Jan/Feb 2016
Volume 48, Number 1
Today's scanning electron microscopes have seen an evolution in that they are more compact and easier to maintain than earlier models, among other advantages. Recent developments in SEM have automated and streamlined the imaging workflow.
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Table of Contents
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Steve Ernst
At the annual SLAS meeting (January 23–27, San Diego, Calif.)—the “main event” of the year in automation, if you will—American Laboratory spoke with representatives for vendors of robotic platforms
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Donna Guarrera
Modern scanning electron microscopes (SEMs)
offer vast improvements over early models in
terms of electron optics, detector design and
computing technology.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Emine Korkmaz
Visualizing the three-dimensional (3-D) architecture of cells and tissues is essential for understanding the relationships between structure and function in biological systems.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Cecilia Devaux, Estelle Riche, Stéphane Mabic
Analytical instruments have become increasingly sensitive, requiring a higher level of reagent and solvent quality, including water.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Charlie Spanjers, Paul Dauenhauer
Growers routinely test for pesticides in food.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The 24th International Light Scattering Colloquium, which attracted about 70 scientists to the Biltmore Hotel on Butterfly Beach in Santa Barbara, Calif., November 3–4, focused on analytical ...
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Friday, November 20, 2015
Mike May
Mass spectrometry finds use in a number of clinical applications, and can be widely utilized in lab medicine. Some applications are new, while some, like MS and GC, have seen decades of use in the ...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Pierre Varineau, Steve Siembieda
Powerful next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms have led to the development of large-scale genome initiatives like the 100,000 Genomes
Project, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), International ...
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Mike May
Atomic force microscopy provides high spatial and temporal resolution, and is able to record dynamic events in milliseconds at the nanoscale.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Richard Fussell
Using targeted methods, laboratories test on average between two and five hundred pesticides from a predefined list.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Stanley N. Deming
Statistical process control (SPC) charts were introduced briefly in the previous column (October 2015).
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Patrick Wheeler, Steve Hayward, Mikhail Elyashberg
The elucidation of unknown structures, especially those with novel moieties found in natural products, often results in initially incorrect published structures, which then require either exhaustive ...
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