latest technologies, and also present information on the latest news and topics.