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Fast, Accurate Blood-Alcohol Analysis Using Headspace-Gas Chromatography
Friday, November 08, 2013
Blood-alcohol analysis is a common, important analysis for diagnostic and forensic labs. In addition to the detection of ethanol, other metabolites must be considered, such as methanol or iso-propanol... read more
New Forensics Resource: Proven Approaches for Today’s Forensic/Toxicology Challenges
Friday, November 08, 2013
Whether you’re testing for recreational drugs… performing workplace drug screening… investigating post-mortem samples… or confirming blood alcohol levels… lives and professions depend on the ... read more
Setting the Standards for Demanding Environments
Friday, November 08, 2013
NuAire’s Conventional, By-Pass and Vertical Laminar Flow Fume Hoods provide quality personnel and product protection, meeting ASHRAE and SEFA Standards. All NuAire Polypropylene products, Acid Storage... read more
Lab Weighing with Sartorius
Friday, November 08, 2013
Selecting your balance has never been easier!

Whether you need ultra-micro, micro, analytical or precision balances that excel in speed, accuracy and quality, our laboratory balances are ... read more
Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of a Fluid Loss Agent for High-Temperature Drilling Fluid
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Polymers and inorganic additives have been widely used in high-temperature water-based drilling fluids to transport rock cuttings, maintain well stability, control rheological properties, and minimize... read more
Specifying a Water Purification System for the Laboratory
Thursday, November 07, 2013
The selection, operation, and maintenance of a reverse osmosis (RO) water purification system should be straightforward. However, systems are often 1) inaccurately specified, i.e., not matched to the... read more
Methane Forensics: Controlling Methane Gas Emissions
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Methane is a remarkable molecule that is the center of attention in the conflict on fracking (hydraulic stimulation of gas and petroleum production). Methane is a greenhouse gas with heat trapping ... read more
Analysis of Chiral Compounds in Lavender Oil Using Headspace Fast Chiral Gas Chromatography
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Enantiomeric compounds are very important in the flavors and fragrances field. Chiral capillary gas chromatography (GC) is a proven, convenient method for characterizing oils and differentiating ... read more
Fluoro-Max fluorescent beads
Friday, November 01, 2013
Thermo Scientific Fluoro-Max fluorescent beads for lateral flow applications come internally dyed with europium chelate. The dye has an exceptionally broad Stokes shift in which the beads excite at ... read more
Trace Level Quantitation of Multiple Compounds
Friday, November 01, 2013
Shimadzu’s new LCMS-8050 triple quadrupole LC-MS/MS meets the growing demand for trace-level quantitation in clinical research and other markets. It incorporates proprietary ultrafast technologies as ... read more
Answer to What is This on the Cover of American Laboratory October
Friday, November 01, 2013
The cover of American Laboratory October shows a polarized light microscopy image of a mint julep. Original magnification 600×. read more
No Limits...No Compromises
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Shimadzu’s Nexera X2 delivers superior, real-world performance across a wider application range while delivering unparalleled flexibility and reliability in HPLC/UHPLC analyses. Nexera X2 systems ... read more
Evaluation of Antibiotic-Free Cell Cultures in Manual and Automated Cell Handling
Monday, October 28, 2013
Antibiotics are frequently added to cell culture media; the greatest benefit to this is that it suppresses contamination. However, routine use of antibiotics is associated with the development of ... read more
Product Intelligence: Differential Scanning Calorimetry—A Fundamental Thermal Analysis Tool
Friday, October 25, 2013
Differential scanning calorimeters (DSCs) are valuable tools that are used to determine the heat capacity and thermodynamic transition of a wide variety of samples. DSCs are employed in many areas, ... read more
Product Intelligence: CO2 Incubators: Keeping Cultured Cells Healthy
Thursday, October 24, 2013
A CO2 incubator is crucial for growing and maintaining cultured cells. CO2 incubators can be water-jacketed, in which the layer around the incubator has heated water, or air-jacketed, also known as ... read more