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Volume 41, Number 10
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
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LIMS and Public Health
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
The current H1N1 flu pandemic has put a spotlight on public health agencies as they work to identify and contain the outbreak. read more
A Promise Kept: Stem Cells Key to Life-Saving Operation
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Prof. Anthony Hollander had always believed that he would be able to save lives. He believed it so strongly, in fact, that he wrote to a television program as a child asking for a few tools to help ... read more
Use of an Analytical Balance for Sensitive Weighing Tasks
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The independent Forensic Scientific Service (FND) of the State Police in St. Gallen, Switzerland conducts analytical and forensic tests with the aim of detecting proof of suspected crimes such as the ... read more
Validating Process and Action Limits for Automated Liquid Handlers in Volume-Dependent Assays
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Errors in automated liquid handling can have a significant impact on data integrity. Since automated liquid handling is a relatively new and rapidly advancing technology, standardized verification ... read more
Use of Rotational Vane Rheometry to Solve Practical Problems
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Rheology is the study of the deformation of matter. A common definition is that rheology is the study of flow. Viscometry, in particular, is the measurement of viscosity or the resistance to flow. ... read more
Sediment Standard Reference Materials
Saturday, August 01, 2009
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, Gaithersburg, MD) issued a new series of Standard Reference Materials® (SRMs) targeting the ever-increasing list of potentially toxic ... read more
A Novel Approach to Particle Size Measurement in the Single-Nanometer Range
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Nanotechnology is pervasive, as evidenced by the abundance of information found in the latest scientific journals. What is nanotechnology? According to the National Nanotechnology Initiative, “a ... read more
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Under Controlled Conditions of Temperature and Relative Humidity
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Historically, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) measurements have focused on the analysis of materials as a function of an imposed temperature profile. However, most consumer products are subject to a... read more
Automating Sample Preparation in the Metals Laboratory
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Preparing samples for analysis is an extremely time-consuming task. In fact, sample preparation steps can easily take up more time in the laboratory than the actual analysis. With autosamplers on ... read more
New Developments in Weighing Technology That Meet the Needs of Advanced Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing Compliance Protocols
Saturday, August 01, 2009
One of the worst-case scenarios for a pharmaceutical laboratory is to have a government inspector close down the facility because it cannot provide regulatory compliance documentation, much less ... read more
A High-Performance, Fully Self-Contained, Rotational Viscometer
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Routine viscosity measurements of materials are important in most industrial processes such as mixing and pumping, spraying and coating, extrusion, laydown, and leveling. Typically, a rotational ... read more
Volume 41, Number 9
Saturday, August 01, 2009
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Use of a Compact, High-Purity Water System in a Rockville, Maryland, Forensics Laboratory
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
When the Montgomery County Crime Laboratory in Rockville, MD, needed a high-purity water system for a new laboratory area, a compact system that would supply Type I water from tap-water feed was ... read more
Portable IR Analyzers: The Ideal Measurement Solution for Biofuels Blend Quality and Wastewater Testing
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Two challenges facing the biofuels industry involve compliance with blend quality standards and wastewater regulations. According to a study done by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the chief... read more