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Product Intelligence: Laboratory Vacuum Pump Buyers' Guide
Monday, July 16, 2012
Emily S. Tozzi
Chemistry and life science laboratories utilize lab vacuum pumps for applications such as providing suction to drive the aspiration or filtration of liquid or suspended samples, and inducing or ... read more
Product Intelligence: Laminar Flow Hoods and Biological Safety Cabinets
Monday, July 16, 2012
Caitlin Smith
This article explains the concept of laminar flow hoods, which include laminar flow clean benches and biosafety, or biological safety, cabinets. The prospective purchaser of a laminar flow hood will ... read more
Product Intelligence: High-Purity Gases on Demand: A Laboratory Gas Generators Buyers' Guide
Thursday, May 24, 2012
T. Keith Brock
Laboratory gas generators are a safer, more convenient, and more economical means of generating gases in the laboratory, and as such are a good alternative to cylinder-based gas sourcing. Because of ... read more
Use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for Sample Tracking
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Hanan Davidowitz
Many solutions are available for sample tracking and identification. read more
American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2012 Product Showcase
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
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
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
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
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Food safety practices are a major public concern because about one in six Americans endured a food-related illness in 2010. read more
Connecting the Dots With a Foundation for Biological Registration
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Frank Brown John Conway
The last decade has seen huge advances in biological research. The advent of genomics and proteomics,as well as experimental approaches such as next-generation sequencing and high-throughput screening... read more
A System Approach to Automated Scanning Electron Microscopy
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Timothy J. Drake Frederick H. Schamber
Much of the innovative activity in scanning electron microscopes (SEMs)has been devoted to ultrahigh-magnification instruments for the use of researchers characterizing materials and processes at ... read more
$Laser Diffraction: A Firm Foundation for Particle Characterization$
Laser Diffraction: A Firm Foundation for Particle Characterization
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Paul Kippax Carl Levoguer
For manufacturers of solid and/or particulate products, particle size is frequently a critical parameter, and is one of the principal variables routinely used to characterize their materials. read more
Environmental Testing: Paving the Path Toward a Healthier Earth
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Mukta Shukla Ashok Shukla
We humans are an integral part of our environment—our skies, rivers, oceans, forests, and the land. read more
Highlights From Joint Congress 2011: One Era Ends in Disappointment and Another Begins*
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
In an opening plenary, Prof. Barry Karger of the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis concisely defined analytical chemistry as “The science of generating relevant information by ... read more
Product Intelligence: Fluorescence Microscopy: Fundamentals and Resources
Monday, March 17, 2014
Barbara Foster
Biologists are increasingly turning to fluorescence as their contrast method of choice. In addition to finding application in materials science, medicine, pharma, and semiconductors, fluorescence is ... read more
Raman Imaging as a Tool for Characterizing Carbon Nanomaterials
Monday, March 31, 2014
Michael Arnold Mark Wall Susmit Singha Roy Robert Jacobberger Gerald Brady
In recent years, carbon nanomaterials have created their own niche in materials science due to their exceptional electronic, thermal, mechanical, optical, and magnetic properties, creating potential ... read more
LC Method Development Considerations for Food Contaminants Analysis
Monday, March 31, 2014
Jeff Layne Simon Lomas Allen Misa
With the ongoing globalization of the world’s food supply, the presence of potential contaminants in food is an ever-important and increasing global safety concern. Developing accurate and reliable ... read more
Protein Aggregation at PepTalk 2014
Monday, March 31, 2014
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Quantitative analysis of subvisible particles is an important unsolved problem, as discussed in the Particle Analysis track of PepTalk 2014, held January 12–17 at the Renaissance Hotel and Palm ... read more
Product Intelligence: GC Systems—Separating Compounds for Decades
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Josh P. Roberts
Gas chromatography (GC) is a mature technology that has been in use since the 1950s to separate compounds and identify sample components. This article provides an overview of GC systems, detailing ... read more
Meeting Multilevel Challenges in University Laboratory Design
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Andrew Labov
The programming and design of the University of Texas at Austin’s Norman Hackerman Building illustrates how architecture can help institutions meet research and educational goals in science and ... read more
Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 52—Corrections and Clarifications
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Lynn Vanatta
As was stated at the end of Part 50, this current installment will be the last in the “Statistics in Analytical Chemistry” series. The mission of this article is to correct mistakes and clarify ... read more
A High-Resolution Look at Glass Delamination Using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Elaine F. Schumacher
Formation of glass delamination flakes and secondary products through reaction of injectable pharmaceutical solutions with glass vial packaging leads to product contamination and costly recalls. ... read more