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State-of-the-Art Separations With Convergence Chromatography

Thursday, March 07, 2013
Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has many potential advantages, including rapid separation of chiral analytes and separation by hydrocarbon class (i.e., saturates, olefins, and aromatics). Yet... read more
New Electronic Pipetting Technology

Thursday, March 07, 2013
Pipetting of samples and reagents is essential for reliable results. To meet this goal, pipetting has to be done with the highest precision and accuracy, but it must be done safely, without causing ... read more
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) as an Analytical Tool in Plastics Failure Analysis

Thursday, March 07, 2013
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
Applied Ion Analysis of Water Used at Various Stages in the Energy Extraction Industry

Thursday, March 07, 2013
Hydraulic fracturing (energy extraction) was invented by Floyd Farris and Joseph Clark (Stanolind Oil and Gas Corporation) in 1947 for the mining industry, but the modern horizontal fracking ... 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
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
Microscopy + Spectroscopy: Pittcon® 2013 Celebrates the Power of Two

Thursday, March 07, 2013
The year 2013 celebrates a new benchmark for imaging at Pittcon^®. Historically, Pittcon has not been considered an imaging meeting, despite the fact that a review of Pittcon 2012 statistics revealed ... read more
Product Showcase: Blood Gas Analyzers

Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Blood gas analysis, more specifically referred to as arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, is a standard clinical diagnostic test that measures a patient’s blood gases; oxygen and carbon dioxide blood ... read more
Automated Liquid Handling Robots: Bridging the Gap Between Nanoliter Liquid Handling and Larger Volume Dispensing

Wednesday, March 06, 2013
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
What Should I Consider Before Buying an Automated Liquid Handler?

Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Those in the market for an automated liquid handler have a number of considerations, as explained in this article. Types of dispensers for automated liquid handlers are peristaltic pumps, ... read more
Percival Scientific Incubators for Research

Percival Scientific, Incorporated

Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Research scientists around the world depend on Percival Scientific’s reliable incubators for many different types of applications; from bacterial culturing to plant seedling and insect rearing to B.O.... read more
Download: Oral Fluid Compendium

Agilent Technologies

Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Agilent Technologies has partnered with Immunalysis Corporation, a leader in oral fluid collection and screening technology, to develop the first comprehensive end-to-end workflow for the collection, ... read more
Four Brands, One Stop – The Bibby Scientific Web Shop

Bibby Scientific Ltd.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Visit the all new Bibby Scientific web shop for access to thousands of reliable products from four internationally recognized scientific brands: Electrothermal, Techne, Jenway, and Stuart. Bibby ... read more
Guess the Cover of American Laboratory—March 2013

Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Correctly identify this month’s cover image and be entered to win a $10 Amazon gift card (one entry per person; you must be 18 years of age to be eligible. See contest rules at americanlaboratory.com/... read more
SpeedBeads Shorten Assay Time

Thermo Fisher Clinical Diag

Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Magnetic SpeedBeads particles separate and isolate target analyte quickly and completely from suspensions in response to a magnetic field. This ensures shorter assay times and accuracy in clinical ... read more
Answer to What is This on the Cover of American Laboratory February

Tuesday, March 05, 2013
The image on the cover of American Laboratory February showed a fingerprint. A fingerprint on a polymer slide was cut with femtosecond-pulsed laser ablation. The nonconductive specimen was sputtered ... read more