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Guess the Cover of American Laboratory—August 2012
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Correctly identify this month’s cover image and be entered to win a $10 Amazon gift card (one entry per person; you must be 18 years of age to be eligible. See contest rules at americanlaboratory.com/... read more
Quality Control to the Power of X: The New Era of Scanning Electron Microscopes
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The first Industrial Revolution ended more than a century ago. However, there’s been another revolution of sorts in the last five years, specifically in industrial manufacturing and in the area of ... read more
Person-Portable GC-MS for Rapid On-Site Environmental Screening of Contaminants in Drinking Water
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Trihalomethanes (THMs) are formed when chlorine and other disinfectants are used to clean drinking water. At certain concentrations they are considered an environmental pollutant and are carcinogenic.... read more
Use of a Pen-Shaped Capillary Gel Electrophoresis Cartridge for Cost-Effective DNA Fragment Analysis
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Most laboratories currently utilize slab-gel electrophoresis systems for DNA and protein analysis. However, both polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and agarose slab-gel electrophoresis ... read more
Use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for Sample Tracking
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Many solutions are available for sample tracking and identification. read more
American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2012 Product Showcase
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Mass spectrometry is a fundamental technique used by chemists and life science researchers for determining unknown samples across various research areas, such as environmental analysis, toxicology ... read more
Molecular-Med Tri-Con 2012: Big Information Technology Faces Gigantic Problems
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Next-generation sequencing technology is capable of sequencing human genomes for $1000/patient in about a week. read more
Food Safety Practices: Interview With International Food Safety Training Laboratory Manager Janie Dubois
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Food safety practices are a major public concern because about one in six Americans endured a food-related illness in 2010. read more
Take our Confocal Imaging Survey and Earn an Amazon Gift Card!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Do you use, or have a need for, confocal microscopy for high resolution imaging? Every eligible user who completes the survey will receive the $5 Amazon gift certificate and be entered to win a $100 ... read more
Versatile Centrifuge for all your Research Applications
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The Awel MF48-R refrigerated multi-functional bench top centrifuge provides versatility for all your laboratory applications. AWELock rapid rotor exchange provides the capability to change from one ... read more
Air & Surface Monitoring Solutions by Merck Millipore
Monday, July 30, 2012
Merck Millipore offers a complete product portfolio for environmental monitoring, covering particle counting, active and passive air monitoring as well as surface and personnel monitoring solutions.

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Optimizing the Western Blotting Procedure: Solutions for Faster Western Blots
Monday, July 30, 2012
Advances in technology make the Western blotting procedure both faster and quantitative. Solutions for faster Western blots include faster transfer equipment and faster reagents. Purchasing a ... read more
Biocompare's New Antibodies App!
Monday, July 30, 2012
Search over one million antibodies, all in one place.

The Biocompare Antibody Search Tool is now available as an iPad app. Search over a million antibodies from more than 150 suppliers. Filter antigens... read more
Answer to What is This on the Cover of American Laboratory June/July
Monday, July 30, 2012
The image on the cover of American Laboratory’s June/July issue showed “Star Sand,” or Foraminifera, from Okinawa, Japan. read more
Infrared Sensor Keeps Petrochemical Flares Smokeless
Thursday, July 26, 2012
The new Model FM Flare Monitor for Smokeless Flares from Williamson Corporation, as part of a petrochemical plant’s closed-loop control system, efficiently prevents smoke before it is produced, rather... read more