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US patents documents on CD-ROM, a personal densitometer, a beta counter that eliminates the need for liquid radioactive waste disposal, and a blot visualization spray — what's new and what's hot in the scientific product line.
Assorted products featured this week include a chemist's calculator, a brain infusion kit, an all-in-one stirrer and balance, and gel chambers with built-in buffer recirculation.
Rare-cutting restriction enzymes, a novel method for cloning and packaging DNA fragments and sequence processor software for the Macintosh—new products for the new year.