Cool life science products

ACHEMA 2009 saw the launch of two innovative samplecooling products from Techne: the Nº ICE is an electronic ice bucket containing ceramic-coated beads and the BLºCKICE cools tubes held in two Dri-Block inserts. Both the Nº ICE and BLºCKICE are ideal for incubating samples for short or long periods at temperatures down to 0ºC – no more tubes floating in boxes of melting wet ice. Innovative bead technology enables the Nº ICE to maintain any set temperature in the range 0 to 40ºC, for example to keep reagents at 4ºC throughout the working day. The small autoclavable and chemically resistant beads give the Nº ICE the versatility to support sample or reagent vessels of any shape. Cooling time can be saved by keeping the bucket of beads in a fridge overnight and simply inserting it into the Nº ICE when needed.