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The Laue-Langevin Institute (ILL) is an international research center for neutron science in Grenoble, France. It operates a high-flux 58 MW nuclear reactor producing fission in a compact-core fuel element. Every year, 1.400 scientists visit the ILL and 800 experiments are performed. The ILL Grenoble has to respect the same safety rules as the other […]

When the ocean is dying, the planet is too… Coral reefs are already heavily affected, but the entire marine flora and fauna is threatened by ocean acidification and global warming. According to Australian researchers, greenhouse gas emissions might lead to a “collapse” of marine species and thus of the food chain. 10 to 12% of […]

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power accident in 2011 strongly highlighted the need to further strengthen effective regulatory control and oversight around Nuclear Power Plants. It also showed the need for renewed national safety and security regulations, in compliance with global safety standards and guidelines. All over the world, national and international agencies upgraded their safety […]

Bertin Instruments is proud to announce that FusionSight, handheld night & day vision device, has been deployed by the French Navy in the Caribbean. It will be used by operational onboard helicopters to perform Search And Rescue (SAR) and counterdrug missions. FusionSight undoubtedly brings operational advantages for that kind of missions: given the lack of […]

The Coriolis µ, Bertin Instruments’ biological air sampler for bio-contamination quality control, has been used by Nora Els, member of the Lake and Glacier Ecology Research Group, from the University of Innsbruck in Austria. She has been studying the airborne inoculation of microbial communities in glacial environments, and here is her review:  « I use […]

On the occasion of the 2018 EURADOS Annual Meeting, organized by the European Radiation Dosimetry Group for all persons interested in dosimetry, Bertin Instruments’ team will present: Its Environnemental radiation monitoring systems: – GammaTRACER XL2: designed for continuous measurement, recording and optionally transmission of the environmental gamma dose rate. – GammaTRACER Spider: designed to cover […]

Join our team Booth #619 at the Plant & Animal Genome Conference at the Town & Country Hotel of San Diego, from January 13 to 17. Discover our range of laboratory equipment including the Precellys tissue homogenizers and the InCellis cell imaging system. Get your badge >> Discover more about our products >>

Military camps, nuclear & chemical plants, and public facilities such as airports are considered to be sensitive sites, as they involve massive flows of people and dangerous materials’ handling. These sensitive sites must be closely monitored to ensure their security and their continuous 24/7 operation, even more in a context of terrorist world threat. Bertin […]

Bertin’s Precellys® Evolution Homogenizer and Zymo Research’s ZymoBIOMICS® Microbial Community Standard: Liberation of DNA From all Microbes in Just One Minute   IRVINE, Calif. and ROCKVILLE, MD (Dec. 5, 2017) — Zymo Research Corp. and Bertin announce a collaboration that ensures the sample lysis step in the microbiome workflow is complete and unbiased. An application note […]

Bertin Technologies, a CNIM Group subsidiary, has announced the launch of its new SaphyGATE G range of radiation portal monitors. The first devices in this range of portal monitors automatically detect the potential radioactivity of vehicles, such as trucks and trains, and their loads. Dedicated to the control of radiation hazards on industrial and civil […]