April 2016
Volume 48, Number 3
DART-MS analysis is used to distinguish cinnamon samples in real time. Also in this issue: HPLC coupled with MS detection for the determination of amino acids offers high sensitivity and selectivity without pre- or post-column derivatization.
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Table of Contents
Steve Ernst
Having shipped 87 tons of scientific equipment to 35 institutions based in 24 countries in the developing world since 2003, the nonprofit organization Seeding Labs has a very focused and motivated ...
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Ryan Brennan, Jerry Dulude, Vesna Dolic
Dry argon is used as an ICP nebulizer gas to generate an aerosol and transport the sample to
the plasma.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Steven M. Barnett, Toshinori Maebayashi, Satoshi Takeshima
Areas such as industrial failure analysis, geology, geochronology and others that use solid-phase extraction, require accurate measurement of specific micro-grains, which are small particles mixed ...
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Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Despite a blizzard in the Eastern United States, 6293 scientists—an increase of about 25% from the conference’s previous high—were able to travel to sunny San Diego to discuss laboratory automation ...
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Chi Man Ng, Wilhad M. Reuter
Amino acids are critical biological components
having multiple metabolic functions, particularly
when linked together to form proteins, and have any number of important roles.
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Larry Gallagher
Implementation of Title 40 of the Clean Air Act has resulted in a dramatic reduction in critical air pollutants.
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Katherine K. Stenerson, Michael Ye, Olga Shimelis, Emily Barrey, Michael Halpenny
Concern about pesticide residues and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food has led to the regulation of maximum contaminant levels, and highlighted the need for more sensitive and selective...
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Joseph R. Swider, Jeffrey A. Jankowski, Antonio Sobevski
To ensure food safety, rapid detection of adulterated and counterfeit food products is critical.
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Friday, February 26, 2016
Mike May
From discovery through human studies, pharmaceutical mass spectrometry improves the entire drug cycle.
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Friday, February 26, 2016
Mike May
The decreasing cost of data collection increases medical use, but analysis and reimbursement remain challenging.
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Dieter Raedler, Scott Pratt
This technical note will review the considerations for using a standard bath circulator or water bath as a calibration instrument instead of a purpose-built calibration bath.
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Wednesday, April 06, 2016
Stanley N. Deming
In the previous column (January/February 2016), we looked at the basic ideas behind control charts and saw how to construct a common X-bar and R chart.
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The TetraScience Link (TetraScience Inc., Boston, Mass.; www.tetrascience.com) is a small Wi-Fi and ethernet-enabled hardware module that connects instruments and sensors to a centralized cloud-based
...
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