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Product Intelligence: Ductless Fume Hood Selection Guide
Monday, December 03, 2012
Emily S. Tozzi
This article features ductless chemical fume hoods, which function by recirculating air from the workstation and then back into the work environment. Advantages of the ductless fume hood include its ... read more
New Technology for the Characterization of Nanometals
Friday, November 23, 2012
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Characterization of nanoparticles is a complex challenge. Key properties include concentration, particle size, particle size distribution, surface charge, surface area, shape, structure, composition, ... read more
Laboratory Automation: 2013–2017
Friday, November 23, 2012
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Laboratory automation is changing the work flow in biochemical and chemical laboratories. read more
Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 50—Sampling Theory
Friday, November 23, 2012
Lynn Vanatta
Throughout this series of articles, the emphasis has been on calibration and recovery curves, which are necessary for the quantitative analysis of samples via analytical methods that involved simple ... read more
Environmental and Atmospheric Monitoring Using Off-Axis Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy (OA-ICOS)
Friday, November 23, 2012
Douglas Baer Manish Gupta J. Brian Leen Elena Berman
The demands of environmental and atmospheric monitoring continue to grow in terms of the number of sites and types of facilities that are being monitored (fixed, mobile, shipboard, airborne) and the ... read more
Next-Generation PCR Technology Powers Advances in Copy Number Variation, Rare Mutation Detection, and Gene Expression Analysis
Monday, November 26, 2012
Frank Bizouarn
Scientists in laboratories around the world are using the advancements in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology to their advantage. read more
Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 45—R² (Continued)
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
David Coleman Lynn Vanatta
In the previous installment (American Laboratory, Oct 2011), the terms that contribute to R2 were defined and a formula relating them was developed. read more
The State of Microscopy for 2012
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Barbara Foster
In various recent interviews, I’ve been asked about the state of microscopy and, most specifically, the rise of technologies such as AFM (atomic force microscopy) and Raman confocal and the ... read more
Advances in Flashpoint Testing: Economic Impact
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Hannes Pichler
Flashpoint testing is one of the oldest methods of the ASTM D02 Committee on Petroleum Products and Lubricants, which was formed in 1904. read more
Evaluation of Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption Time-of-Flight Mass Spectroscopy in the Development of Biomarkers of Occupational Acrylamide Exposure
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Patricia I. Mathias Kenneth L. Cheever
Surface-enhanced laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectroscopy is a bioanalytical technique used for the rapid examination of intact protein or protein mixtures to exploit the biochemical or ... read more
New Products at HPLC 2011
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Traditionally, the HPLC series of meetings has attracted most of the global leaders in separation science. read more
Label-Free Cell-Based Assays and the Holistic Calorimetry Approach
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Magnus Jansson
The cell-based assay arena is slowly entering center stage due to the major and growing medical problems facing the world—both financial (i.e., drug development) and curative (i.e., antibiotic ... read more
Truly Rapid, Sensitive Analysis of Hundreds of Components by Modern GC/MS Analyzers
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
William Lipps
Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry has made it possible to run large numbers of components in a single sample injection. The GC/MS methods introduced in the late 1960s and early 1970s for ... read more
Pittcon^® 2014 Editors’ Awards Acknowledge Innovations in Scientific Instrumentation
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Marian Nardozzi
Pittcon®, the world’s largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science, is the premier venue for innovations, and the Pittcon Editors’ Awards are all about rewarding those types of ... read more
Product Intelligence: Environmental Monitoring, Protein Determination, and Quality Control: An Introduction to Nitrogen Analyzers
Monday, April 21, 2014
Katriona Scoffin
The petrochemicals industry, pharmaceuticals industry, food industry, and chemicals manufacturing industry are just some of the areas in which nitrogen analyzers find wide application. The type of ... read more
Product Intelligence: UV-VIS Spectrophotometers: Measuring the Rainbow
Friday, April 25, 2014
Josh P. Roberts
In its most basic form, the UV-VIS spectrophotometer comprises a light source, a method for separating out the light into its spectrum, and a method to detect light once it has bounced off of a sample... read more
Product Intelligence: Spectrophotometers Overview
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Katriona Scoffin
Because spectrophotometers are used in such a wide range of applications, for example, in the environmental, food, and chemical industries, it is important to understand their many features and ... read more
Product Intelligence: Analytical and Preparative Ultracentrifuges
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Caitlin Smith
Ultracentrifuges are available in floor or benchtop models and can be used for preparative or analytical centrifugation. The type of ultracentrifuge you select is dependent on the application for ... read more
Advances in Gas Chromatography Instrumentation at Pittcon® 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The buzzwords for Pittcon® 2013 in gas chromatography instrumentation were “smaller,” “portable,” and “helium.” Despite the fact that some of the major vendors did not exhibit, others were on hand ... read more
What’s New in Optical Spectroscopy at Pittcon® 2013?
Friday, May 10, 2013
Mark Fisher
Soon after the first spectrophotometer was built, the challenge of improving it began. How could we make spectrophotometers better? Could we make them smaller, faster, or perhaps improve the ... read more