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Harmonized Labs are the Key to Licit Cannabis Commerce

Monday, March 12, 2018

As I listened to the lectures in the analytical track at the Cannabis Science Conference 2017, held August 28–30 in Portland, OR, I became concerned ... Read More

Healthcare IoT

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a hot topic—it’s attracting attention with the promise to help humans automate routine tasks, particularly record-... Read More

The Importance of Oxygen Injection for Wastewater Treatment

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

If left to its own devices, wastewater takes a very long time to naturally biodegrade. Read More

Blockchain Technology Promises to Improve Lab Data Quality and Productivity

Thursday, February 08, 2018

I was attracted to a seminar sponsored by CSIRO and DLA Piper in January 2018 entitled, “Digital transformation: how robotics and blockchain are ... Read More

Thermometry of Thin Materials, Including 2-D Structures

Monday, February 05, 2018

Thermometry of thick materials is well studied by bulk property techniques, including melting points, such as thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Read More

Microfluidic Vortexes for Liquid Biopsy of Circulating Tumor Cells

Friday, February 02, 2018

Interest in liquid biopsies continues to grow, particularly for metastatic cancer. Read More

Novel Positive-Pressure Solid-Phase Extraction Device Evaluated for Pesticides

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Solid-phase extraction (SPE) traditionally uses gravity or vacuum to move the liquid through the sorbent bed. Read More

Drops versus Wells

Monday, January 29, 2018

As reaction volumes in the liquid phase grow ever smaller, one has to ask about new reaction formats. Read More

SIMOA After Five Years: And One More Thing

Thursday, January 04, 2018

In 2013, Quanterix Inc. (Lexington, MA) introduced the SIMOA HD-1 for research use only. Read More

CA Bureau of Cannabis Control Emergency Regulations Impact Chemical Analysis and the Lab

Monday, December 11, 2017

A prior posting described the “track-and-trace” program that California plans to implement to regulate and tax the cannabis market. Read More

2018 Breakthrough Prizes in Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics

Monday, December 04, 2017

The Breakthrough Prize and sponsors Sergey Brin, Pony Ma, Yuri and Julia Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, and Anne Wojcicki recognize ... Read More

Track-and-Trace: Cannabis Cultivation, Distribution, and Use

Monday, November 27, 2017

On January 1, 2018, the State of California plans to remove state prohibitions on cannabis cultivation, distribution, and use. Read More

Ultrasonic Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

The years 2010 to 2020 will be seen as the decade of scientific imaging. Read More

Information Valuation

Friday, November 17, 2017

Information valuation is a key challenge. Having a skeptical mind makes it difficult to have confidence in nearly any report. Read More

American Laboratory—Welcome to Year 50

Wednesday, November 08, 2017

"Industrial Use of the Microscope," "Water as a Laboratory Tool," "Why Atomic Absorption?" These are just a few article titles from the first issue of... Read More

Harmonized Labs are the Key to Licit Cannabis Commerce

Healthcare IoT

The Importance of Oxygen Injection for Wastewater Treatment

Blockchain Technology Promises to Improve Lab Data Quality and Productivity

Thermometry of Thin Materials, Including 2-D Structures

Microfluidic Vortexes for Liquid Biopsy of Circulating Tumor Cells

Novel Positive-Pressure Solid-Phase Extraction Device Evaluated for Pesticides

Drops versus Wells

SIMOA After Five Years: And One More Thing

CA Bureau of Cannabis Control Emergency Regulations Impact Chemical Analysis and the Lab

2018 Breakthrough Prizes in Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics

Track-and-Trace: Cannabis Cultivation, Distribution, and Use

Ultrasonic Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Information Valuation

American Laboratory—Welcome to Year 50

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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