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An Introduction to DLS Microrheology
Monday, January 14, 2019

This whitepaper introduces Microrheology techniques for the rheological characterization of soft complex fluids, with subsequent emphasis on DLS Microrheology and the underlying theory. read more
The Growth of Mass Spectrometry in the Clinic
Friday, January 20, 2017
Lisa Thomas Bradley Hart
The use of MS in the clinical laboratory really took off with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Its adoption over the last 15 years has been driven by the need for greater immunoassay ... read more
Ensuring Food Authenticity and Quality
Monday, June 13, 2011
Gerry Broski
Protection of consumer rights, the prevention of fraudulent or deceptive practices, and the adulteration of food are important challenging issues facing the food industry. read more
Determination of Pesticides in Baby Food by HPLC-MS-MS Using an LC System and Triple-Quadrupole LC-MS
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Gerd Vanhoenacker Frank David Pat Sandra
Due to the diversity of pesticides used in food protection and the globalization of the food industry, it is important to monitor programs that cover a large number of pesticides. The application of ... read more
Multimycotoxin Screening and Quantitation in Beer Samples Using UHPLC and a High-Resolution and Accurate Mass Approach
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Milena Zachariášová Jana Hajšlová Michal Godula
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by many species of microscopic filamentary fungi occurring on field cereals including barley, which is used in the production of beer. The most ... read more
Real-Time Detection of Central Nervous System Tissues on Bovine Carcasses Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Ramkrishna Adhikary Prasun Mukherjee Holger Schönenbrücher Thomas A. Casey Mark A. Rasmussen Jacob W. Petrich
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal, neurodegenerative transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in cattle that is thought to be the cause of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)... read more
Mercury and Arsenic Speciation Analysis by IC-ICP-MS
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Laura Reyes H.M. Skip Kingston Andrea Wille Jürgen Knöll Alfred Steinbach
Ion chromatography (IC) with conductivity detection has been used successfully to determine anionic and cationic substances as well as polar compounds such as amines and organic acids. However, in ... read more
Ensuring the Purity of Acetonitrile During Quality Control Testing
Monday, March 01, 2010
Steven F. Eaton
Acetonitrile is a critical solvent for a number of important technologies. Its low viscosity and low chemical reactivity make it a popular choice as a mobile phase for liquid chromatography. It also ... read more
Ultrafast Flow Liquid Chromatography of Proteins
Monday, March 01, 2010
Kert Ivie
Ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) has been applied successfully to separations of many small molecules, including peptides. Few studies have involved proteins, and these were narrowly ... read more
Capillary UHPLC Coupled with MRM-MS for Quantitative, High-Sensitivity Bioanalysis
Monday, March 01, 2010
Kerry Nugent Lori Ann Upton Yixin Zhu Chris Loran
Over the past 20 years, liquid chromatography-multiple reaction monitoring-mass spectrometry (LC-MRM-MS) has become the primary tool for the bioanalysis of drugs and their metabolites in physiological... read more
Routine Implementation of Very-High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography in Pharmaceutical Development
Monday, March 01, 2010
Qinggang Wang Brent Kleintop
High-pressure liquid chromatography is probably the most widely used analytical technique for characterizing drug substances and drug products in the pharmaceutical industry. It is widely employed ... read more
The Importance of Planning and Coordination in Laboratory Design
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Roger Hendrick
The proven marks of modern laboratory design are sharing of resources, flexible use of space,and the ability to adapt to changing needs. In constructing various laboratories throughout the years, ... read more
Transformation of a University Teaching Laboratory Through Innovative Solutions
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Steve McDaniel Michael Kihn
This article describes the improvements made to a 4500-square-foot chemistry teaching laboratory within the University of Pennsylvania’s (Philadelphia) Chemistry ’58 building. The design was led by ... read more
The Benefits of Renovated Laboratories
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Melody Spradlin
In an age of scarce financial resources and shortened deadlines, many laboratory-based organizations find that repurposing existing buildings is a less costly and faster way to bring facilities on-... read more
Implementing Natural Ventilation in the Offices of a Research Laboratory Building
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Chris Flint Chatto
The University of Washington (UW) is a leading public research and educational institution, with its largest of three campuses located in Seattle and adjacent to Lake Washington. read more
Update on Field Flow Fractionation After 40 Years, Still the Best-Kept Secret in Analytical Chemistry
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
In middle age, field flow fractionation (FFF) is having an identity crisis, although no one seems to notice. read more
Achieving Ultrahigh-Speed Analysis With LC-MS-MS
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Chris Gilles
Ultrahigh-speed liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy instruments can accelerate analysis times by at least tenfold compared to conventional LC-MS-MS systems. read more
Providing Purge Gas for FTIR Systems
Monday, April 18, 2011
Peter Froehlich Kim Myers
While a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer provides a number of benefits relative to a scanning IR spectrophotometer,a significant disadvantage of an FTIR system is that the presence ... read more
High-Content Analysis Comes Full Circle in Only Eight Years
Monday, April 18, 2011
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
In eight short years, high-content analysis (HCA) has circled back to its roots, where many practitioners are again using personal instruments. read more
Label-Free Screening of Drug–Protein Interactions by Time-Resolved Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Monday, April 18, 2011
Carsten Kötting Klaus Gerwert
Screening for the interaction of small molecules with proteins is usually carried out by indirect methods by means of artificial labels or reporter systems. read more

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An Introduction to DLS Microrheology

The Growth of Mass Spectrometry in the Clinic

Ensuring Food Authenticity and Quality

Determination of Pesticides in Baby Food by HPLC-MS-MS Using an LC System and Triple-Quadrupole LC-MS

Multimycotoxin Screening and Quantitation in Beer Samples Using UHPLC and a High-Resolution and Accurate Mass Approach

Real-Time Detection of Central Nervous System Tissues on Bovine Carcasses Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Mercury and Arsenic Speciation Analysis by IC-ICP-MS

Ensuring the Purity of Acetonitrile During Quality Control Testing

Ultrafast Flow Liquid Chromatography of Proteins

Capillary UHPLC Coupled with MRM-MS for Quantitative, High-Sensitivity Bioanalysis

Routine Implementation of Very-High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography in Pharmaceutical Development

The Importance of Planning and Coordination in Laboratory Design

Transformation of a University Teaching Laboratory Through Innovative Solutions

The Benefits of Renovated Laboratories

Implementing Natural Ventilation in the Offices of a Research Laboratory Building

Update on Field Flow Fractionation After 40 Years, Still the Best-Kept Secret in Analytical Chemistry

Achieving Ultrahigh-Speed Analysis With LC-MS-MS

Providing Purge Gas for FTIR Systems

High-Content Analysis Comes Full Circle in Only Eight Years

Label-Free Screening of Drug–Protein Interactions by Time-Resolved Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

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Micromachined HPLC Columns Can Revolutionize Proteomics Workflows

Buyer's Guide: GC-MS for Monitoring Environmental Pollutants

Refocusing the Lens of Cancer Screening

Study: NGS Should Be Go-to Technology on Day Zero of the Next Pandemic

Overcoming Common Challenges in Sample Viability for Single-Cell Research