News from 2010

Cobalt Wins Government Security Contract

Submitted by admin on Sat, 11/12/2010 - 16:48

Cobalt wins government contract to develop technology for screening of liquids at airports

Cobalt Light Systems Limited is pleased to announce that it has secured a significant contract to develop its proprietary technology, spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS), for screening of liquids at airports. This project is funded under the Innovative Research Call in Explosives and Weapons Detection (2010) initiative, a cross-government programme sponsored by a number of government departments and agencies under the CONTEST strategy.

Cobalt Updates ContentQC Software

Submitted by admin on Sat, 11/12/2010 - 12:49

Cobalt announces the latest version of its ContentQC pharmaceutical analysis software package for use with the TRS100 content uniformity analyser.  The software, which includes a fully-configurable chemometric tool and database engine, gains an update from version 1.7 to version 2.0.  The update adds a number of key features to enhance the breadth and ease of use in a routine regulated testing environment.

Cobalt Delivers Analysis Instrument for Bone Disease Research

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/11/2010 - 21:31

Cobalt has delivered a bespoke instrument to University College London as part of a four year research programme into bone disease diagnosis that runs from March 2010

KTP Award Success for Cobalt and Hull University

Submitted by admin on Mon, 30/08/2010 - 20:29

Cobalt Light Systems Limited (“Cobalt”) and The University of Hull are pleased to announce the approval of a grant under the Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme (KTP).

Autumn Pharmaceutical Conference Schedule

Submitted by admin on Fri, 20/08/2010 - 20:28

Cobalt Light Systems has confirmed its autumn schedule of conferences and exhibitions. 

Cobalt to present at the SPIE Security and Defence Conference

Submitted by admin on Fri, 20/08/2010 - 20:27

Cobalt Light Systems will give an oral presentation at the SPIE Security and Defence Conference on Monday 20 September 2010.

Cobalt Light Systems agrees PAT Partnership with Expo Technologies

Submitted by Stuart on Mon, 03/05/2010 - 12:35

Expo Technologies, leaders in Pharma PAT development and implementation, announce a key strategic partnership with high speed analysis company Cobalt Light Systems today.

Cobalt's Chief Scientific Officer appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Submitted by Stuart on Wed, 07/04/2010 - 15:35

 Professor Pavel Matousek, Chief Scientific Officer of Cobalt Light Systems Limited and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Fellow, has been appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS) patent granted in the USA

Submitted by Stuart on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 15:23

Cobalt Light Systems Limited (Cobalt) announces that a key patent application underpinning its proprietary Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS) technology has been granted in the USA;

Matousek, P. and Parker A.W., “Apparatus for Depth-Selective Raman Spectroscopy”, US 7,652,763.