March 2016
Volume 48, Number 2
Individual volatile sulfur-containing compounds are determined in gaseous fuels by GC and pulsed flame photometric detection. Also in this issue, the next step in super resolution may allow researchers to image faster-moving, ever-smaller structures for longer periods, even deeper within tissue.
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Friday, February 05, 2016
Steve Ernst
Whatever details emerge from ongoing investigations
of the water quality crisis in Flint,
Michigan, and count the FBI among the agencies
reviewing the mess, this much is certain:
Qualified ...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Tim Nunney
Used in a wide range of products and devices, complex, multi-layered materials have traditionally been based around metallic or oxide layers.
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Friday, February 19, 2016
George Karlin-Neumann
The discovery that circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) can be found in the blood, urine and other bodily fluids of cancer patients has led to a new type of biopsy that bypasses surgery—liquid biopsy.
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Friday, February 19, 2016
Cynthia Elmore, Michael Duffy
The carbonated beverage and petrochemicals industries are just some areas in which the analysis of volatile sulfur-containing compounds in process streams is a critical quality-control step.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Russell Ulbrich
Scientists have long needed to view structures
and processes that cannot be resolved
via traditional optical microscopy.
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Friday, February 19, 2016
Emmanuel Varesio, Sandra Jahn, Sandrine Cudré, Gérard Hopfgartner, Renzo Picenoni, Guenter Boehm
As laboratories continue to be asked to increase productivity and the analysis power that is available with advanced chromatography systems
continues to grow, the focus for many scientists is firmly ...
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Harald Lahm, Don Weldon
RNA expression is the next frontier in biomarker development because it offers an indication of cellular intent. mRNA expression, in particular, can show how a cell responds to its environment or ...
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Friday, February 05, 2016
Mike May
Mass spectrometry is a valuable tool for detecting environmental toxins. Depending on the sample, different techniques can be used, including LC/MS, QTOF, GC/MS and ICP/MS.
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Monday, February 22, 2016
Andrea Armstead
The purification and enrichment of specific cell populations from complex starting samples is a critical component of multiple life science workflows.
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
Chris Boles, Jonas Korlach
The availability of inexpensive, massively parallel short-read sequencers shifted the focus of high-quality reference genome production to
resequencing and draft genome assemblies, emphasizing ...
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Friday, February 19, 2016
Michael Schnall-Levin
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) provides
unprecedented access to one of biology’s
greatest mysteries—the genome.
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Friday, February 05, 2016
Mike May
New technologies are continually being developing to reduce the number of pathogens in foods. Techniques like reverse transcriptase PCR and quantitative PCR provide effective microbial testing.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Since the introduction of ACQUITY UPLC (Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography) by Waters (Milford, Mass.) over a decade ago, there has
been increased interest in the effects of high pressure on ...
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