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Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Methacrylates in Dental Filling Materials
Monday, March 03, 2014
Heidi Fleischer Kerstin Thurow Ellen Vorberg Mareike Warkentin
Various species of methacrylates are widely used in dentistry as filling materials. These consist mainly of an organic matrix, based on a monomer system of methacrylates and inorganic additives. Read More
Improved Pipetting Technique: An “Out-of-the-Box” Solution to Reduce Manual Pipetting Errors
Monday, March 03, 2014
Tanya Knaide
Handheld air-displacement pipets are used in virtually every laboratory around the world. The technique and skills of individual pipet operators are critical to the accuracy of results of liquid ... Read More
The Scales of Scientific Justice in Translational Science: Data Reproducibility and Verifiable Science
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
Tristan Berto
The traditional “scales of justice” represent truth and fairness. For the scientific community, the balance is between big data (terabytes of data across numerous databases) on one scale and ... Read More
Automated Liquid Handling Robots: Bridging the Gap Between Nanoliter Liquid Handling and Larger Volume Dispensing
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Wendy Gaisford
The introduction of automated nanoliter volume liquid handling instrumentation has revolutionized work flows, reducing the tedium of manual pipetting and the potential for manual error. In addition, ... Read More
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) as an Analytical Tool in Plastics Failure Analysis
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Kadine Mohomed David A. Bohnsack
Thermal analysis includes techniques in which a physical property of a substance is measured as a function of temperature and time while the substance is subjected to a controlled temperature program... Read More
Use of an Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope for Dynamic in situ Studies of Nano-Structured Materials at the Atomic Scale
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Joerg R. Jinschek
Current research and development (R&D) that is focused on efficient energy conversion and environmental protection technologies relies heavily on advances in the development of new and improved ... Read More
New Elemental Analysis Techniques for the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Jeffrey M. Perkel
The four basic analytical techniques commonly used for elemental analysis are atomic absorption (AA), inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), ICP-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-... Read More
Simple, Environmentally Friendly Mercury Analysis by U.S. EPA Method 1631
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Jason Gray
Mercury analysis, according to U.S. EPA Method 1631E, focuses on the monitoring of waste effluents at the lowest U.S. EPA Water Quality Certification (WQC) levels. Read More
New Products at Pittcon® 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
The following includes some of the latest advances in laboratory instrumentation debuting at Pittcon® 2011. Read More
Increasing Protein Expression With Stackable Shakers
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Mark Schofield
With the 2012 Olympics fast approaching, many still remember the trouble caused by one of the most notorious recombinant proteins, human growth hormone (HGH). Read More
Thorough Risk Assessment Supports At-Scale Process Safety
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Urs Groth
It goes without saying that in any manufacturing environment no one sets out to design an unsafe process. However, it is not enough to ensure a process will be safe under normal operating conditions. Read More
A Matter of Speed: Real-Time PCR for the Rapid Detection of Mycoplasma Contamination
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Stephanie Schweizer Alexandra Scholz
Mycoplasma are among the world’s smallest bacteria capable of independent reproduction. They belong to the class of Mollicutes and have a very slow and parasitic growth. Read More
Measuring Absolute Molar Mass Using UHPLC SEC-MALS
Friday, June 13, 2014
Sophia Kenrick Aym Berges
The characterization of aggregates or fragments in a biomolecular sample for applications such as bioanalytical chemistry and clinical diagnostics has traditionally been carried out using size ... Read More
Best Practices for the Use of Micropipets
Friday, June 13, 2014
A. Björn Carle Doreen Rumery George Rodrigues
Every day, air-displacement pipets are used to quantitatively dispense sample and reagent aliquots for reaction, routine analyses, and specialized tests. Read More
Working Flow Rate: How to Compare Vacuum Pumps
Friday, May 17, 2013
Peter Coffey
To compare vacuum pumps, it is imperative to look at the pumping speed at working vacuum levels. The working vacuum level is the vacuum at which you need to operate your application. Comparing the ... Read More
Handheld and Portable FTIR Spectrometers for the Analysis of Materials: Taking the Lab to the Sample
Friday, June 07, 2013
Alan J. Rein John Seelenbinder
Industrial and academic scientists working in the development and application of engineered materials are increasingly in need of measurement technologies that can be used closer to the source of the... Read More
Development of a 100% Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Sample Solution for Liquid Handler Performance Verification
Friday, June 07, 2013
Rachel Parshley John Thomas Bradshaw Karl Olson
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has become one of the most important solvents used for high-throughput screening (HTS) and compound management applications due to its ability to readily dissolve a wide ... Read More
A Novel Sample Preparation Method for Complete Digestion of Complex Pharmaceutical Matrices
Friday, June 07, 2013
Reynhardt Klopper Eric Fox
For more than 100 years, the USP General Chapter <231> concomitant visual test was the standard method for the determination and quantification of heavy metal impurities present in pharmaceutical products ... Read More
Clinical Chemistry Analyzers for Improved Diagnostic Testing
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Graeme McNeill
In these challenging economic times, many laboratories and hospitals are being affected by budgetary constraints; thus, in addition to quality and speed, customers demand increased consolidation in... Read More
Simultaneous Crystallization Testing in a Laboratory Furnace
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Branislav Cabric Nebojsa Danilovic Aco Janicijevic
A previous paper described a model of an air-cooled test tube with a series of sockets and plugs (crystallization socket-outlet adaptor) installed in a laboratory chamber furnace, the goal of which ... Read More

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Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Methacrylates in Dental Filling Materials

Improved Pipetting Technique: An “Out-of-the-Box” Solution to Reduce Manual Pipetting Errors

The Scales of Scientific Justice in Translational Science: Data Reproducibility and Verifiable Science

Automated Liquid Handling Robots: Bridging the Gap Between Nanoliter Liquid Handling and Larger Volume Dispensing

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) as an Analytical Tool in Plastics Failure Analysis

Use of an Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope for Dynamic in situ Studies of Nano-Structured Materials at the Atomic Scale

New Elemental Analysis Techniques for the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

Simple, Environmentally Friendly Mercury Analysis by U.S. EPA Method 1631

New Products at Pittcon® 2011

Increasing Protein Expression With Stackable Shakers

Thorough Risk Assessment Supports At-Scale Process Safety

A Matter of Speed: Real-Time PCR for the Rapid Detection of Mycoplasma Contamination

Measuring Absolute Molar Mass Using UHPLC SEC-MALS

Best Practices for the Use of Micropipets

Working Flow Rate: How to Compare Vacuum Pumps

Handheld and Portable FTIR Spectrometers for the Analysis of Materials: Taking the Lab to the Sample

Development of a 100% Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Sample Solution for Liquid Handler Performance Verification

A Novel Sample Preparation Method for Complete Digestion of Complex Pharmaceutical Matrices

Clinical Chemistry Analyzers for Improved Diagnostic Testing

Simultaneous Crystallization Testing in a Laboratory Furnace

Product Guide

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