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Improving Reproducibility and Replicability in the Sciences: Part 3

Monday, May 20, 2019

This installment is the third to examine the report on Reproducibility and Replicability by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and ... Read More

Adding Humans to Computational Repeatability

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Discussion about non-replicability and what can be done to mitigate it. Read More

A Critical Review of Reproducibility and Replicability from the NAS in 2019

Monday, May 13, 2019

Data integrity is key to the advancement of science and to everyday commercial transactions. Read More

See the Visible Difference in Laboratory Science Expositions at Pittcon 2019

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Thousands of laboratory professionals and scientists will ascend to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA, March 16–21, for a week of... Read More

1968–2018: Five Extraordinary Decades of American Laboratory

Friday, September 28, 2018

When American Laboratory’s “Big 50” started to appear on the planning horizon, I looked back on the major advances I’d seen. Read More

NIST Studies Drug Contamination of Laboratories

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Laboratory contamination is a problem that must be monitored. Read More

Chemists, Meet the Synthia Tool

Monday, September 10, 2018

In graduate school, I designed and synthesized over 30 new organic compounds designed to be metal ion chelators. Read More

Putting the Science Back into Forensic Science: Progress Report

Thursday, August 30, 2018

The annual report from the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) documents the remarkable progress that NIST’s ... Read More

Motivation Through Recognition: Awards and Other Highlights From Pittcon 2018

Friday, May 04, 2018

Several interesting products were introduced at Pittcon 2018. Read More

Evolution of the Internet of Things

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) exploits the use of rapid and nearly contemporaneous flow of information that is possible with communication technology ... Read More

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

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

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

Lack of Rigor and Reproducibility Raises Question About Likelihood Ratios

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Those of us who are called as expert witness or report about our work in forensic situations often hear the term “likelihood ratio” (LR). Read More

Ultrasensitive Detection Requires Ultravalidation and Transparency

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

A front-page article in the September 5 edition of The New York Times describes the problem created by stretching the limits of DNA amplification ... Read More

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