Application Notes

The average rat brain is about the size of a pea and is divided into more than a dozen functional structures. Read More

Sorenson Genomics of Salt Lake City focuses on DNA testing, with its expertise in quality, high-throughput testing that spans several diverse business units and highly accredited laboratories. Read More

With accuracy down to single piconewtons, optical traps measure forces exerted on microscopic objects without mechanically touching them. Read More

Seeking to identify the biochemical triggers that commit stem cells to distinct fates, researchers at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto assessed the culture... Read More

Interference from lipids is a common problem for laboratories measuring trace residues in fatty foods or complex biological matrices: their presence in a sample can cause significant matrix ... Read More

Visualizing the three-dimensional (3-D) architecture of cells and tissues is essential for understanding the relationships between structure and function in biological systems. Read More

Modern scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) offer vast improvements over early models in terms of electron optics, detector design and computing technology. Read More

Analytical instruments have become increasingly sensitive, requiring a higher level of reagent and solvent quality, including water. Read More

The 24th International Light Scattering Colloquium, which attracted about 70 scientists to the Biltmore Hotel on Butterfly Beach in Santa Barbara, Calif., November 3–4, focused on analytical ... Read More

Using targeted methods, laboratories test on average between two and five hundred pesticides from a predefined list. Read More