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Precision Medicine Will Digitize Humans, But Who Pays?
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Technical Article
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
In a serendipitous confluence of events, I was finishing the 2013 edition of Eric Topol’s book, "The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution will Create Better Health Care," ... 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
Product Intelligence: Solid Phase Extraction Systems
Monday, February 25, 2013
Technical Article

Solid phase extraction, or SPE, is used to isolate pollutants in water and pesticides in food, isolate drugs in blood and tissue samples, and separate proteins from a mixture, among other applications... read more
The Paperless Laboratory: Automated Lab Instrument Qualification on an iPad or PC
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Technical Article
Joe Tehrani
One of the most time-consuming and costly tasks in a regulated laboratory is periodic qualification of instruments. For laboratories to improve productivity and reduce costs while also meeting ... read more
Attend Pittcon® 2013 and Experience the Power of Innovation
Friday, December 21, 2012
Technical Article
Ron Bargiel
Pittcon® is the largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science. This “must-attend” event offers an extensive technical and educational program conducted by world-renowned scientists ... read more
Increasing Throughput and Recoveries for Highly Particulate and Sediment Laden Aqueous Samples Using...
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Application Note
David Gallagher Michael Ebitson
Samples that contain large amounts of sediment or particulates are difficult to extract using U.S. EPA Method 3535 (SPE, solid-phase extraction). While a standard 47-mm SPE disk is able to process a ... read more
Product Intelligence: Rheometry Buyers' Guide
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Technical Article
Jeffrey M. Perkel
This article is a valuable guide to choosing a rheometer including application, ease of use, configurability, viscosity range, and geometry type. Among the basic types discussed are a rotational ... read more
Focus on Columns and Consumables at Pittcon® 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Technical Article
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Columns, chemicals, and consumables (CCCs) account for more than 30% of the chromatography market. read more
Multicapillary Columns for Chromatography
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Technical Article
Yuri P. Belov Marina M. Ulyanova Vladimir N. Sidelnikov
The principles and theory of high-speed capillary chromatography have been known since the 1960s. To realize the maximum speed capabilities, it is necessary to use capillaries with a diameter of ... read more
Rapid Testing of Toxic Chemicals
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Application Note
Nathalie Boucher Lucie Lorrain Marie-Eve Rouette Elisabeth Perron Nancy Déziel Louis Tessier François Bellemare
The measurement of chlorophyll fluorescent signals from photosynthetic enzyme complexes (PEC) has becomeone of the most powerful indicators for ecophysiologists. read more
Miniaturized FTIR for Maximized Productivity
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Application Note
Ken Fredeen John S. Seelenbinder Mark L. Norman
In today’s fast-paced business environment, many companies are under pressure to improve their productivity. This is especially true in the pharmaceutical industry, where reducing time-to-market ... read more
LC-MS With Simultaneous Electrospray and Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Technical Article
Wayne P. Duncan Patrick D. Perkins
Today, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization (LC-ESI-MS) is increasingly being used as the technique of choice for high-throughput pharmaceutical analysis. read more