Application Notes

We recently commemorated the 45th Anniversary of American Laboratory by presenting a live webinar, “The Evolution of Mass Spectrometry—History and Advances over the Last 45 Years.” Topics included the... Read More

Enantiomeric compounds are very important in the flavors and fragrances field. Chiral capillary gas chromatography (GC) is a proven, convenient method for characterizing oils and differentiating ... Read More

Developing methods for the analysis of drugs of abuse has become a priority for forensic toxicology and law enforcement. The large variety of illicit drugs and new and so-called “designer drugs” has ... Read More

While genomics and transcriptomics provide insight into the potential of a cell, single-cell phenomic data reflect its current reality, allowing researchers to determine how genomic variants affect ... Read More

Total hydrocarbon analyzers provide linear responses to methane and other hydrocarbons; however, the slope and intercept measurements are dependent on the matrix. This requires that calibration be ... Read More

The extensive workflow required to analyze DNA samples using next-generation sequencing (NGS) leaves many opportunities for the introduction of variability. Read More

Quality control managers are under constant pressure to conduct analyses as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. In certain industries, such as paints and coatings and food, rheological ... Read More

Ten years ago, most forensics laboratories tested and analyzed a manageable number of samples. Read More

Instrument detection limits (IDLs or xD) obtained from applying either ordinary least squares/confidence band calibration statistics (OLS/CBCS) or weighted least squares/confidence band calibration ... Read More

When SPECTRO Analytical Instruments (Kleve, Germany) sought to redesign its inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectrometer instrument line, the company’s engineers worked to address some very specific ... Read More