Nov/Dec 2013
Volume 45, Number 10
This issue features an article on the use of ultrapure water for the flow cytometry of plant cells, and one on monitoring VOCs in the field using a real-time sensor. Also included is a detailed roadmap to help researchers avoid the potential pitfalls of an RT-qPCR experiment.
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Thursday, November 07, 2013
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," ...
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Thursday, November 07, 2013
Diego H. Hojsgaard, Elmar Herbig
Understanding how biodiversity is distributed in nature and how it is impacted by human activities has become crucial for nature conservation.
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Thursday, November 07, 2013
Manish Gupta, J. Brian Leen
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play an important role in atmospheric chemistry. They are critically involved in aerosol formation, tropospheric chemistry, and air quality.
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Thursday, November 07, 2013
Sean Taylor
RT-qPCR (reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction) is used routinely by a broad spectrum of researchers to assess the absolute or relative quantity of genomic DNA (gDNA)
or ...
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Thursday, November 07, 2013
Xiuhua Zheng, Shiwei Yang, Zhongli Lei
Polymers and inorganic additives have been widely used in high-temperature water-based drilling fluids to transport rock cuttings, maintain well stability, control rheological properties, and minimize...
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Thursday, November 07, 2013
Alan Cross
The Elemental Impurities Chapters <232> and <233> were due to appear this year in the U.S. Pharmacopeia (with similar sections in the European Pharmacopeia). The date has now been pushed back
pending the 233>232>...
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Thursday, November 07, 2013
Steve Mines
The selection, operation, and maintenance of a reverse osmosis (RO) water purification system should be straightforward. However, systems are often 1) inaccurately specified, i.e., not matched
to the...
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Josh P. Roberts
Differential scanning calorimeters (DSCs) are valuable tools that are used to determine the heat capacity and thermodynamic transition of a wide variety of samples. DSCs are employed in many areas, ...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Caitlin Smith
A CO2 incubator is crucial for growing and maintaining cultured cells. CO2 incubators can be water-jacketed, in which the layer around the incubator has heated water, or air-jacketed, also known as ...
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