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  • Ten Tips for Proper Pipetting

    Monday, November 07, 2016
    Application Note
    A. Björn Carle
    Pipetting proficiency is one of the most critical elements to ensure accuracy and precision, particularly in the face of high personnel turnover, growing laboratory workloads and increasingly complex ... read more

  • In-House Pipette Calibration: The Lean Way

    Thursday, October 08, 2015
    Application Note
    A. Björn Carle
    Sorenson Genomics of Salt Lake City focuses on DNA testing, with its expertise in quality, high-throughput testing that spans several diverse business units and highly accredited laboratories. read more

  • Best Practices for the Use of Micropipets

    Friday, June 13, 2014
    Application Note
    A. Björn Carle Doreen Rumery George Rodrigues
    Every day, air-displacement pipets are used to quantitatively dispense sample and reagent aliquots for reaction, routine analyses, and specialized tests. read more

  • Improved Pipetting Technique: An “Out-of-the-Box” Solution to Reduce Manual Pipetting Errors

    Monday, March 03, 2014
    Application Note
    Tanya Knaide
    Handheld air-displacement pipets are used in virtually every laboratory around the world. The technique and skills of individual pipet operators are critical to the accuracy of results of liquid ... read more

  • Development of a 100% Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Sample Solution for Liquid Handler Performance ...

    Friday, June 07, 2013
    Application Note
    Rachel Parshley John Thomas Bradshaw Karl Olson
    Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has become one of the most important solvents used for high-throughput screening (HTS) and compound management applications due to its ability to readily dissolve a wide ... read more

  • Sample Prep for LC, GC, and SFC at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    At Pittcon® 2013, sample prep stood out as a major focus, perhaps because of the few advances in chromatography instrumentation. In addition, some sample preparation is spilling over into other ... read more

  • Automated Assays and More at SLAS 2013 and HCA 2013

    Wednesday, February 06, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The second annual meeting of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS 2013), held January 12–16, attracted 3800 scientists and engineers to the Gaylord Hotel in Orlando, FL for an ... read more

  • Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis Measurements Using a Rotational Rheometer

    Sunday, January 01, 2012
    Application Note
    Prajakta Kamerkar
    Many industries use a rotational rheometer on a daily basis to understand the mechanical properties and flow characteristics of a variety of viscoelastic materials. read more

  • Small-Scale Vane Rheometry

    Tuesday, August 02, 2011
    Application Note
    David Moonay
    Vane rheometry continues to become more well-known and popular. read more

  • Separation Science Highlights From Pittcon® 2011

    Tuesday, May 10, 2011
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    At Pittcon® 2011, most new products appeared to be evolutionary, not revolutionary. read more

  • Redefining the Rheometer

    Monday, October 27, 2008
    Application Note
    Steve Carrington
    The way in which materials flow or deform when a force is applied can have a direct impact on product performance. read more

  • Increased Throughput in Method 8270 Analysis

    Monday, January 01, 2007
    Application Note
    William D. Goodman Frank DeLorenzo
    Method 8270 is a GC-MS method created by the U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste for the analysis of semivolatile organics by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. read more

  • Automated Chemical Ionization in GC-MS

    Monday, January 01, 2007
    Application Note
    Chris Sandy Jean-Francois Garnier Bernhard Rothweiler Fred Feyerherm Sihem Ben Mahmoud Harry F. Prest
    Gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection using chemical ionization (CI) has demonstrated great utility in a wide variety of application areas ranging from forensics to environmental to ... read more

  • Flow Characterization: Selecting Appropriate Technology

    Tuesday, November 01, 2005
    Application Note
    Steve Carrington Joanne Langridge
    It is well known that measuring the rheological properties of materials contributes to the development of better products and helps predict end-use performance as well as the physical properties of a... read more
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